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very sick, and the family doctor, who came 

 to see him and who cared for him very ten- 

 derly, told the sorrowful children that he had 

 been poisoned. 



Fido did not get well, and in Lillian's grief, 

 she was sure that the wicked old man had 

 killed her pet dog. 



"Anyway, 5 ' exclaimed the youthful patriot, 

 as the dog was carried from her sight, "Fido 

 died a martyr to a great cause, and we will 

 have a headstone for our dear playfellow, on 

 which we will write, 'Fido. He died for his 

 country.' 



Perhaps someone has guessed that the loyal 

 qualities of the child Lillian arc today to be 

 seen in Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, who suc- 

 ceeded Frances E. Willard as President of the 

 National Woman's Christian Temperance Un- 

 ion. 



