. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. of thewould-be assassins. They rushed blindly for-ward ; but the sentry succeeded in shooting oneof the party and bayoneting another, while thegoose continued to worry and confuse themainder until they fled wildly for their lives. The brave bird was at once adopted byregiment, under the name of Jacob, and dec-orated with a gold collar on which his name wasengraved, in appreciation of his services. Ever after, during his life of twelve years, hedid sentry duty at home and abroad; for he wastaken to England at the close o
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. of thewould-be assassins. They rushed blindly for-ward ; but the sentry succeeded in shooting oneof the party and bayoneting another, while thegoose continued to worry and confuse themainder until they fled wildly for their lives. The brave bird was at once adopted byregiment, under the name of Jacob, and dec-orated with a gold collar on which his name wasengraved, in appreciation of his services. Ever after, during his life of twelve years, hedid sentry duty at home and abroad; for he wastaken to England at the close of the war inCanada, and greatly lamented there when he epitaph reads, Died on Duty; and nohuman sentinel could have been more faithfulthan poor old Jacob. As it may occur to some readers who have notmade a study of the interesting and almost humanways of many animals to doubt the truth of soremarkable a story, they are referred to the goldcollar with Jacobs name and exploit engravedon it, which may still be seen at the headquartersof the Horse Guards in BY MARY DAWSON
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