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Here Garm left me. He departed without a word, and, so far as I could see, without moving his legs. He flew through the air bodily, and I heard the whack of him as he flung himself at Stanley, knocking the little man clean over. They rolled on the ground together, shouting, and yelping, and hugging. I could not see which was dog and which was man, till Stanley got up.
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This is from “Garm, a hostage” (1899) Private Stanley Ortheris, an old soldier and a crack marksman, is prone to bouts of drunken-ness. He leaves his magnificent bull terrier, with the story-teller, as a hostage for his good behaviour. But the dog, whom the story-teller christens Garm, pines for his master, and Stanley too falls ill. Here, dog and man are re-united. |
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