Rover II, also Called Kimo 187 



" Well, what are you going to do with 

 him?" 



" First of all," I replied, " I am going to 

 get him out of that big box." 



" Going to do it alone? " one of them 

 asked. 



" Yes, I am," I answered. 



" Well, just wait until we get out of this, 

 will you?" 



" Certainly," I replied, " but hurry, for 

 the poor dog has been in there long enough." 



So while I made preparations to relieve 

 the dog, these four men threw the scantlings 

 on the wagon, and turning the horses 

 around, drove out of the yard. Then shut- 

 ting the high, close gate, they took their 

 position on the top of the wall to see me 

 " devoured by that dog," as one of them 

 put it. 



From my knowledge of dog nature, I had 

 all confidence in the quick and prompt plan 

 I was going to adopt, and which I was not 

 long in putting into practice. 



Going into the kitchen I obtained from 

 the cook a generous dish of cold meat. The 

 gardener furnished me with an axe and the 

 stable boy with a large bucket of cold water. 



Placing the meat and water where I could 



