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had apparently understood it well enough 

 to feel that Jack was in the wrong, and so 

 he gallantly came to the rescue. Away he 

 marched with Mary, while the rest of us, 

 now interested in the matter, followed in 

 the rear to see how the thing would turn 

 out. While we remained in the room ad- 

 joining the kitchen, and out of sight of Jack, 

 Eddy and Mary went on into the kitchen, 

 leaving the door open behind them. Thus 

 we distinctly heard what the boy said. 

 Marching up to Jack, where he was still 

 sprawled out on the floor, and speaking with 

 the authority of a king, he said as he seized 

 him by one of his ears ; " I am ashamed of 

 you, Jack. You naughty dog, teasing Mary 

 like this. So you won't let her wash her 

 kitchen, you naughty dog! Get up! " Jack 

 at once obeyed the child and was thus led 

 by his ear into the study. Here the child 

 gave him another lecture on the naughtiness 

 of his conduct, ending up by saying, " Now, 

 Jack, you keep out of the kitchen." And 

 to a remarkable degree this order was 

 obeyed. 



