of her day lying curled up in comfortable 

 places. We were asked to believe that Worry 

 had an almost Satanic faculty for intrigue and 

 wickedness, and when she was merely resting 

 she was supposed to be scheming new plans of 

 perversity. I am bound to say that the genu- 

 ine characters of these dogs were never affected 

 by all these imputations. They remained true 

 dogs to the end. 



% Here I must pause, though my list is by no 

 means exhausted, for I have known and loved 

 nearly every sort of dog: Homo sum; canlni 

 nihll a me alienum puto. But what I have 

 said is sufficient. Besides, Duke, the Great 

 Dane, and Soo-ti, the Pekinese, who are shar- 

 ing my room with me, are now restless. They 

 have been playing together, and twice the 

 little fellow has picked a quarrel with his gi- 

 gantic friend, has flown at him, caught him by 

 the lip, and hung angrily suspended there. 

 Each time the Dane has with infinite patience 

 and gentleness freed himself from his impish 

 tormentor. Now they have concentrated upon 

 27 % me. 



