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CHAPTER I 



DOGS IN BOOKS AND REAL LIFE 



The dog is the boy's best companion. ''Walks 

 with my tutor" are all very well, but walks with 

 my dog are what he really enjoys. The dog has 

 perhaps the best of it, in point of intelligence, 

 but the boy gradually picks up a great deal. The 

 boy does not mind tearing his jacket, and often 

 lands at home after a ramble in a condition that 

 scandalises his parents and guardians ; but the 



dog has decidedly the pull of him in following 



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