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unrest. He was uniformly kind to them and 

 faithful with their food, but there was lacking 

 that sense of cordial sympathy which should 

 exist between hog and man if both would appear 

 at their best. Even when Anderson came to 

 their pens reeking with the rich savor of the food 

 they loved, their ears would prick up (as much 

 as a Chester White's ears can), and with a 

 " woof ! " they would shoot out the door, only to 

 return in a moment with the greatest confidence. 

 I never heard that " woof " and saw the stampede 

 without looking around for the " steep place " and 

 the. "sea," feeling sure that the incident lacked 

 only these accessories to make it a catastrophe. 



Anderson was good and faithful, and he would 

 work his arms and legs off for the pigs ; but the 

 spirit of unrest entered every herd which he kept, 

 though neither he nor I saw it clearly enough to 

 go and " tell it in the city." With other swine- 

 herds my hogs averaged from fifteen to eighteen 

 pounds better than with faithful Anderson, and 

 I am, therefore, competent to speak of the gross 

 weight of the spirit of contentment. 



