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Title: Andiron tales
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922
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Publisher: Philadelphia : Winston
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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me in his life, for the bark said to him as plainly as youplease: Climb on my back sonny, and Ill have you out of this in ajiffy. The lad lost not a moment in obeying. Aided by the affec-tionate boosts of the Andirons he soon found himself lying facedownward upon the broad, shaggy back of the faithful beast. He closed his eyes to shut out the blinding snow for a moment,and then— Tom sat up and rubbed them, for there was no snow, no avalanche,no Alp, no St. Bernard dog in sight. Only a friendly pair of andironsstaring fixedly at him out of the fireplace of his fathers library: thepoker standing like a grenadier at one side, and the bellows, hangingfrom a brass-headed nail on the other. Beside these, lying on therug beside him, his head cocked to one side, his eyes fixed intentlyupon Toms face, and his tail wagging furiously, was Jeffy, not aSt Bernard, but a shaggy little Scotch terrier. Hello, Jeffy! said Tom, as he rubbed his eyes a second time. Where have you been all this time? \
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Was it you who rescued me from the avalanche? THE NEW YORK UBUC LIBRARY Ait**, 1.6HOXTH.BEN F©*.*!DATI*Ni Home Again 101 Woof! barked Jeff, and cocking his eye knowingly. And was it you who rescued me from the avalanche? Tomasked. Woof! replied Jeff, as much as to say he wouldnt tell. Well, it was mighty good of you, if you did, Jeffy, Tom said,gratefully. Only I wish you could have taken me to the Candy-dike or the Lobster shop instead of straight home—because Im notonly hungry Jeffy, but I should very much have liked to visit thosewonderful places. Woof! said Jeffy. Which Tom took to be a promise that his rescuer would dobetter next time. The little party has not been off again since, but the othernight some pieces of newspaper were thrown into the fire place andall but one of them were burned. Righty held this one under hisclaw and Tom, while trying to get a word out of his friend, caughtsight of it. Hello, said Tom, as he read what was printed on the clipping. The astronomers a

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