BRUNO 35 



Some children in a neighboring family had 

 formed an enthusiastic friendship with Bruno, 

 and as soon as our plans were announced, their 

 parents asked us to give him to them when we 

 were ready to start South. In spite of our 

 former experience in giving him away, this 

 seemed entirely feasible to us. 



In the first place, we thought it would be 

 utterly impossible to take him with us to 

 Florida. Then he was really and truly attached 

 to the children who wanted him ; so we readily 

 consented ; and we encouraged them to monopo- 

 lize him as much as possible, so that we might 

 see him comfortably settled before we started. 

 They lived next door to us, and Bruno was 

 always ready to join them in a game of romps. 

 He even ate from their hands. It seemed a 

 perfect arrangement. 



Our pretty little home was soon sold and dis- 

 mantled, and we went to board in another part 

 of town while preparing for the long journey, 

 which then seemed almost as difficult as a trip 

 to the moon. We locked up the empty house 

 and slipped away to our boarding -place, while 

 Bruno, all unconscious of what was going on, 

 was barking and tearing about in a game of tag on 

 the other side of our neighbor's large grounds. 



