. Harper's young people . It was a longjourney, but finallywe arrived in NewYork, and I saw mymaster standing onthe dock. He hadcome to meet hisfriend, and little ex-pected to see me, forwhen I barked hestarted with an as-tonished look. Assoon as the vessellanded I leaped onshore, and whining,fainted at his I revived Ifound him pouringwater down mythroat, and exclaim-ing, Bavard! Ba-vard! faithful dog! I wagged my tail and opened myeyes, for I was too faint to rise. I was lifted into his car-riage, and brought to my old home. My former valet re-ceived me with joy. In a few days I was
. Harper's young people . It was a longjourney, but finallywe arrived in NewYork, and I saw mymaster standing onthe dock. He hadcome to meet hisfriend, and little ex-pected to see me, forwhen I barked hestarted with an as-tonished look. Assoon as the vessellanded I leaped onshore, and whining,fainted at his I revived Ifound him pouringwater down mythroat, and exclaim-ing, Bavard! Ba-vard! faithful dog! I wagged my tail and opened myeyes, for I was too faint to rise. I was lifted into his car-riage, and brought to my old home. My former valet re-ceived me with joy. In a few days I was all right again,to the delight of my dear master. Becalling all my ad-ventures, I thought that perhaps my young friends, espe-cially the small boy, would be interested to know that,though I am only a dog, yet I have deep feelings, and un-derstand many things, and have become much wiser inmy tour round the world. Hoping my story will interestyou, I remain, yours faithfully, BAVARD. MAY 8, 1883. HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. 425. THE GAME OF LACROSSE.—[SEE PAGE 426.] 426 HAEPEES YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV. LACROSSE. BY SHERWOOD RYSE. TO the noble red man, for whom we all have somesort of romantic admiration in spite of his faults, weowe one of the most attractive and manly of games. It isstrange that a civilized people should learn a pastime fromsavages, and even more strange that it should he one thatis more free from danger than any of our own games withwhich it can be compared. Broken limbs and severebruises are, unhappily, too common in most of our fieldgames; but in lacrosse he is indeed unfortunate who re-ceives a severer wound than a sharp rap on the knuckles,or. at the worst, a broken nail. The origin of the name is the French words la crosse,crosse being a bishops crozier. which the stick resemblesin shape, and the crosse is the racquet-like stick withwhich the game is played. The ball is generally made ofsolid rubber, of the kind that is called sponge the exception
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