Now, what do you think about it ?" "Well," said the colonel, "I can hardly decide so important a question off-hand; but at the first glance my opinion is that you own the whole dog, and that Potts also owns the whole dog.

So when he bites you, a suit won't lie against Potts, and the only thing you can do to obtain justice is to make the dog bite Potts also.

As for the tail, when it is separated from the dog it is no longer the dog's tail, and it is not worth fighting about." "Can't sue Potts, you say ?" "I think not." "Can't get damages for the piece that's been bit out of me ?" "I hardly think you can." "Well, well, and yet they talk about American civilization, and temples of justice, and such things! All right.

Let it go.

I can stand it; but don't anybody ever undertake to tell me that the law protects human beings in their rights.