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The Juvenile Album, Or, Tales from Far and Near
The Juvenile Album Or Tales from Far and Near Author:R. Lee Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TEIAL. " Jump, Trial, jump ! Not so hard though; you will have me down ;" and as little Harry spoke thus to his favourite Trial, a large Newfoundland 'dog, an... more »d held the ball as high above his head as his arm could reach, the animal leaped up, and the little boy rolled upon the grass. He thought this was rather too rough, but scorning to cry, he got up again, and turning his back to Trial, refused to play any more. " I shan't speak to you, Sir," said he? " you knocked me down." Trial for a moment looked sorry, and then seizing the ball in his mouth, scampered round and round the child, till he had gained his attention, then, seeing a faint smile upon his countenance,"he laid the ball at his feet, wagged his tail, and looked in his face. The little boy's heart was softened, and throwing his arm round the dog's neck, and kissing him, the reconciliation was complete. These two friends often had little quarrels, but they were soon over, and certainly they did not begin on the part of the dog; his strength, for he was a very large animal, and his broad paws sometimes did mischief when he did not know it, but no sooner was he sensible that he had done wrong, than his head would drop, his tail hang down, and he would creep to his mat, and look so very miserable, that no one could be angry with him for a long time. A punishment which Mrs. F., Harry's mother, used to practice upon him, proved how sensible he was to disgrace, for there was neither pain nor hardship connected with it. It was simply to banish him to a recess, formed by the window in the back drawing-room, and he was so honourable, that he wouldremain there, even for hours, till his mistress gave him leave to come away. Like many children, his feelings would frequently get the better of him, and he did wrong without knowing ...« less