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in the quiet life of the woman for whom Dick had been
originally got, that he substituted another and more suitable
dog, and kept the little man for his own portion.
 As I have been assured, there never was a blyther, bolder,
more irrepressible spirit than that which lodged in the body
of the small terrier. Like his friend Wallace, he needed to be
tamed, and to the last he could not stand teasing for any
length of time without a strong inclination to show his fine
white teeth in a way which was not play. The fact was, that
on these occasions he got into a white heat of rage, in which
he was in danger of ceasing to be master of his actions.
 Once, when Dick was a young dog, under some provocation
he flew at and slightly bit his mistress, who had no resource
but to show him the iniquity of the deed in a manner which, I
believe, is effectual when it is possible to practise it. According
to strict injunctions as to the conduct required in the circum-
stances; and in the stern necessity of preventing a repetition
of the offence, which might have cost the life of the offender,
she caught Dick by the refractory cuff of his neck, carried him
to the door of a room into which she could throw him when the
time came, and while holding him in the air-which is the great
secret of the effectiveness of the punishment, since the culprit
feels himself, during the infliction, absolutely powerless in the
grasp of the dispenser of justice-cuffed him soundly, and
then flung him from her into the open door at hand, closing
it quickly after him, and so preventing any possibility of a
hostile attack from the dog while still writhing and struggling
under his penalty. The result was, that the tender-hearted
young mistress withdrew sick from giving the painful lesson
she had been imperatively called on to teach. But, as in the