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bones, tear your flesh " look, he is just the 

 gentlest-hearted beast out, and there is not 

 a puppy in the kennel, nor a child in the 

 village, who does not know this and impose 

 on him shamefully. Only last Sunday I had 

 to stop a small child of five from driving off 

 in a four-wheeled cart, using Grindum as a 

 horse. Once, and once only, Grindum 

 showed his temper. A big lout in the 

 village threw a stone at him. Grindum only 

 blinked, but Jack saw it and hit the lout, who 

 being twice Jack's size turned upon him and 

 knocked him down. In half a minute Grin- 

 dum's teeth had met three times in the lout's 

 calves and his trousers required reseating, 

 and in three-quarters of a minute Grindum 

 was sitting down with a bland expression of 

 countenance, blinking with both eyes at the 

 sky. 



Now to contmue my lesson on ratting 

 dogs. I have two others. Pepper and Wasp — 



