OH, SHOOT! 



rose hungrily to the bait and darted with it 

 into the uptown Subway. He argued where 

 it would do the most good, and to such effect 

 that he promised to follow us a week later. 



Now, a word about Duke and Duchess. In 

 my time I have owned many dogs, for a dog 

 is something I lack the force of character to 

 refuse. Anybody can give me any kind of dog 

 at any time, and I am grateful to the point of 

 tears. That is how these two came to our 

 house as gift dogs and they made me very 

 happy for a while, because I had always 

 wanted a pair of setters. Frankly, however, 

 they abused their welcome, for there has sel- 

 dom been merely a pair of them. I have pre- 

 sented setter puppies to my relatives and to 

 my friends. I am now preparing a gift list of 

 my business acquaintances and fellow club 

 members, but I am slowly losing ground, and 

 my place grows more and more to resemble a 

 Bide-a-Wee Home. 



I had never been able to hunt over this pair, 

 for whenever I was ready for a trip, household 

 duties prevented Duchess from going along, or 

 else I foresaw the necessity of taking with me 

 a large crate in which to ship back her excess 

 profits. This time, however, conditions ap- 



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