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Updated: June 1, 2025
Ain't it, Toozle, my boy?" Toozle whined, wagged his tail, and said, a's plainly as if he had spoken, "Yes, of course it is an uncommonly bad joke, no doubt; but a joke, undoubtedly; so keep up your heart, my man." "Ah! you're a funny dog," continued Bumpus, "but you don't know wot it is to be hanged, my boy. Hanged! why it's agin all laws o' justice, moral an' otherwise, it is.
"Then it's all up with him!" said Bumpus; "and the pirate will meet his doom, as I once hear'd a feller say in a play though I little thought to see it acted in reality." "So he will," added Dick Price. Corrie's countenance fell, and Alice grew pale. Even Poopy and Toozle looked a little depressed. "No, it is not all up with him," cried Henry Stuart, energetically.
This was none other than our friend Toozle, the mass of ragged door-mat on which Alice doted so fondly. This little dog had, during the course of events which have taken so long to recount, done nothing worthy of being recorded. He had, indeed, been much in every one's way, when no one had had time or inclination to take notice of him.
The girl stared with a vacant countenance at the bright, intelligent face of the child, and shook her head slowly. "Why don't you ask me?" inquired Corrie. "You might as well ask Toozle as that potato Kickup. Eh? Puppy, don't you confess that you are no better than a vegetable? Come, now, be honest." "Hee! hee!" replied Poopy. "Humph! I thought so. But that's an odd question of yours, Alice.
Before he could reply, the furious barking of a dog attracted Corrie's attention. He knew it to be the voice of Toozle.
Thus it came to pass that Toozle attended the trial of Bumpus, entered his cell along with him, slept with him during the night, accompanied him to the gallows in the morning, and sat under him when they were adjusting the noose, looking up with feelings of unutterable dismay, as clearly indicated by the lugubrious and woebegone cast of his ragged countenance. But we are anticipating.
Toozle had the experience of a lifetime to convince him that Alice objected to have her face licked, and would on no account permit it, although she was extremely liberal in regard to her hands; but Toozle ignored the authority of experience.
There's plenty of pots and pans here to do it; and if Alice will bring down her white frock I'll give it a touch up too." "How can you talk such nonsense, Corrie!" said Alice, laughing. "Down, Toozle; silence, sir. Go, my dear Poopy, and put on another frock, and make haste, for I've something to say to you."
He also evinced his scorn for the opinion that some foolish persons hold, namely, that black people are not as good as white, by rushing into Poopy's arms and attempting to lick her black face as he had tried to do to Alice. Toozle was extremely gratified.
Alice sprang up at once. "My father told me to follow him some time ago," said she. "I have been too long of doing so already. I do hope that you will succeed." So saying, and with a cheerful "Good-bye!" the little girl ran down the mountain-side, closely followed by Toozle and Poopy.
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