| TIM AND TIP. |
| MOTHER MICHEL AND HER CAT. |
| PICKING BERRIES. |
| BLOCKADED BY A LION. |
| RABBITS AS PETS. |
| DIGGING FOR INDIAN RELICS. |
| AND WHY? |
| A BIT OF FOOLISHNESS. |
| OUR POST-OFFICE BOX. |
| DISAPPOINTED. |
| Vol. II.—No. 92. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | PRICE FOUR CENTS. |
| Tuesday, August 2, 1881. | Copyright, 1881, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, In Advance. |
TIM AND TIP;
OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY AND A DOG.
BY JAMES OTIS, AUTHOR OF "TOBY TYLER," ETC.
Chapter I.
TIM'S FLIGHT.
"'STRAYED.—A boy from the home of the subscriber; and any onereturning him will be suitably rewarded. Said boy is about elevenyears old, has short light hair, a turned-up[Pg 626] nose, and face verymuch tanned. When last seen he had on a suit of blue clothesconsiderably faded and worn, and had with him a yellow dog with along body, short legs, and a short tail. The boy answers to thename of Tim, and the dog to that of Tip. Any information regardingthe runaway will be liberally paid for. Address Captain RufusBabbige, in care of this office.'
"There, Tim," said the man who had been reading the advertisement aloud,from the columns of a country newspaper, to a very small boy with largedark eyes and a very pale thin face, who was listening intently, "yousee that Rufe Babbige don't intend to let you get away as easy as youthought, for he's willing to pay something for any news of you, thoughI'll be bound he won't part with very much money."
"But he always said