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yard and saw the cat walking across to where 

 Wallace was lying by his kennel half asleep, fully 

 expecting to see her killed in a moment. I 

 waited, and, to my great astonishment, saw her 

 walk up to him, put up her tail, and rub all round 

 him in the most affectionate manner, and as she 

 passed his head, Wallace just looked up and gave 

 her a lick with his tongue. Seeing me, the old 

 dog jumped up, and, in so doing, trod on pussy's 

 foot, who immediately turned round and bit and 

 scratched. Wallace took no sort of notice of it, 

 clearly thinking that such an exhibition of temper 

 on her part was beneath his attention. We lived 

 about twenty-five miles from town, in a very 

 fashionable and wealthy part of the country, which 

 made it quite a " happy hunting-ground " for the 

 London burglars, regular gangs of whom used to 

 come down and " work " the district, in fact, oars 

 was almost the only house that was not broken 

 into, and this was entirely owing to Wallace, 

 — his sonorous bark effectually rousing everyone, 

 and he never used it without occasion. We caught 

 three men with a most beautiful set of burglars' 

 tools. They had intended to try the house ; 

 Wallace roused us by barking, and as he seemed 

 nearly frantic, we felt sure that the men were 

 near, so, turning out the men-servants, we loosed 



