1 64 DOG STORIES. 



DOGS AND LOOKING-GLASSES. 



\June 23, 1894.] 



You are fond of odd actions of dogs, so 

 perhaps the following may be acceptable. 

 I have two fox-terriers young dogs Grip 

 and Vic. In the morning, at early tea in our 

 bedroom, Vic gets angry with Grip's re- 

 flection in the long glass of the wardrobe, 

 barks at him furiously as he moves about, 

 and scratches at the glass, quite regardless 

 of her own face between her and his re- 

 flection. And when he assaults her from 

 behind, to make her play with his real self, 

 she turns round and snaps at him viciously, 

 and then returns to her attack on his reflection. 

 He jumps upon the window-sill, and fancies 

 he sees a squirrel in the garden, and dashes 

 past her to the door ; she follows the motion 

 of the reflection till she is past the edge of 

 the glass, and loses it, when she dashes back 

 to the glass again. This has occurred several 

 days in the last week, and seems to me 

 almost absurd. The dogs are just about a 

 year old, and so beyond puppy folly, though 

 very lively and playful still. 



A. M. B. 



