"% Rollo, another St. Bernard, was also a pro- 

 tector, but with a difference. He found his 

 chief interest and joy in children and the 

 female guardians of children. While those 

 of his own immediate circle were still quite 

 young he guarded them with a jealous love, 

 attending the perambulator closely, allowing 

 the bigger ones to roll him about and tug his 

 fur to their hearts' content, and following them 

 from the garden to the nursery, always a little 

 fearful lest harm should come to them. To 

 the nurse who then looked after them he de- 

 voted himself with a singular and chivalrous 

 affection, recognizing in her a colleague as 

 kind and loyal as himself. No man's voice 

 offering a run in the fields or a swim in the 

 river could ever tempt him from his infantry. 

 When, in course of time, the nurse was suc- 

 ceeded by a French governess Rollo issued 

 letters of naturalization to her at once and ac- 

 cepted her with enthusiasm and a transport 

 of clumsy caresses. Yet his liking for peram- 

 bulators remained unimpaired. On the dis- 



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