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reached up his paw in the direction of the 

 latch. On stretching forth my hand to 

 unfasten the door, his extreme pleasure was 

 exhibited in a most unmistakable manner ; 

 but when he saw me try in vain to open 

 it, he became quiet, and looked at me with 

 an expression so manifestly anxious that 

 I could no more have left the poor animal 

 thus than I could have left a helpless little 

 child in a similar position. With eager 

 attention and expectancy he listened while 

 I knocked, and when at last some one was 

 heard coming down the garden path, he 

 bounded about with every sign of unlimited 

 joy. 



Now here was one of the so-called 

 "brutes," which, failing to get in at a 

 certain door, cast about for a way out of 

 the difficulty, and seeing us some distance 

 down the road (we were the only persons 

 in sight at the time), he had come to us, 

 attracted our attention, taken us to the door, 

 and told us he wanted it opened. We both 

 agreed that the animal had all through 

 shown a play of emotion and intelligence 



