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breakfast, and he was not visible at lunch 

 time. This caused us to look into this 

 most unusual absence. We searched for 

 our missing friend in the closet which 

 he had appropriated for rest and reflec- 

 tion, and found him curled up in the cor- 

 ner, apparently in great distress. By no 

 amount of coaxing could he be got to 

 come out from his hiding-place, and it 

 was evident that something very serious 

 had happened. We found that he could 

 hardly walk, and when he made the effort 

 his moans were piteous. We were not 

 then familiar with the ills which afflict 

 the doggie tribe, not having got together 

 our long row of books which tell of such 

 ailments; but after an examination of the 

 patient, we discovered that he was suffer- 

 ing from an attack of rheumatism. Now, 

 when one of the human species has that 



