"It's all right, ma'am, some fellows come stealing your fowls, but Dick's after them." Dick was after them, but he could not capture them; he was but a young dog, and the enemy was two to one.

A heavy kick sent him rolling over, just as the thieves reached the wall, and before he could pick himself up again they were over it, and making good their escape.
At the sound of Dick's cry Huldah went flying back to the spot whence the sound came.

"Oh, Dick, Dick, what have they done!" she cried, terrified.
Dick, though, was not one to make a fuss about anything.

Kicks he was well accustomed to.

Men, according to his experience, were given to kicking.