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gether strike my fancy, and that if he showed 

 the least symptom of being anything but affec- 

 tionate, to ship him to my kennels in Cliftondale 

 immediately. As he was a handsome dog, with 

 beautiful color, I could see she wanted him at 

 once, and the dog seemed to take to her in an 

 even greater degree. I received a letter from her 

 in a week's time, saying how perfectly satisfac- 

 tory the dog was in every way, and what a 

 general favorite he had become with the lady 

 patients there, several of whom would like me to 

 get one like him for them. I need not say how 

 pleased I was to hear this, but what was my 

 surprise to receive a letter the next day asking 

 me to send at once for the dog, as he had bitten 

 the matron. You may depend that neither she 

 nor any other of the inmates there would ever 

 want to see a Boston again, and who would 

 want them to? Of course I lost my money, but 

 that is not worth mentioning. The sorrow I felt 

 stays by me today. I sent for the dog and kept 

 him at my kennels for five months, taking care 

 of him myself and never letting him out of my 

 sight, during which time he was as gentle as a 

 kitten, until one day a young dog man came 

 down into the yard, and the dog, for some un- 

 accountable reason, as in the case of the matron, 

 jumped on him and took hold of his sleeve. The 

 man, being accustomed to dogs, was fortunately 



