Poor Burruff . rom evil: howthese little children are made white inthe blood of the Lamb, and receivedinto glory. These were sweet thoughts,and I wish that all little children,when lying on their beds, had suchthoughts as these. The last thingwhich Marten did before he slept wasto stretch out his little white handand lay it on Burfys head, for Burfyalways lav bv his masters bed. In the mean time all the servantshad gone to a distance at the other endof the vtrandakf where they sat talk- 14 POOR BtJRRUFF. ing and gossipping with each other, allof them being seated on the length Burf
Poor Burruff . rom evil: howthese little children are made white inthe blood of the Lamb, and receivedinto glory. These were sweet thoughts,and I wish that all little children,when lying on their beds, had suchthoughts as these. The last thingwhich Marten did before he slept wasto stretch out his little white handand lay it on Burfys head, for Burfyalways lav bv his masters bed. In the mean time all the servantshad gone to a distance at the other endof the vtrandakf where they sat talk- 14 POOR BtJRRUFF. ing and gossipping with each other, allof them being seated on the length Burfy was heard to growlin a low under tone, and then tosnarl, and then to howl and bark inthe most terrifying manner. And firstMartens bearer jumped up, and all theservants followed him, and ran towardsMarten ; and behold, when they cameclose to his bed, they saw a greathooded serpent with fiery eyes, drawnup in one corner, and ready to dartat the little sleeping boys white another moment the serpent would. POOR BURRUFF. 15 have bitten the child, and then no-thing could have saved him from apainful death. The hearery however,seized Martens bed-cover and threvi^it over the serpent, and then the ser-vants, all together, beat it to deathwith sticks and stones. Thus poor Burfy saved the life ofhis little master. And Martens pa-pa was so grateful to the white dog,that when he came to England hebrought him with him : and he tookso much care of him that he lived toa great age; and when at last hedied, he was buried in the gentlemansgarden, and a white rose bush plant-ed over his grave, I hope that all the little boys whoread this, may learn thereby how love-ly it is to be kind to dumb Marten been a cruel boy, he ne»ver would have escaped the deathwhich threatened him from the mouthof the hooded serpent. FINIS. f*>^^ \\y:> hf^
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