18 HARRY AND HELEN.

stand still while it was put on his nose,
and then catch it. I used to think it
great fun to see him do that. Then he
would jump over a stick, stand up and
make a bow, and do some other things—
I cannot remember now just what.

“Henry used to go for a pail of milk
every day to a place about a quarter of
a mile away, and Ned always went with
him and carried the pail. One day
Henry was sick, and, for some reason,
there was nobody else who could get
the milk. So mother put the pail, with
the money in it, in Ned’s mouth, and
. told him to go and get it. Off he went,
his big tail wagging with pleasure as far
as we could see him; it really seemed as
if he was proud to be trusted.

“Well, when Ned got there, he found
the door shut; so he sat down and wait-
ed very patiently for a minute. Then,
finding no one opened the door, he be-