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them ; and as soon as they saw him, drove him away. 

 After that he did not go near them for some time, and 

 when he paid his next visit, placed himself out of reach 

 both of stones and whip, and then barked away as loudly 

 as ever. 



He had nearly barked himself hoarse out of pure re- 

 venge, when a boy came to the house, seized the knocker, 

 and let it fall again. Then, to the surprise of the dog, the 

 door was opened, and the boy entered the house. When 

 he had recovered a little from his astonishment, he crept 

 slowly along the wall, till he reached the very place 

 where the boy had stood. Then he jumped up to try 

 to catch hold of the knocker, but it was high up, and 

 he had to jump a great many times before he managed 

 to catch it between his teeth. It fell with a great bang, 

 and some one called out, ' Who's there ? ' and, as the dog 

 was silent, came to the door and threw it open . In flew 

 the dog, and ran straight to his friend, whom he had not 

 seen for so long, and received a warm welcome. The 

 family were so much amused at his cleverness that this 

 time they let him stay, and w r henever his morning ' rat- 

 tat ' was heard, it was a race between the children as to 

 who should answer it. 



At the time when I am now writing (Dec. 20, 1897), 

 there is an account in the papers of the rescue of a dog 

 from a ledge on one of the highest and steepest cliffs in 

 Dover. Some boys looking down from the top, saw the 

 little liver-coloured creature lying, with a lady's hat 

 beside it, more than two hundred feet below, and told the 

 police, who said it was quite impossible to get at her. A 

 week passed and the dog was still there, and the boys 

 could stand it no longer. With the help of a man named 

 Joys, they drove footholes into the cliff from beneath, and 

 managed to reach the little spaniel, after a dangerous climb 

 of about a hundred feet, while the coast-guard let down 

 ropes from above, and hauled them all up together. The 



