verted into mere truth, for our Chang rushed 

 up the scale of growth with such swiftness that, 

 before many months were out, he had become 

 almost as tall as a collie. There never was a 

 more affectionate or a cleverer dog. No "dim 

 intellect" for him: he took his orders (and 

 disobeyed them) in English and French and 

 the patois of the Bearnese, and many a thing 

 besides he knew. Poodles he detested, and 

 always fought against them with surprising 

 ferocity, looking upon them, I suppose, with 

 his naturalized British prejudice, as canine 

 kickshaws. When we left the Pyrenees for 

 England he came with us, and being let out for 

 exercise at some French station, he promptly 

 lost himself. Then was seen the terrific spec- 

 tacle of a distraught British lady's-maid run- 

 ning up and down the platform and appealing 

 to everyone in these mysterious words: "Avvy 

 voo voo a petty sheen?" Chang was, of 

 course, found eventually in the refreshment- 

 room, where he had ingratiated himself with 

 the lady behind the counter. He reached 

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