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The baking-oven sticks out of the wall like a great knob. An elder-tree hangs over the palings; and beneath its branches, at the foot of the paling, is a pool of water, in which a few ducks are disporting themselves. There is a yard-dog too, who barks at all corners. Just such a farmhouse as this stood in a country lane; and in it dwelt an old couple, a peasant and his wife.

If I could, I would slide along yonder on the ice, as I have seen the boys do; but I don't understand how; I don't even know how to run." "Away, away," barked the old yard-dog. He was quite hoarse, and could not pronounce "Bow wow" properly. He had once been an indoor dog, and lay by the fire, and he had been hoarse ever since. "The sun will make you run some day.

A sturdy young yard-dog, frantic with the pleasure of performing his first piece of actice guardian service, was ramping and snarling over him, rendering the task of regaining his feet or securing the ladder a matter of considerable difficulty. When he had at last succeeded in both efforts he was just by a hair's-breadth too late to be of any use.

The yard-dog barked with delight and tumbled madly about on its chain in its desire to join in the game. Up by the fence the robber was overtaken and thrown to the ground; but he managed to toss the cap up into the air, and it descended right in front of the high stone steps of the House.

This way, to the left, round the corner of the common, past Mr. Welles's cottage, and our path lies straight before us. How snug and comfortable that cottage looks! Its little yard all alive with the cow, and the mare, and the colt almost as large as the mare, and the young foal, and the great yard-dog, all so fat!

But this Snow-man was different: how could he feel happy? 'Yours is a bad illness for a Snow-man! said the yard-dog. 'I also suffered from it, but I have got over it. Bow-wow! he barked. 'The weather is going to change! he added. The weather did change. There came a thaw. When this set in the Snow-man set off. He did not say anything, and he did not complain, and those are bad signs.

The Snow-man felt wonderfully happy, and a feeling came over him which he could not express; but all those who are not snow-men know about it. 'Why did you leave her? asked the Snow-man. He had a feeling that such a being must be a lady. 'How could you leave such a place? 'I had to! said the yard-dog. 'They turned me out of doors, and chained me up here.

A whole company of amiable dogs, spaniels and terriers, came out with an effusive welcome; a big black yard-dog, after a loud protesting bark, joined in the civilities. And there I sat down in the warm sun, to drink in the beauty of the scene, while the moor-hens cried plaintively in the moat, and the dogs disposed themselves at my feet.

And before long it was all over with the winter too! 'Bow-wow! barked the hoarse yard-dog. But the young girl sang: Woods, your bright green garments don! Willows, your woolly gloves put on! Lark and cuckoo, daily sing February has brought the spring! My heart joins in your song so sweet; Come out, dear sun, the world to greet! And no one thought of the Snow-man. The Shirt-collar

"Miss Ingate come home yesterday. She said you couldn't be far off, miss." "Not Miss ... Mrs. Moncreiff," said Audrey firmly. "I beg your pardon, madam," Aguilar responded with absolute imperturbability. "She never said nothing about that." And he proceeded mechanically to the next window. The yard-dog began to bark. Audrey, ignoring Musa, went round the shrubbery towards the kennel.