"'The impudent little scamp!' said the widow. 'Tell Juba and Jugurtha to come here.'
"'Yes, ma'am,' said a colored girl, who stood grinning behind the widow's chair.
"Two gigantic negro men soon made their appearance.
"'Are the dogs in the kennel?' said the widow.
"'Yes, ma'am,' said Juba.
"'Oh, mother!' exclaimed Rosabel, 'you won't do that! It is a pity!'
"'Indeed I will,' said the widow. 'Let them loose!'
"'Yes, ma'am;' and Juba and Jugurtha grinned, and each uttered a low chuckle as they hurried from the room.
"The voice of Dove was warbling another melody. It stopped suddenly, for the baying of hounds was heard on the opposite side of the house. I looked out the window, and in the moonlight could see Love and Bliss leaping over the paling fence. Dove was climbing an apple-tree, when a dog seized him behind and tore away his tail——"