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Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog, by Anonymous
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Title: Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: January 31, 2004 [EBook 10888]
Language: English
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[Illustration: ARTHUR AND HIS DOG.]
ARTHUR HAMILTON, AND HIS DOG.
Written for the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, and approved by the Committee of Publication.
1851.
CHAPTER I.
LEAVING HOME.
One pleasant October evening, Arthur Hamilton was at play in front of the small, brown cottage in which he lived. He and his brother James, were having a great frolic with a large spotted dog, who was performing a great variety of antics, such as only well-educated dogs understand. But Rover had been carefully initiated into the mysteries of making a bow while standing on his hind legs, tossing pieces of