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if it was wished that he should not accompany her, 

 it was necessary to shut him up to prevent him 

 from doing so. On Sundays she went to teach at 

 the village-school, where his presence was of 

 course undesirable. To my surprise one Sunday 

 morning I saw her preparing for a start to the 

 school, leaving "Beau" at liberty in the dining- 

 room, which was on the ground-floor, opening on 

 the carriage-drive by which she would leave the 

 house. I was proceeding to shut him up, when 

 she said, " Oh you need not trouble yourself to do 

 that; he knows quite well that it is Sunday, and 

 won't attempt to go with me." She was perfectly 

 right. Beau sat in a chair, watching her through 

 the open window as she drove off, looking the 

 picture of mortified resignation, but not offering 

 to quit his place, though he had not been told to 

 remain there. 



A more remarkable story has been handed 

 down from the last generation in our family, 

 which, although I cannot vouch for its authen- 

 ticity, I fully believe. In this instance, it was a 

 favourite Pomeranian Dog, who having been several 

 times prevented from following the family to 

 church, a distance of about a mile and a half from 

 the house, used to start some time before them, 



