Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog

by Anonymous

ARTHUR HAMILTON,
AND HIS DOG.

Written for the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, and approved by the Committee of Publication.

BOSTON:
MASSACHUSETTS SABBATH SCHOOL SOCIETY,
Depository, No. 13 Cornhill.
1851.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851,
BY CHRISTOPHER C. DEAN,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

ARTHUR HAMILTON.

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CHAPTER I.

LEAVING HOME.

One pleasant October evening, Arthur Hamilton was at play in front of the small, brown cottage in which he lived. He and his brother James, were having a great frolic with a large spotted dog, who was performing a great variety of antics, such as only well-educated dogs understand. But Rover had been carefully initiated into the mysteries of making a bow while standing on his hind legs, tossing pieces of bread off his nose, putting up his fore-paws with a most imploring look, and piteous whine, which the boys called "begging for money," and when a chip had been given him, he uttered a most energetic bow-wow-wow, which they regarded as equivalent to "thank you, sir," and walked off.