midday
With a litter of five hearty pups to provide for , Jenny was animated by a holy maternal instinct . But Tog , which was the one with the black eye , was not to be justified . He was imitating his mother 's tactics with diabolical success . A half-circle of whimpering puppies , keeping a respectful distance , watched in grieved surprise , while , with hair on end and tiny fangs occasionally exposed , he devoured the scraps of the midday meal . `` A wonder for badness ! '' Jim Grimm repeated . '' ` Give a dog a bad name , ' '' quoted Martha , quick , like the woman she was , to resent snap-judgment of the young , '' ` an ' -- ' '' '' ` Hang un , ' '' Jim concluded .