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Quite as if it were a signal, "Nice horsey and good bossy" started at a trot which quickly left Wallie far behind thes were bursting His boots were killing him, his shin bones ached, and his feet at every step sank to the ankles in the loose sand It was like running through a bog He pursued until he was bent double with the effort and his legs grew numb The perspiration streamed fro was as wet as if it had been raining

When his legs would carry him not one step farther he stopped and looked after the cow and horse--ere still doing perfect tea side by side as evenly as if they had been harnessed together They stopped instantly when he stopped, and, as before, the horse turned its head to look back at him while the cow peered under its neck at Wallie

Hope revived again when they showed no disposition to ht that by feigning indifference and concealing his real purpose he ht approach them To this end, he whistled with so much breath as his chase had left him, tossed pebbles inconsequently, and sauntered toward the pair as if he had all the day before hi, and he was once more within fifty feet of them when they whirled about si Wallie far behind them

A humane consideration for animals had been inculcated in Wallie fro to inflict pain upon the cow and the livery horse that it would have shocked that lady if she could have read his thoughts as he chased them He visualized the two of them tied to a tree while he laid on the rope-end, and the picture afforded him intense satisfaction

Exhausted, and with his heart pounding under his silk shirt-bosom, Wallie stopped at last because he had to Iasped, a fresh radually getting closer, by a quick dash he could catch the bridle reins

As he circled, the gaze of the horse and cow followed hih to see the placid look of benevolence hich his coas regarding him and success seemed about to reward his efforts The horse, too, had half closed its eyes by the time he was ready for his coup, as if it had lost all interest in eluding him