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legs and ran away as fast as he could, still howling 
piteously. 
Mistress was evidently pleased with Budge for his 
courage in so fearlessly attacking a dog much big- 
ger than himself, but she was also sorry for the poor 
vanquished dog, and said so to his master. But the 
gentleman said that the dog merely retired because 
he was too noble to attack an animal smaller than 
himself, and not at all because he considered him- 
self vanquished. 
But however that may be, I’m afraid it wasn’t 
very nice for Budge to engage in such a skirmish 
on a Sunday. 
