84 WILD BROTHER 



Though Bruno recognized me as his master, he 

 always went to a woman if frightened or in trouble. 

 Evidently he never forgot that to a woman he 

 owed his life. If a big dog came in sight and Mrs. 

 Underwood was anywhere about, he would leave 

 me and run to her for protection. If she was no- 

 where to be seen, he would turn to any woman 

 whom he happened to see. He was evidently a 

 ladies' man. Even a female voice had an attraction 

 for him. I have known him to leave me when I was 

 playing with him, to run toward the sound of a 

 woman's voice that he had never heard before. He 

 was captivated by a petticoat. 



Skirts afforded him a place of refuge in time of 

 trouble. This characteristic of our pet (when un- 

 known to our friends of the gentle sex who came 

 to make his acquaintance) was sometimes the 

 cause of considerable embarrassment. A mouse 

 when seeking a hiding-place has been known to 

 cause a serious panic in an audience of susceptible 

 people. Imagine then the horror of a gentle soul 

 who observes a bear rushing toward her feet, and 

 sees him disappear beneath her garments. Such 

 a situation is, to say the least, disturbing to a per- 

 son of sensitive disposition. 



One morning a lady who came down the walk 

 pushing a baby carriage stopped for a moment to 

 talk with me. Bruno, who was playing near-by, 



