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boot, to sort his parcels. The mistress of 

 the house stepped to the coach door, to 

 assist the ladies out, necessarily one foot in 

 advance of the other. I threw the reins 

 down, and was in the act of dismounting, 

 when the varmint horsekeeper's pet, catch- 

 ing sight of Bob's spaniel, flew in a moment 

 right between the hostess's feet, one of 

 which was on the step of the coach, knocked 

 her down, and fastened on the unoffending 

 quadruped. 



Bob dropped his parcels to relieve his 

 dog from the silent fix in which the bull- 

 terrier had got him ; and Mr. Horsekeeper 

 left his horses with three of the four 

 leaders' traces unhooked, and the near 

 rein thrown on the ground, to try and 

 make his pet desist from his unprovoked 

 attack. But this was a thing not so 

 easily accomplished his lips were fixed 

 in too strong an embrace to be readily 

 separated. In vain did Bob grasp the 

 two hind legs of his favourite, with his 



