`` Oh , no ! no ! they must n't , -- they would n't ! How Could any one be so wicked ? '' cried Bab and Betty , horrified at the suggestion . `` You do n't know what such fellows would do to make all safe , so they could use a dog to earn their living for 'em , '' said Ben , with mysterious significance , quite forgetting in his wrath that he had just proposed to get his own living in that way himself . `` He no your dog ? Sorry I not find him for you . Addio , signorina ! Grazia , signor ! Buon giorno , buon giorno ! '' and , kissing his hand , the Italian shouldered organ and monkey , ready to go . Miss Celia detained him long enough to give him her address , and beg him to let her know if he met poor Sanch in any of his wanderings ; for such itinerant showmen often cross each other 's paths . Ben and Thorny walked to the school-corner with him , getting more exact information about the black dog and his owner , for they had no intention of giving it up so soon . That very evening , Thorny wrote to a boy cousin in New York , giving all the particulars of the case , and begging him to hunt up the man , investigate the dog , and see that the police made sure that every thing was right . Much relieved by this performance , the boys waited anxiously for a reply , and when it came found little comfort in it . Cousin Horace had done his duty like a man , but regretted that he could only report a failure . The owner of the black poodle was a suspicious character , but told a straight story , how he had bought the dog from a stranger , and exhibited him with success till he was stolen . Knew nothing of his history , and was very sorry to lose him , for he was a remarkably clever beast . `` I told my dog-man to look about for him , but he says he has probably been killed , with ever so many more ; so there is an end of it , and I call it a mean shame . ''
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