8/10 When he had finished his account of rescuing me from Jenkins, she said, quietly: "You will have the man punished ?" "What is the use? The coward who has maimed it for life should be punished. A child has a voice to tell its wrong--a poor, dumb creature must suffer in silence; in bitter, bitter silence. And," eagerly, as the young man tried to interrupt her, "you are doing the man himself an injustice. If he is bad enough to ill-treat his dog, he will ill-treat his wife and children. |