FROM THE "SPECTATOR." 283 



A DOG WITH INJURED 

 FEELINGS. 



[August 17, 1895.] 



MAY I send you another dog story ? My 

 dog, a half-retriever, half-setter, has been 

 with me for six years since I rescued him as 

 a puppy with a can on his tail. He has fol- 

 lowed me constantly, and though always very 

 friendly with everybody, has been devoted to 

 me both indoors and out. Lately a change 

 has come over him ; he would come into my 

 room when called, but would take the first 

 opportunity to go out. He seemed to be 

 dull, to have lost his old joyousness in our 

 companionship. Last fall my children went 

 to England, and I thought he missed them. 

 He would leave my room to lie under the 

 kitchen-table, and would follow the hired boy 

 about the place, so I told the housekeeper to 

 keep him out of the kitchen, and the boy to 

 take no notice of him. It made no difference. 

 Forbidden the kitchen, he would leave my 

 room and lie in the hall. He had always 

 been accustomed to follow me almost every- 



