1 86 My Dogs in the Northland 



amusement as I saw the actual terror of 

 these men, for a glance showed me, that big 

 as the dog was, he was so securely fastened 

 in the great case that he was powerless to 

 injure them. 



After a lot of delays and time-wasting 

 movements, they succeeded in placing the 

 box on the ground and then one of them, 

 producing his express book from his pocket, 

 asked me whether I knew who the owner of 

 the dog was, or whether there was some one 

 there at the house with sufficient authority 

 to sign the receipt form for the brute's 

 delivery. 



" The dog is mine, and I will sign your 

 book," I answered. 



" The dog yours ! " they said in astonish- 

 ment. " Why then, in all creation," said 

 one of the men to me, with more amazement 

 than politeness, " did not you speak to him 

 to quiet him." 



" Because," I replied, " I never saw the 

 dog before. He was given to me by a friend 

 in Ottawa, and your company or the rail- 

 way have kept him for about three days on 

 the route, and he is now about wild, as you 

 see, with hunger, thirst and the irksome 

 confinement." 



