OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN 

 We became anxious to secure a servant who would 

 have more than a few streaks of sobriety, and when 

 Susan's owner came, we felt we had secured that pearl. 

 He came in a great hurry (without Susan) because of 

 the equally hurried departure of the beautiful hilarious one. 

 After a week or so, we asked him if he would consider us 

 as a permanency. He said he would have to consider us 

 a little longer. After another ten days he informed us of 

 Susan's existence, and announced his intention of going 

 to fetch her. We breathed again. 



Juvenal that is his name is very fond of animals. A little 

 too fond, we thought, when he invited a military friend's 

 dog to stay, during the owner's absence at manoeuvres. 

 This animal, by name O'Reilly, arrived in dilapidated, 

 devil-may-care, barrack-yard condition, which was a great 



shock to our Manchu 

 prince. He also had pink 

 bald elbows and knees. 

 His hind legs were longer 

 than his front ones, which 

 gave him an ourang- 

 outang gait. As became 

 his Milesian name, he 

 fought every one he met 

 on his walks. Why he 

 did not fight Loki, we 

 do not know, for Loki 

 loathed him and, we be- 

 lieve, suffered acutely in 

 his poor little Chinese 

 soul all during his stay. 



