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He was not afraid, but he would not fight, and if 

 the terrier grew too unpleasant he simply rose and 

 walked away to an- 

 other part of the 

 room. 



The eldest son of 

 the family, Mr. 

 Richard, as the ser- 

 vants called him, 

 thought he would see 

 if he could not teach 

 Fax some more tricks, 

 since he had been so 

 clever about learninof Fax Begging 



to beg. Every evening he gave Fax a lesson and 

 it was wonderful how quickly the dog learned. Be- 

 fore long he would roll over and play dead dog at 

 the word of command, leap through a hoop, sit up 

 and beg with something on his nose, then toss it 

 up in the air and catch it in his mouth, close the 

 door and fetch a glove, a shoe or a letter as he 

 was told. 



In return for these lessons Fax adopted Mr. 

 Richard as his especial master to be followed and 

 obeyed. The obeying was all right, but as to the 



