33/39 He was all right then." "Oh, my!" said Euphemia, "I am so glad to hear that. I was afraid you never got in. But we saw the dog--is he as savage yet ?" "Oh no!" said Pomona; "nothin' like it." "Look here, Pomona," said I, "I want to know about those taxes. When do they come into your story ?" "Pretty soon, sir," said she, and she went on: "After that, I know'd it wouldn't do to have them two dogs so that they'd have to be tied up if they see each other. Just as like as not I'd want them both at once, and then they'd go to fightin', and leave me to settle with some blood-thirsty lightnin'-rodder. |