"Go for them, Dick! bring them down!" With one fierce yelp Dick was out of her grasp and out of her sight.
It had all happened so swiftly that the thieves were bewildered, dazed, and frightened almost beyond power of speech or movement.
They had heard nothing, and certainly had expected nothing, yet suddenly, from somewhere quite near by, came a voice, and out of the darkness came a large dog bounding upon them, growling savagely.
For a second they were too frightened to move; then, with an oath, they dashed across the garden, making for the wall they had come over.

Fast though they went, Dick was after them and on them, and Bob, as well as Bill, knew what it was to feel blood trickling down his leg.

Bob yelled, Bill groaned, Dick growled and snarled and barked furiously with excitement.

The frightened hens, startled by the hubbub, added their share to the uproar.
In the cottage a curtain was drawn back quickly from a window, and a white frightened face stared out.

Huldah caught sight of it, and coming out of the shelter of the barn, raced eagerly along the path to the house.
"It's all right," she cried, panting.