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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 378

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E WISE. A DOG WHO SHOWED ALMOST HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AND SKILL IN THE FIRE OF 1S75. III.—BOB. CARLO was not the only fire dog, for a Lon-don paper tells of Bob, the firemans dog, at the ST. NICHOLAS DOG STORIES. 363 Southwark Fire-brigade station in London. When-ever the fire-bell rings, Bob is in a… … more quickly than any of the firemen. One daya house was on fire in Duke street. The flameswere spreading rapidly, and threatened soon tobring the building to the ground. Bob darted intothe burning house, and in a few moments was seencoming out with —what do you think ?— a poorcat, in his mouth !…

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