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pale and pinched I thought they must be 

 dead. 



I will give place to no man living at rat- 

 catching and minding dogs, but here was a 

 pretty mess, for I am no good with little 

 children ; so putting down my lantern, I 

 hurried back to the house and got two rugs 

 and with them wrapped the children and dog 

 up snugly. Then I went in and woke up 

 my wife, who had already gone to bed, and 

 called some other women who were in the 

 house, and after telling them what I had 

 found, I made up a big fire in the kitchen 

 and put on some water to boil. In a very 

 few minutes my wife was downstairs and 

 battling her way with me off to the wood- 

 shed. I untied the dog and moved him 

 away from the children. This woke them 

 both, and they sat up and rubbed their eyes, 

 and the poor boy appeared almost scared to 

 death, but the little girl was quite quiet, and 





