"Quick, Dick, catch them!" she whispered, excitedly. "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. "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.
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