pected even the family butler of the darkest 

 crimes. At about 10 o'clock P. M. he would 

 get up and tug his lady's dress, afterwards 

 walking to the door and scratching violently. 

 If she paid no attention he tugged her dress 

 with greater violence and nudged her repeat- 

 edly till she got up and opened the door, when 

 he would run out, scamper up the stairs, and 

 post himself on the landing. If she followed 

 him all was well. If not he would set to work 

 and bark till she submitted. Having thus 

 forced her to obey him by coming to bed, he 

 would lie down peacefully in the passage and 

 go to sleep. When his master was at home he 

 never attempted these proceedings, allowing 

 10 o'clock and n o'clock and even midnight 

 to go by without a sign that he was aware of 

 the flight of time or of the necessity for hus- 

 tling good people into their beds. Left alone 

 with his mistress, he became one of those dogs 

 who, having accepted an office, comport them- 

 selves in it with a zeal suited to its responsible 

 nature. 

 23 % Rollo, 



