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Identifier: aroundteatable01talm (find matches)
Title: Around the tea-table
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Cowperthwait & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rs in gunning for critics. Youmight better have crone straight ahead, Nick!You will come to be estimated for exactly whatyou are worth. If a fool, no amount of newspa-per or magazine puffery can set you up : and Ifyou are useful, no amount of newspaper or maga-zine detraction can keep you down. For even*position there are twenty aspirants ; only one mancan get it: forthwith the other nineteen are on theoffensive. People are silly enough to think thatthey can build themselves up with the bricks theypull out of your wail. Pass on and leave them.What a waste of powder for a hunter to go intothe woods to shoot black flies, or for a man ofgreat work to notice infinitesimal assault! MyNewfoundland would scorn to be seen making adrive at a black-and-tan terrier. But one day. on my walk with Xick. we had anawful time. We were coming in at great speed,much of the time on a brisk run. my mind full ofwhite clover tops and the balm that exudes fromthe woods in full leafage, when, passing the com-
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millNimlllMiiiilllli KINGS OF THE KENNEL. 137 mons, we saw a dog-fight in which there mingleda Newfoundland as large as Nick, a blood-hound,and a pointer. They had been interlocked forsome time in terrific combat. They had gnashedupon and torn each other until there was gettingto be a great scarcity of ears, and eyes, and tails. Nicks head was up, but I advised him that hehad better keep out of that canine misunderstand-ing. But he gave one look, as much as to say, Here at last is an occasion worthy of me, andat that dashed into the fray. There had been noorder in the fight before, but as Nick entered theyall pitched at him. They took him fore, and aft,and midships. It was a greater undertaking thanhe had anticipated. He shook, and bit, and hauled,and howled. He wanted to get out of the fight,but found that more difficult than to get in. Now, if there is anything I like, it is fair play.I said, Count me in ! and with stick and othermissiles I came in like Blucher at nightfall. Nicksaw

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