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or tail that happened to be convenient. Often it 

 was Jerry's leg. 



Once when he did this Jerry whirled round from 

 the other dog, and under the excitement of the 

 moment caught Flicker and gave him a good shake. 

 Then seeing who it was, he dropped the terrier 

 immediately and returned to his real enemy. 



The little terrier came running over to his master 

 limping, and howling for sympathy. His master 

 was afraid from his cries that he was almost killed, 

 but he was not really hurt at all. He was only 

 frightened. 



Once Jerry was terribly bitten by two great blood- 

 hounds that he had attacked. The family nursed 

 him until his wounds had healed, and they hoped he 

 had learned a lesson. But as soon as he was well 

 he was just as eager to fight as ever. 



One morning the garden gate had been left open 

 and Jerry got out into the street alone. He lingered 

 about for awhile and then trotted down to his 

 master's office. 



It was so early that no one was about except the 

 man who attended to the fires. He had left the 

 office door ajar and had gone out for something. 

 When he came back he saw a dog there in the 



Pyle's Humble Friends. — 3. 



