YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



them in the street again, leaping up and 

 kissing and sniffing at their gloved hands; 

 then crossed to the next house door, and the 

 next, and back to them again. 



"I wonder if he lives in some of these 

 houses and is trying to tell us to open his 

 door ? " said papa. But just then they were 

 surprised by the gladdest barking from the 

 little waif at the door of their own home, 

 where he had run, far in advance of them. 

 Then they understood it all. With his keen 

 scent he had been running from house to 

 house, hunting for their home, and now he 

 had found it he knew it at once, as he 

 sniffed vigorously at the front door and 

 around the portico where they had passed 

 more than eight hours before! The frosty 

 night wind could hide nothing from his keen 

 little nose. 



He dashed down the street to meet them, 

 with the most joyous cries and antics, then 

 back to the door to await them, with the 

 wildest tail-wagging and pattering of eager 

 feet. He had found their home for them 

 would they share it with him ? 



I was ensconced in my castle of defense, 

 the great black walnut bedstead, in mam- 



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