38 THE STBIKE AT SHANE'S. 



don't you mind ? " — but Towser was gone. He remem- 

 bered his promise, and kept it, but he felt so mean that 

 he went around in the back yard and growled at Tom, 

 until he received a kick, and then he felt better. 



The next day the pigs were in the garden, and Edith 

 called Towser to run them out. He lay still with hW\ 

 nose between his paws, and apparently paid no atten- 

 tion to her. 



"You naughty, lazy dog. You shall not have any 

 supper for that," cried Edith, as she went after the 

 pigs. 



