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slowly forward to the front of his cage, 

 watched the little terrier wildly and blindly 

 trying to find a way out of the terrible place, 

 and then settled himself on the floor of his 

 cage once more, resting his big head on his 

 fore paws. Although the roarings and crying 

 of the other animals continued for some time 

 in spite of every effort to quiet them, Schley 

 took not the slightest notice, not even when 

 his twin brother, Dewey, rose up, drew in his 

 breath in short, quick gasps, and joined in 

 vigorously. 



Certainly when feeding time arrives, 

 Schley will then, with the others, pace up and 

 down and become just as impatient as any of 

 them, but it is in a very quiet way, not an 

 excitable, wild manner like the others. Ha 

 will clutch at his meat greedily, too, but, when 

 he has once got hold of it, his placid manner 

 returns and he eats his meal much in the 

 same way he does everything else, as if he 

 had plenty of time and was not at all uneasy. 



Even if the men pretend to take the meat 

 away, an action which will generally make 



