88 GOOD HEALTH 



only frightened dogs can, and sometimes they seemed to 

 be terribly frightened when nothing at all was in sight. 

 Perhaps they were having a sort of dog delirium tremens, 

 but nobody knows about that. All we do know is that 

 Bum and Tipsy always seemed timid and afraid where 

 Nig and Topsy were brave and full of fun. 



These separate pictures of Bum and Nig and Tipsy 

 and Topsy show the difference between the dogs very 

 well. 



After Bum and Tipsy had been taking alcohol for 

 about three years Dr. Hodge decided to see whether 

 they could recover and be vigorous again like other dogs. 

 He therefore stopped the alcohol. Tipsy died soon 

 afterwards, but Bum lived on. He grew stronger every 

 day until he was almost as strong as Nig, his brother. 

 He played as much and could bring the rubber ball back 

 almost as fast and often. Even yet, however, he was 

 rather timid. He was not taking alcohol now, and every- 

 thing was being done to increase his health and vigor. 

 Yet during the winter of 1900 a sad thing happened: 

 he began to have trouble with both eyes. They grew 

 worse and worse, and by spring, Bum was totally blind. 



Later came another calamity. He had a painful and 

 terrible skin disease, which lasted a long time, and after 

 that he looked like a poor old, blind, feeble dog, but Nig 

 was strong and healthy and happy. He did n't seem old 

 at all, though he was Bum's twin brother. 



