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UNCLE JACK'S PACK OF HOUNDS. 



" To-0-o-too to-o-ot! " said he; and all the other hounds jumped 

 after him. Away they went, baying at the top of their voices. 

 liTothing could stop them now. They had found the track of their 

 little playmates. Happy dogs ! The school-house door was open, 

 and in they went. You never heard such a noise as they made. 



The little school-mistress was brave. She did not scream oi 

 faint, but she was sadly frightened, for she had never seen a pack 

 of hounds before. She did not laiow that dogs could make so 

 much noise. They went all round the school-room, wagging their 

 tails against the desks, delighted to see everybody once more. 



Poor Uncle Jack had the worst of it. He had to come into 

 school with his riding-whip, to drive them out. 



