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"Aw--John--don't hurt it!"

"Let it go!"

"Kill it quick!"

And above their re of so downstairs, burst upon theht and left,

revealing Johnnie Cobden engaged in torturing a risly details I called to one of the boys to come and drown the

creature quick! John I seized by the collar; and dragged hi, hulking boy of

thirteen, and he fought like a little tiger, holding on to posts and

doorjambs as we passed Ordinarily I doubt if I could have handled him,

but that one sixteenth Irish that I possess was all on top, and I was

fighting mad We burst into the kitchen, and I hastily looked about for

a means of chastisement The pancake turner was the first utensil that

met th, until

I had reduced hilittle bully he had been four minutes before

And then who should suddenly burst into the midst of this explosion but