If there'd been anybody strange there Crib would have run back fast enough; then father'd have dropped there was something up and not shown.

No fear of the dog not knowing who was right and who wasn't.

He could tell every sort of a man a mile off, I believe.

He knew the very walk of the police troopers' horses, and would growl, father said, if he heard their hoofs rattle on the stones of the road.
About a quarter of an hour after father walks in, quiet as usual.
Nothing never made no difference to him, except he thought it was worth while.

He was middlin' glad to see us, and behaved kind enough to mother, so the poor soul looked quite happy for her.