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I 2 For th A LAUGH I She sat on the si The dear, wee > Her feet, la their Hung dangling < She meant to te gi And so, with hei She stared at the And counted th< She looked far up But she thoug Droning away at That whitened I She thought of a Where curled in Four sleek, round Lay snuggled ar Such soft, warm 1 Such queer littli Such swift, round Such sprawling, She could feel in The touch of th And a cold, wet r The dimples un Then a sudden ri] Ran over the pf So quick that she With her rosy 1 The people whispt As each one wa But the dear, wee For shame in CAP, Tl Cap had lived with t remember. He-had be< he was only a little pt him and declared that he had ever seen. One fireman had tai feet and say, "Bow-wo Another fireman hfad t below the water fauc< thirsty. He could walk on hi hose, and drag the l^os too do so. The chief of the fire < ?o more "tricks than the best one of all he 1 having been told how t The firemen Aept up rows of white beds, ar in the night, the firei beds, dress before yot run to the fcrur large h< ing down the poles one * r THE PRESBYTERI/ # e Children N THE CHURCH. iding cushion, voman of four; 0 111 11 > jver the floor, ood; she had promised, r b g, brown eyes, meeting-house windows s crawling flies. at the preacher, ht of the honey-bees the blossoms :he cherry trees. broken basket, 1 a dusky heap, puppies, with fringy ears, id fast asleep. bodies to cuddle, e hearts to beat, tongues to kiss. Lusuiuiiy itftri, her clasping fingers e satiny skin, lose exploring der her chin. pple of laughter irted lips could not catch it Einger tips. ;red, "Bless the child," ked from a nap, woman hid her face her mother's lap. ?Ex. IE FIRE DOG. he firemen ever since lie could ;n brought to the station when ippy, aim every nreinan loveci ?ap was the wisest dog that iglU Cap ?:> stand on his hind w!" whenever he was hungry, aught him to scratch the floor rt and hark whenever he was s hind feet, dri?k from the fire e about whenever he was told department said that Cap could any dbg he hard ever seen, ami lad learned to do withorn ev*r o do it. >stairi? oter the station in hong > f\ wit tV*-o C ? ? i.rv ...t .,v?. .Ollfc men would spring from their j could say "Jack Robinson," :>ks in the floor, and come slidafter another; then they would OF THE SOUTH. run to the horses, which at found their places in front cart, the hook-and-ladder w buckle on the harness, and < into place ready to drive av Lap longed to slide dowi did, but, of course, that wa do. So. if he happened to was, when the fire bell rang i mi i*j wie siairway, ciear i and spring 011 the seat besu But at niglu Cap stayed near the telephone and firesounded, the firemen woul wow!" almost as soon as tl matter how quickly they di find Cap in his place ahead "He is the best fireman would sometimes say. ready for work." And the pat Cap's head, and say t clothes as Cap did, they, tc their places in one minute. But no fireman ever slep not one of them was ever ki ute," or, "I am too sleepy would "run to tl-ioit- nlii-os t bell, so Cap thought it his \ One night there was a gi happened to the telephone could not ring; and in the dark and still, and all the f were sound asleep, a house man on the stret corner ra the firemen out. The fire bell tried its best loud Ding-a-ling," it couk "Bz-z." Xot a fireman heard it. Not even a fire horse mo *'Bz-z!" said the bell aga ened his eyes, and with ; sprang to his place in the cli The firemen rolled out ol asked: "Did you hear that And the answer came: "No but he is certainly saying 'I and slide down and s?e al: "Bow-wow!" bow-wow-\\ "B-z-z-zP said the bell came sliding dc%\rn the pole "Fire!" shouted tire firem on!" And in a moment many hoofs as the fire hof the jingling of harness as i4 horses' bactts, shouts of "Fi from. *he poficomen in front clang, clang!" from the gor cart, the hook-and-ladder v as tk pv rlashfH awiv r. The fire was soon fount! the people who lived in th to thank the firemen, the ch and said: "Do not thank u August, ii, 1909. the sound of the bell had of the engine, the hoseagon. and the chief's cart, each fireman would spring cay to the fire, i the poles as the firemen s something no dog could be upstairs, as he often in the daytime, he would :he steps at three bounds, le the chief. downstairs, sleeping very bell; and, when the alarm d hear Cap's loud "Bowtey heard the bell and, 110 *essed. they would always of them. irt tli o n f >?U??r hi iiiv oiauun, 111C V.IUC1 le is always dressed and firemen would laugh and hat if they slept in their >o, would be ready and in t after the bell rang, and lown to say, "Wait a minto go.'' Even the horses he instant they heard the )lace to do the same, reat storm, and something and firebells, so that they night time, when all was iremen and the fire horses caught fire, and the policen to the telephone to call t to ring; but, instead of a 1 say nothing more than ved. tin, and suddenly Cap opa loud "Row-wow-wow!" lief's cart. f their beds, and each one 5 Did the fire bell ring?" , it was only Cap barking; fire.' We lfed better dress >out it." ~ row!" barked Cap. just as the flrst^fire^nan an. *TZap was right. Com# there was a clatterinar of Res dasheH to their places, : dropped into plaae on the re, keep out of tile street!" of the station, and "cling, lgs of the engine, the hosa ragou and the ehief's cart i the street. I and put out; and, when e Burning house came on* ief patted Cap on the head s. Thank Cap. He is the