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in future. A close examination of the puppy, how- 

 ever, showed that the skin had not been injured in 

 the least, but that he had been seized by his long 

 matted hair. 



But if Jack's actions toward helpless members 

 of the canine race were marked by striking peculiar- 

 ities, they were no less so toward those of the human 

 race. The first time our nurse wheeled the baby in 

 the yard, Jack came out of the stable and gravely 

 inspected both the carriage and its contents. He 

 looked up into the face of the nurse, and then at 

 my window, where I was an interested spectator. 

 Something like a smile seemed to steal over his face ; 

 he wagged his tail approvingly, nodded his head, and 

 returned to the stable ; but thereafter he always took 

 an absorbing interest in the child. I have seen him 

 stand and look down into her baby face, while she 

 laughed, crowed, pulled his ears and pounded his 

 nose, and all the while Jack seemed to be enjoying 

 the operation as much as she did. 



On one occasion the nurse was wheeling the 

 little one, when the letter-carrier, in his grey suit, 

 came along. For some reason the carriage seemed 



