OH, SHOOT' 



I settled with the outraged citizen; then I 

 engaged Duke in a tug of war for the corpus 

 delicti. It was a strictly fresh pullet; there 

 was nothing cold storage about it, for it 

 stretched. Meanwhile, Max explained how 

 to break a dog of chicken-stealing. 



"Tie the dead bird round his neck where he 

 can't get at it. That will cure him." 



II But why cure him?" Ri inquired, earnestly. 

 "Seems like you'd ought to encourage a habit 

 of that kind. Them dogs is worth money! " 



Duke and Duchess were much interested in 

 the boat. While we unpacked, they explored 

 it from end to end ; then Duchess went out on 

 deck, tried to point a school of mullet, and 

 fell overboard. Nathan retrieved her with a 

 boat hook; she came streaming into the 

 cabin, shook herself thoroughly over my open 

 steamer trunk, then, unobserved, climbed into 

 my berth and pulled the covers up around 

 her chin. She has a long, silky, expensive 

 coat, and it dries slowly; but she liked my 

 bed and spent most of a restless night trying 

 to blot herself upon my chest. 



I did not sleep well. No one can enjoy 

 unbroken repose so long as a wet dog insists 

 upon sleeping inside the bosom of his pajamas. 



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