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up the slippery rocks. If it were at a spot where lie could uot pos- 

 sibly reach her, he would, after several attempts, all the time furi- 

 ously barking as though expressing his anxiety and solicitude, rush 

 off to a spot where some old oars, paddles, and sticks of various 

 kinds were piled. There he searched until he secured one that 

 suited his purpose. "With this in his mouth, he hurried back to 

 the spot where Cuff'y was still in the water at the base of the steep 

 rocks. Here he would work the stick around until he was able 

 to let one end down within reach of his exacting companion in the 

 water. Seizing it in her teeth and with the powerful Jack pulling 

 at the other end she was soon able to work her way up the rough 

 but almost perpendicular rocks. This prompt action, often re- 

 peated on the part of Jack, looked very much like " the specious 

 appearance of reasoning." It was a remarkable coincidence that 

 if Jack were called away, Cuffy at once swam to the sandy beach 

 and there came ashore. 



Jack never had any special love for the Indians, although we 

 were then living among them. He was, however, too well in- 

 structed ever to injure or even growl at any of them. The chang- 

 ing of Indian servant girls in the kitchen was alwaj^s a matter of 

 perplexity to him. He was suspicious of these strange Indians 

 coming in and so familiarly handling the various utensils of their 

 work. ]^ot daring to injure them, it was amusing to watch him 

 in his various schemes to tease them. If one of them seemed 

 especially anxious to keep the doors shut. Jack took the greatest 

 delight in frequently opening them. This he took care only to do 

 when no member of the family was around. These tricks he would 

 continue to do until formal complaints were lodged against him. 

 One good scolding was sufficient to deter him from thus teasing that 

 girl, but he would soon begin to try it with others. 



One summer we had a fat, good-natured servant girl whom we 

 called Mary. Soon after she was installed in her place Jack began, 

 as usual, to try to annoy her, but found it to be a more difficult 

 job than it had been with some of her predecessors. She treated 

 him with complete indifference, and was not in the least afraid of 

 him, big as he w^as. This seemed to very much humiliate him, as 

 most of the other girls had so stood in awe of the gigantic fellow 

 that they had about given way to him in everything. Mary, how- 

 ever, did nothing of the kind. She would shout, " Get out of my 

 way ! " as quickly to " his mightiness " as she would to the smallest 

 dog on the place. This very much offended Jack, but he had been 

 so well trained, even regarding the servants, that he dare not 

 retaliate even with a growl. Mary, however, had one weakness, 

 and after a time Jack found it out. Her mistress observing that 



