AS TO DOGS 



borrowed autos, always hunting dogs, and at 

 the last moment I got on the track of a shoi^ 

 and such a dog as I described ; a dog that would 

 be a companion, a hunter, and above all a 

 friend. But we had httle time left in which 

 to buy a dog. 



We were actually on the way to catch the 

 Orient express for Constantinople before we 

 got a chance to go to this particular dog shop. 

 A woman ran it; a dark-complexioned woman, 

 with black hair which was exquisitely smooth. 

 She showed the dog; it was a large black-and- 

 tan with a bobtail — a restless sort of cur which 

 she declared was a sheep-dog. Anyway, she 

 called it something in French, which Moore 

 said meant "sheep-dog." We didn't beheve 

 JNloore in the least on principle, but we believed 

 the woman. She was so attractive that we 

 hardly saw the dog, and when she made eyes 

 at us w^e realized only one thing and that was 

 that she would have made a fortune in a New 

 York dog store — or almost any other kind of 

 a store. 



So we bought the dog. We didn't like him, 

 but we bought him just the same on her guar- 

 antee that he would be a charming companion. 

 That seemed enough at the time. On the train 



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