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large chamber. The front windows of this 

 room gave on the sloping roof which covered 

 a lower porch. This seemed to meet Bruno's 

 views ; he at once sprang through one of the 

 windows, and took possession of it as a loung- 

 ing-place airy and cool. 



Again and again friends we had made in our 

 sylvan retreat, who came up to town to visit 

 us, said, 



"I found where you lived by seeing your 

 dog on the porch-roof." 



The house stood on rising ground and could 

 be seen from almost any part of the village ; 

 so we found Bruno quite useful as a door-plate 

 in a town where there were as yet no street 

 names nor numbers. 



We do not like living in the homes of other 

 people, so as soon as possible we made arrange- 

 ments for two town lots, and put up a little 

 cottage. 



