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look. The child was not afraid and soon 

 began feeding the dog, who took the pieces 

 of food most gently from her fingers. When 

 the child was taken up to bed, Chance 

 secretly followed, and getting under the crib 

 slept there all night. Only once since then 

 has Chance failed to sleep in that same place, 

 and that was the first night I had her. She 

 was shut up in the kennel and never stopped 

 barking all night. Since then she has always 

 followed me home, eaten her supper at 

 the kitchen door, and then gone off to her 

 bed under the crib. Early in the morning 

 she is again at my door and never goes near 

 George's house till bed-time. 



If Chance has no tail, the next dog on the 

 list, '* Tinker," makes up the average. He 

 is a little black, hard-coated dog, with the 

 head of a greyhound and tail of a foxhound. 

 His head is nearly as long as his body, and 

 his tail is just a little longer. In all ways he 



