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Tim and Tip; Or, The Adventures of a Boy and a Dog
Tim and Tip Or The Adventures of a Boy and a Dog Author:James Otis 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: Chapter III. TIP'S INTRODUCTION TO MRS. SIMPSON. ON the following morning Tim and Sam were awakened very suddenly by a confused noise, which appeared to co... more »me from the kitchen below, and which could not have been greater had a party of boys been engaged in a game of leap-frog there. A woman's screams were heard amid the crashing of furniture as it was overturned, the breaking of crockery, and the sounds of scurryings to and fro, while high above all came, at irregular intervals, the yelp of a dog. This last sound caused Tim the greatest fear. A hasty glance around the room had shown him that Tip, who had been peacefully curled up on the outside of the bed when he last remembered anything, was no longer to be seen, and, without knowing how it could have happened, he was sure it was none other than his pet who was uttering those cries of distress. In a few moments more he learned that he was not mistaken, for Tip rushed into the room, his tongue hangingout, his stub of a tail sticking straight up, and looking generally as though he had been having a hard time of it. Before Tim, who had at once leaped out of bed, could comfort his pet, a voice, sounding as if its owner was sadly out of breath, was heard crying, " Sam ! Sam! Sammy!" " What, marm ?" replied Sam, who lay quaking with fear, and repenting the fact that his desire for candy had led him into what looked very much like a bad scrape. "Did a dog just come into your room?" " Yes, marm." " Throw something at him and drive him out." For an instant Sam clutched the pillow as if he would obey the command; but Tim had his arms around Tip's neck, ready to save him from any injury, even if he was obliged to suffer himself. "Why don't you drive him out?" cried Mrs. Simpson, after she had vainly waited...« less