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friends full of good-byes and good wishes for 

 us all, Bruno receiving a full share of their 

 attentions. 



We knew well that they considered the whole 

 affair to be a wild-goose chase, and that they 

 expected to see us return, sadder and wiser, in 

 a year at furthest. 



As soon as the train was under way, Julius 

 went forward to see how Bruno was taking it. 

 He found him in a state of the utmost excite- 

 ment, howling and dragging at his chain, prob- 

 ably remembering his other journey on the cars, 

 when he had left his first home to come alone to 

 us in his puppyhood. When he saw Julius 

 and realized that we were with him, his joy and 

 relief were touching. Julius stayed awhile with 

 him, and got him some water, he was always 

 thirsty after "crying," then came back to 

 report to me. 



I felt so relieved to know that we had really 

 got off with Bruno in good shape, it almost 

 made me forget a small ache in the corner of 

 my heart for something that had happened a 

 day or two before. I had gone up by the old 

 home to say good-by to an invalid neighbor, 

 and there, on the sidewalk, by the gate, sat 

 Rebecca. Thin, scrawny, and alert, she sat 



