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her, (this is going back to ancient history), one 

 of which, "Brownie," was, to my fancy, the 

 nicest dog we ever had. She, with the rest of 

 the litter, had the run of several hundred acres, 

 and many times I did not see them for days 

 together. They went in and out of the hayloft 

 at pleasure, and spent the greater part of their 

 time hunting and digging out skunks and wood- 

 chucks which were quite thick in the woods back 

 of us at that time. I remember the first time 

 Brownie was bred to that king of sires, "Buster," 

 owned by Alex. Goode (than whom a more 

 loyal Boston terrier man never lived), and I 

 was rather anxious to see the litter when it 

 arrived, as from the mating I expected cracker- 

 jacks. I had not seen her or her mother for 

 two or three days, but the time for whelping 

 having arrived, was keeping a close watch on 

 the stable. About dusk she came in with Lottie, 

 and in a short time gave birth to four of the 

 most vigorous, perfectly formed little tots I had 

 ever seen. Each one proved to be good enough 

 to show, although only one was sold to an ex- 

 hibitor, Mr. G. Rawson, the rest going into 

 private hands. "Druid Pero" was shown in 

 New York in 1898, taking first prize and silver 

 cup for best in his class, but I think his brother, 

 "Caddie," beat him, his owner, a Boston banker, 



