He said that he had got it from a little, mangy dog, that he had played with a few weeks before.

He was only with the dog a little while, and didn't think he would take it, but it seemed he knew what an easy thing it was to get.
Until he got well he was separated from us.

Miss Laura kept him up in the loft with the rabbits, where we could not go; and the boys ran him around the garden for exercise.

She tried all kinds of cures for him, and I heard her say that although it was a skin disease, his blood must be purified.

She gave him some of the pills that she made out of sulphur and butter for Jim, and Billy, and me, to keep our coats silky and smooth.