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growing, he seemed to possess a natural dignity of 

 manner; and when fully developed, this quality 

 became fixed. He was courteous to everyone, but 

 not over-familiar even to me. He showed a keen 

 enjoyment of life, but always kept it within proper 

 bounds. 



I provided him a home at the stable, where was 

 kept, in addition to the horses, a little Scotch terrier. 

 Jack seemed to realize instinctively his position as 

 a superior being, but he always showed the greatest 

 deference and courtesy to the little terrier. He 

 never objected in the least when she snatched the 

 food from before him, or protested even if she took 

 it out of his mouth. But how different was his 

 conduct with other dogs ! Whenever a small dog 

 came about the stable he would watch him intently, 

 following him everywhere, but never harming him, 

 unless he undertook to disturb something, when a 

 warning mutter was usually sufficient. The same 

 was true with dogs of the opposite sex. But when- 

 ever any other dog, no matter how large he might 

 be, came within his jurisdiction, there were never 

 any preliminaries, no questions were asked, Jack 



