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stranger that partakes, not in the least, of fear. Naomi 

 has all the dignity of aristocratic birth and associations, 

 walking up to you as sedately as you please, to have her 

 pretty face stroked. When a lump of sugar is not in 

 evidence, Ruth pokes her dainty muzzle about her mistress' 

 skirts to find her pocket, and the sugar dropped within it. 

 She is playful, alert, coquettish and full of mischievous 

 pranks, and, like her dam, bids fair to remind one of the 

 quotation, " In her, strength and beauty have come 

 together," and all the pride of all her race in herself 

 reflected lives.' 



