BERTIE AND ROVER.

"O Ro-ver! I love you," Young Mas-ter Ber-tie said. To prove his words were true, He hugged the dog's rough head. ——— Ro-ver knew not one half His lit-tle mas-ter said; But when he heard him laugh, He quick-ly raised his head. ——— He loved to run a-bout A-mong the lambs and sheep, Which lay in groups a-bout, Ap-pa-rent-ly a-sleep. ——— He'd leap a five-barred gate, And then, with con-scious pride, For Bertie's com-ing wait Up-on the oth-er side.