THE KING COMES INTO HIS OWN
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SHE 'LL TACKLE ANYTHING FROM A TOM-CAT TO A TERRIER
This was a proceeding so unusual that he only half finished his breakfast, and hurried forth to discover Dode Johnson awaiting him in the alley, with a raccoon in a little lath-barred dog-kennel.
The two boys looked at each other; no words passed between them, and yet each spoke in a language older and plainer than words.