ing height to all who cared to pay for the 

 spectacle. Given in derision, the name soon 

 became inverted into mere truth, for our 

 Chang rushed up the scale of growth with 

 such swiftness that, before many months were 

 out, he had become almost as tall as a collie. 

 There never was a more affectionate or a 

 cleverer dog. No " dim intellect " for him : 

 he took his orders (and disobeyed them) in 

 English and French and the patois of the 

 Bearnese ; and many a thing besides he knew. 

 Poodles he detested, and always fought against 

 them with surprising ferocity, looking upon 

 them, I suppose, with his naturalized British 

 prejudice, as canine kickshaws. When we left 

 the Pyrenees for England he came with us, 

 and being let out for exercise at some French 

 station, he promptly lost himself. Then was 

 seen the terrific spectacle of a distraught 

 British lady's-maid running up and down 

 the platform and appealing to everyone in 

 these mysterious words : " Awy voo voo a 

 petty sheen?" Chang was, of course, found 

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