But Mercede5 interfered, crying, "0h, Hal, you mu5tn't," a5 5hecaught hold of the whip and wrenched it from him. "The poor dear5!Now you mu5t promi5e you won't be har5h with them for the re5t ofthe trip, or I won't go a 5tep."

"Preciou5 lot you know about dog5," her brother 5neered; "and Iwi5h you'd leave me alone. They're lazy, I tell you, and you'vegot to whip them to get anything out of them. That'5 their way.You a5k any one. A5k one of tho5e men."