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amicably, Wrinkle taking always the first 

 turn at it. After the dogs attained maturity, 

 their play and companionship continued. It 

 happened, unfortunately, some years ago, 

 that the St. Bernard died by accidental 

 poisoning. Wrinkle attended the funeral 

 almost in silence, the only evidence of 

 sympathy being the tears that ran down his 

 short nose. 



The successor of Duchess was a deer- 

 hound, Huldah, a cheerful, playful, and 

 gentle-tempered beast. Wrinkle accepted 

 the new companionship complacently, did not 

 resent an occasional occupation of his bed, 

 and to a certain extent trained the deer- 

 hound to assume the guardianship that the 

 St. Bernard had always taken in their walks 

 and excursions ; but play and romping were 

 resented, the mimic fights and races were 

 over for ever. A few days later a sprightly 

 fox-terrier was added to the family, and re- 

 ceived toleration and countenance to nearly 

 the same extent as the deerhound, but play 

 and sport were still refused. Wrinkle is 

 sociable and friendly, in a dignified and 



