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"S. V."

           

           ItwasonthemorningofFebruary9th,Jack,half-lyingonthedeck,wasamusinghimselfformingawordwhicholdTomwastoputtogetheragain,afterthelettershadbeenmixed.Tom,withhishandoverhiseyessoasnottocheat,asheagreed,wouldseenothing,anddidseenothingoftheworkofthelittleboy.

           Ofthesedifferentletters,aboutfiftyinnumber,somewerelarge,otherssmall.Besides,someofthesecubescarriedafigure,whichtaughtthechildtoformnumbersaswellastoformwords.

           Thesecubeswerearrangedonthedeck,andlittleJackwastakingsometimesone,sometimesanother,tomakeawordatrulygreatlabor.

           Now,forsamemoments,Dingowasmovingroundtheyoungchild,whensuddenlyitstopped.Itseyesbecamefixed,itsrightpawwasraised,itstailwaggedconvulsively.Then,suddenlythrowingitselfononeofthecubes,itseizeditinitsmouthandlaiditonthedeckafewstepsfromJack.

           ThiscubeborealargelettertheletterS.

           "Dingo,wellDingo!"criedthelittleboy,whoatfirstwasafraidthathisSwasswallowedbythedog.

           ButDingohadreturned,and,beginningthesameperformanceagain,itseizedanothercube,andwenttolayitnearthefirst.

           ThissecondcubewasalargeV.

           ThistimeJackgaveacry.

           Atthiscry,Mrs.Weldon,CaptainHull,andtheyoungnovice,whowerewalkingonthedeck,assembled.LittleJackthentoldthemwhathadjustpassed.

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