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too steep for him to climb out and the current 

 swept him down with it in spite of his struggles. 



But a man who was passing along the road had 

 seen the accident. He ran and threw himself 

 down beside the mill stream and reaching over 

 caught the child. He pulled her out, and then 

 Barry could climb out by himself. 



If the family had been fond of Barry before, you 

 may be sure that they loved him after that. Barry 

 lived to be very old, and few dogs have had a hap- 

 pier life or been more petted than he. He deserved 

 it, too, for he was brave and faithful and noble. 



FAX 



Fax was a homeless, starved, forsaken cur. No- 

 body seemed to want him. He had been driven 

 from one place after another, sometimes with 

 threats, sometimes with blows. When the Wilsons 

 first saw him he was trying to find something to eat 

 among the scraps in their garbage bucket. 



" Poor thing,'.' said Mrs. Wilson. Then she 

 called to the cook who had appeared threateningly 

 at the kitchen door : " Don't drive the poor thing 

 away. He looks almost starved." 



