Bingfo 



the stranger now, stooped down and laid hold 

 of the trap with one hand and his leg with the 

 other. Instantly he seized my wrist in his 

 teeth. 



Without stirring I said, " Bing, don't you 

 know me? " 



He had not broken the skin and at once re- 

 leased his hold and offered no further resistance, 

 although he whined a good deal during the re- 

 moval of the trap. He still acknowledged me 

 his master in spite of his change of residence 

 and my long absence, and notwithstanding my 

 surrender of ownership I still felt that he was 

 my dog. 



Bing was carried into the house much against 

 his will and his frozen foot thawed out. Dur- 

 ing the rest of the winter he went lame and two 

 of his toes eventually dropped off. But before 

 the return of warm weather his health and 

 strength were fully restored, and to a casual 

 glance he bore no mark of his dreadful experi- 

 ence in the steel trap. 



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