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Shock put down the barrow; and then his ot

the better of his sulkiness, and stooping down he astonisheda leap up the two steps, like a dog, and

going on all-fours to the box

"Pray, pray, take him away, Master Dennison!" the poor woman cried in

real alarm; "and do, pray, mind yourself--the boy'sone end of the box But

Shock growled, shook it free, lifted it from the floor, and before I

could stop hi,

laid it fairly across, and then seizing the handles went off at a trot

"I can't stop," I said quickly; "I o and look after him"

"Yes, but pray take care, my dear He bites He bit a boy once very

badly, and he isn't safe"

Not very pleasant news, but I could not stay to hear ht up to it and laid my hand upon one side of

the box as if to keep it steady

I did not speak for ato hi in hisave a bump and a bound, for the handles of the barroere

raised very high and Shock began to run

At the end of aon