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woe to Sam. The two set out together, and on our 

 cricket field came across the bully ; Prince and Sam 

 went up to him, the latter, with his tail held stiff and 

 looking savage, seized the sheepdog by the throat, 

 threw him over by a fair buttock in the Cumberland 

 and Westmoreland style of wrestling, then, turning 

 his back on his fallen foe, raised one of his hind legs, 

 and, after treating him in the most disdainful manner 

 possible, trotted off with his little friend. 



Poor Sam ! I even now think of him with regret. 

 We had to part, and he was sent to Manchester to 

 do duty as guard in a warehouse and shop. But 

 the smoky Cottonopolis he did not like, nor the con- 

 finement ; instead of snarling and barking at the 

 tramps, he "canoodled" with them and made friends 

 as a watch-dog he was useless. Perhaps he pined 

 for Prince and the cricket, field, for the riverside 

 and the country walks. He died of a broken heart, 

 for he did not like the large town's ways. 



This was nearly thirty years ago, and friends of 

 mine still tell me " You never had another dog like 

 Sam," or u Sam was the best dog you ever had." 

 I knew another bull terrier about this period that 

 would jump into the water off the highest bridge 

 that could be found, and, as a set off would put out 

 the flame of a blazing newspaper, or crush a red- 

 hot cinder in his mouth surely an apt pupil of the 



