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tlioir opinions wore," for tlio poor little pet, in 

 this instance, '' had done, no doubt, as all mad 

 dogs were said to do," he ''had escaped the 

 premises in a ' rabid ' state, run the usual 

 'muck,' bit everybody and everything*, and cither 

 been killed or died from the effects of the 

 terrible disease he was deemed to carry with 

 him." 



Suffice it to say that the " obstinate child," as 

 the dear, graceful girl was called l3y her immediate 

 elders, though they, her elders, by their foolish 

 conduct, impressed for a time her malleable mind 

 with a melancholy and morbid fear of the j^ossiblo 

 consequences of the bite she had received, still 

 kept the graceful limb ]iot cauterized ; and after 

 a time the condemned pet was restored to her 

 boudoir, free from all insanity, affectionate towards 

 her, its coat like silk, its eyes as bright as ever ; 

 and then she looked ba-ck to the horrors that 

 mistaken advice had impressed upon her mind, 

 and thanked tlie hand that had saved her dog, 

 and, through the dog's safety and return to her, 

 relieved her mind from anv lino-erino- doubt or 

 hesitation. Tlie "hand" needed no tltanks — the 



