They thought they merely saw three men in a buggy--a matter of no consequence; but when they found out the facts of the case, they altered their opinion pretty radically, and joined the boys, expressing their minds as they came.
Other dogs got interested; indeed, all the dogs.

It was a spirited sight to see them come leaping fences, tearing around corners, swarming out of every bystreet and alley.

The noise they made was something beyond belief--or praise.

They did not seem to be moved by malice but only by prejudice, the common human prejudice against lack of conformity.

If the twins turned their heads, they broke and fled in every direction, but stopped at a safe distance and faced about; and then formed and came on again as soon as the strangers showed them their back.