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RY NCE day while little Ella and her Father
sy were out walking they saw some boys
“> dragging along a poor little dog half dead
2 with fright. They had tied a kettle to its

* tail and were beating it to make it run. Ella’s
Father rescued the poor little dog from the cruel boys, and
then it licked Ella’s hand and looked up with its soft brown
eyes asking her to take it home with her. So Ella took it

  

home and called it Toby. Toby was one of those funny little

dogs, with long bodies and short legs, that .used to help to~
cook the meat in the kitchen. He had never cooked any
himself, but liked to eat it when he could get it.

Ella and Toby became great friends; she taught him to
beg, and many a fine romp did they have up and down
the house.

One night when everyone in the house was sound asleep
some robbers tried to break in,
but Toby, who was sleeping at
the foot of the stairs, jumped up
and barked so loudly that they ran
away, right into the arms of
two policemen.

After this Toby was a,
greater pet than ever, and
everyone was glad that Ella
had saved him from those
cruel boys.