he actually saw the forlorn little damsel, "you needn't ever bring
such people here, Jasper! I don't know what to do with them, I'm
sure!"

"Well," said the boy, laughing, "we didn't have to, did we, Prince?"
stroking the big head of the dog who was slowly following the two
as they paced up and down, but keeping carefully on the side of his
master; "for just as we really didn't know what to do, don't you
think there was a big wagon came along, drawn by the ricketiest
old horse, and a boy in the wagon looking both sides of the road,
and into every bush, just as wild as he could be, and before I could
think, hardly, he spied us, and if he didn't jump! I thought he'd
broken his leg"--

"And I suppose he just abused you for what you had done,"
observed the old gentleman, petulantly; "that's about all the
gratitude there is in this world."

"He didn't seem to see me at all," said the boy. "I thought he'd eat
the little girl up."

"Ought to have looked out for her better then," grumbled the old
gentleman, determined to find fault with somebody.

"And he's a splendid fellow, I just know," cried Jasper, waxing
enthusiastic; "and his name is Pepper."

"Pepper!" repeated his father; "no nice family ever had the name of
Pepper!"