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This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
Chapter II MY MASTER I HAD not meant to defy him?I did not
understand. But I was soon to be a wiser puppy. This little madman
without another word seized me firmly; and, although I opposed him,
he took me by the back of the neck and stuck my muzzle into the
pan, muttering the while, "Drink it, please?please ." But I
couldn't drink it I didn't even know what he was talking about. I
struggled and sneezed so violently that a white spray was scattered
all over master. ' Little-Brother, who had come upon the scene,
retired a pace, laughing fit to kill. Master, however, held me with
a grip which soon convinced me that to struggle was vain. Shall I
ever forget that first clash of wills? No. Although tired and
terror-stricken from my long journey in the sack, I still was
disposed to fight; and I wouldn't drink. Poor, innocent puppy that
I was, how could I understand that he wanted only to feed me and
that unlesshe fed me I should starve. He looked at me perplexed and
probably thought me hopelessly stupid; but stupidity could not save
me, for he was not to be outdone. He stood there puzzled for a
moment, finger on lip, and then he left me. When he returned a
moment later he took me in his arms, and this time he held in his
hands a shiny thing which he dipped into the pan. Then he held my
head straight up and forced the shiny thing between my jaws I felt
something running down my throat and I was obliged to swallow the
stuff or strangle to death. So I swallowed it, and once I had
tasted it, being ever so hungry, I liked it; and I did not oppose
him much after that. When he finally put me down I even stuck out
my tiny red tongue to wipe the last drop off my mouth. And how good
it was. Then, as though satisfied with his work, off he capered,
running indoors. He shouted...
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Every thing you want to know about the Aaron Burr Conspiracy, the
Triad, General Wilkinson, of Louisiana, the probe of the West into
the Mexican Territories under Jefferson and the famous trial of
Aaron Burr.
Every thing you want to know about the Aaron Burr Conspiracy, the
Triad, General Wilkinson, of Louisiana, the probe of the West into
the Mexican Territories under Jefferson and the famous trial of
Aaron Burr.
Every thing you want to know about the Aaron Burr Conspiracy, the
Triad, General Wilkinson, of Louisiana, the probe of the West into
the Mexican Territories under Jefferson and the famous trial of
Aaron Burr.
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