YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



he began to cry. Skippum and 1 began to 

 bark and scold, and to run back and forth 

 between the open door and the carriage, to 

 try to tell Mistress Wakeman to come and 

 see, -for we knew something was terribly 

 wrong, - and we would not stop when Inez 

 slapped savagely at us with the hair-brush. 

 Then she rushed over to a rear window 

 and struck at the glass with the back of the 

 brush and shivered it, and unfastened the 

 lock. We barked and screamed the louder, 

 and so did the poor little baby too. Then 

 she caught him up rudely and flew out, try- 

 ing to slam the door behind her; but Skip- 

 pum and I were tearing right up her trail, 

 and we got tangled up and squeezed awfully 

 hard in the door. She nearly tumbled 

 down with the baby in her arms, and kicked 

 at us spitefully with her sharp boot-heel, but 

 we had gotten worked up to such a pitch we 

 never seemed to feel the kicks then; and we 

 followed clear to the carriage, fairly raging 

 and frothing at our little mouths, just as 

 Mother Wakeman was about to climb out 

 in answer to our excited call, only to hear 

 that naughty Inez say: "Oh, Mrs. Wake- 

 man, I hope you will excuse me. I got so 

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