82 BAPTIST AND HIS DOG.

Baptist, who had managed to get among
the foremost within the circle. He also
put some half-pence into the hat, and, as he
did so, said, Poor fellow! poor fellow !
The first sound of his voice had a magical
effect on the dog; the hat and its contents
dropped at once, and, with a short, joyful
bark, the poor little disguised dog leaped
upon him and licked his hand, and seemed
unable to express with sufficient liveliness
the joy it felt.

_ “Father,” cried the boy, in a loud voice, .
“it is my dog,—my own lost faithful
Sweetheart, and he knows me ; tis my dog,
that was stolen by the beggars at S i?
The organ-man came forward to seize
the dog, but Sweetheart— for it was in-
deed the very lost Sweetheart — snarled
and growled, and even snapped at the man.
«He is my own dog!” said Baptist, stoop-