ii6 DOG STORIES 



A DOG THAT SCORNED TO BE 

 JEALOUS. 



{Jan. 5, 1895.] 



THE following history of canine sympathy 

 may interest your readers. I was once the 

 happy owner of a large and beautiful bull- 

 terrier, Rose, and at the same time of a still 

 dearer, though less beautiful, little mongrel, 

 Fan, both passionately attached to a member 

 of my household, commonly called their best 

 friend. A certain shawl belonging to this 

 adored friend was especially sacred in Fan's 

 eyes. She never allowed any one to touch 

 it without remonstrance Rose least of all 

 and when her best friend was in bed, it was 

 Fan's custom to ensconce herself in her arms, 

 and not to allow any dog, and only the most 

 favoured of human beings, to approach with- 

 out violent growlings, if not worse. Fan 

 was a tiny grandmother who had long ruled 

 the household ; Rose, an inexperienced new- 

 comer. One day, in a fit of youthful folly, 

 Rose jumped over a gate and spiked herself 

 badly, and was consigned for ten davs to the 



