. St. Nicholas [serial]. and a friendof her fathers who waswell up in animal loresaid that Tan was notfar from fourteen yearsof age, to judge fromthe rings upon his horns,which were almost asdistinct as those seenupon the Rocky Moun-tain sheep, which Tanresembled both in sizeand color. So Tan wasgrowing old for a goat,and during the past win-ter had suffered some-what from veterinary whocame to see him did allhe could to afford himrelief, but said that Tanwould probably not livethrough another as spring drew nearTan improved steadily,and when the warmdays came and he
. St. Nicholas [serial]. and a friendof her fathers who waswell up in animal loresaid that Tan was notfar from fourteen yearsof age, to judge fromthe rings upon his horns,which were almost asdistinct as those seenupon the Rocky Moun-tain sheep, which Tanresembled both in sizeand color. So Tan wasgrowing old for a goat,and during the past win-ter had suffered some-what from veterinary whocame to see him did allhe could to afford himrelief, but said that Tanwould probably not livethrough another as spring drew nearTan improved steadily,and when the warmdays came and he couldgo out in his field tocrop the fresh, sweetgrass, it seemed just thetonic he required, andhe grew quite gay andfrisky. He still followedDenise whenever hecould do so, but in someof their long ramblesoften grew tired andstopped stock-still in the road to pant after a particularly hard?climb. Ned, Sailor, and Beauty Buttons were notable to understand, although Sailor himself,it must be confessed, was not very THE POWWOW IN THE TREE. (SEE PAGE 595.) Directly after luncheon was eaten, Denise flewout to the Birds Nest; for the pretty littleplay-house and stable for her pets was still asdear to her as upon the day she had received thekey to it from papas hand. Running into the 1904.] DENISE AND NED TOODLES. 593 part which held the carriages for Ned and Tan,she took down Tans harness, which had notbeen put on him for many a long day, wheeledout the little carriage, and then went to the doorto whistle for Tan. Out upon the grass in front of the BirdsNest Denise rolled the little old-fashionedcarriage, and then turned to greet Tan, who, atthe first sight of these familiar objects, felt hispoor old bones filled with new life, and his lovingold heart beat for joy, for these meant that hewas again to draw the little carriage and, as hesupposed, his beloved little mistress. With aprolonged baa-aa-a-a-a, he came trotting towardher as fast as his stiff legs permitted, and rubbedh
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