YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



for his sole and special accommodation, 

 though he'd never seen such a rig before. 



Yes, there it came, ring-a-jing, ring-a- 

 jing, never mind stopping, for his little 

 white ostrich feather tail flashed past the 

 conductor, and the saucy little figure sat 

 erect on the crimson velvet cushion, with all 

 the sang froid of president of the road. 

 Neither was he deposed - everybody was so 

 amused at his off-hand ways; the more so, 

 when, as the car turned southward down the 

 main street, then eastward toward the 

 station, Babe sauntered out to the platform, 

 and as they reached the corner of his 

 master's office dropped off, like an old 

 adept. 



And so he assumed this privilege ever 

 after. But riding was only a side pastime. 

 He went to the city park evenings, to nib at 

 the boys' legs and hear the band play, and 

 came home of a summer midnight to the 

 front stoop with a bravado - imperative : 



" Ye-ep, ye-ep - what the dickens is this 

 door locked for ? Get up get up there, 

 I say, and let your jolly boy in!' 



"Oh, plague take that little nuisance!' 

 papa would yawn, only half wakened, but 

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