36 BRUNO 



Old Aunt Nancy, a colored woman who had 

 belonged to one of my aunts before the war, 

 and who had been our stand-by in domestic 

 emergencies, had taken Rebecca and her family, 

 promising them " Jes' as good a home as I can 

 gib 'm, Miss Judith." It was a sad breaking 

 up, but we felt that our pets were well provided 

 for, and that we should feel worse for leaving 

 them than they would at being left. 



Vain thought! 



Two evenings after leaving our home, while 

 I was busy in our room, making ready to begin 

 packing, I heard Julius's step on the stairs, 

 accompanied by a familiar clatter that made my 

 heart stand still. The door burst open, and, 

 before I could rise from my kneeling position, 

 surrounded by piles of folded things, I was 

 knocked over sideways by a rapturous onslaught 

 from Bruno. 



" What does this mean ! ' I exclaimed, as 

 soon as I could speak. 



"I don't know," answered Julius. "I found 

 him waiting for me at the office door when I 

 came out. He seemed half wild with delight 

 at seeing me again. I rather think it is a repe- 

 tition of the Nimrod experiment." 



" Poor old fellow ! " I cried. " See how his 



