Waggles was Jimmie's chum. He was never cross, and he loved Jimmie. And Jimmie loved Waggles, but sometimes Jimmie was cross. It was when he was cross that he tied the can to Waggles's tail.  
Waggles thought it was a new game, but at his first jump the can bounced up and struck him.
 
This frightened Waggles, and he tried to run away from the horrid, bouncing Thing. But the faster he ran the harder the Thing bounced, and the oftener it struck him. Waggles became wild with fright, and he gasped for breath as he raced along.
 
Suddenly he heard a voice that he loved: "Waggles! Waggles! Waggles!"
 
Waggles stopped running, and dropped, exhausted, at the feet of Jimmie's father.
 
"Poor Waggles!" said Mr. Brown tenderly as he cut the string. "I didn't suppose there was a boy in this town mean enough to do a thing like that."
 
Waggles licked his hand and looked up at hi............