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fortable quarters outside. Julius went with 

 him to make sure he was satisfied, and to see 

 that he was watered, fed, and in good spirits 

 before we had our own breakfast. On the way 

 down, as ever before, Bruno had attracted much 

 favorable notice. Women and girls exclaimed, 

 " Oh, see that lovely dog ! ' And a number 

 of men scraped acquaintance with Julius by 

 admiring notice of his " Mighty fine dog ! ' 



Bruno shrank from their attentions. He 

 never made friends with strangers, no matter 

 how much they tried to pet him ; and he never 

 ate anything offered to him by others unless we 

 told him to. In fact, he was always very par- 

 ticular about appropriating food. Sometimes at 

 home, when in a brown study, I placed his dish 

 of food on the floor without saying anything; 

 but he would never begin to eat until he had 

 gained my attention by thrusting his nose into 

 my hand, asking, "Is that mine?' by question- 

 ing glances directed from me to the dish ; then, 

 when I answered, " Yes ; that 's Boonie's ; that 's 

 for Boonie," he would fall to and enjoy it. 



We were glad of this trait; and we often 

 thought that but for it he would, very early 

 in his career, have fallen a victim to poison, for 

 he was greatly feared by many timid people, 



