THE DOG. 
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pole in his month. He once attempted to 
carry a ladder; but that was rather too much 
for him. He never forgot any one who 
had been kind to him, and his dislikes were 
equally inveterate : a person who had once 
treated him rudely would never be noticed 
by him again. He disliked cats in general, 
and would often kill them; but he was 
always on friendly relations with the family 
cat for the time, and would fight her battles 
with other dogs. The horses, however, 
were his most intimate friends, and he 
always went with the carriage.” 
“What was the end of him?” asked 
Matilda, who had been listening attentively, 
despite her resolution not to be interested. 
“ A very sad one. There was an alarm 
of mad dogs throughout the country, caused 
by a large spaniel which had run through 
the village foaming at the mouth and had 
bitten three or four people and I don’t 
know how many dogs and cattle. It was 
proved that this spaniel had entered the 
yard and been seen with our dogs; and of 
course sentence was passed upon them, and 
our poor Sancho was shot.” 
“What a shame!” exclaimed several 
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