JOSEPHINE. 



A TRUE STORY. 



OuE beautiful pet was called Josephine. She was a collie, with 

 soft brown eyes, and had a great deal of sense. She seemed to 

 understand whatever was said to her, and to have many thoughts of 



her own besides. 

 One day we 

 were going to 

 send off some of 

 her pretty pup- 

 pies on the train. 

 Josephine went 

 with us to the 

 express office, 

 and saw the lit- 

 tle creatures in 

 the box ready 

 to set out. She 

 came home with 

 us, but we soon 

 missed her. We 

 found that she 

 had gone back 

 alone to take 

 leave of her 

 puppies. 



Poor Jose- 

 phine came to 

 us one evening 

 in great agony. 

 She lay at our feet with her soft brown eyes raised, as if pleading 

 for help. We did everything we could for our pet. A cruel man 

 had given her poison. 



For three days she suffered the greatest pain, and then died. 

 We buried her as a friend, and covered her grave with green turf 

 and flowers. 



