52 
The Animals' Friend Supplement. 
“ I wish he would,” said Doreen with solemn earnestness. 
“What say, Miss?” questioned the startled lad. 
“ I wish your father would beat you every day for a week,” 
announced Doreen with decision. 
“Yer can’t surely mean that?” said Bob uneasily, and 
watching the child askance. 
“ Indeed I do.” 
“ And for why ? ” asked the mystified boy. 
“ Because,” answered Doreen, her eyes ablaze with indig¬ 
nation, “ I think it would be the only way to make you see the 
miserable life you lead your poor donkeys! ” 
They had reached the stand again, and the little rider was 
slipping from the saddle as she spoke. 
Then Doreen put the questions to her companion which 
brought about so much change. She pressed a coin into Bob’s 
hand, while she pleaded: 
“ Will you try an experiment on Jack ? ” 
“ What’s that? ” asked the lad cautiously, wondering where 
this terrible little girl was about to lead him next. 
“ Will you treat him differently ? Speak kindly to him, 
show him his duty, and encourage him to do it without blows. 
Give him good food, and a comfortable stall: and if it pays, 
try the same treatment with the others.” 
Bob knocked his hat to one side and scratched his tow-like 
head with perplexity. 
“ Do say, yes,” pleaded Doreen. “ I am only asking you to 
try , and abide by the result, you know.” And she watched her 
listener closely. 
“ Right yer are, Missie,” suddenly blurted out Bob, “ I will 
try,” while a gleam of intelligence lit up his usually dull face. 
And suiting the action to his words, he patted Jack gently on the 
nose and led him quietly to his place upon the stand. 
From that day a different life began for all those donkeys, 
and their changed condition drew forth the admiration of many a 
passer-by ; for Bob was son of the master, and had little difficulty 
in ruling the other drivers. 
H. Brand. 
[All rights reserved.) 
Remember not to hang your canary out in the hot sun without 
a shade. A cool cabbage, or dock, or rhubarb leaf will save him 
from misery, and perhaps from death. 
