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always sure to fail him, and he would track us, 

 turning up invariably just in time to cover us 

 with confusion, his own dejected mien saying 

 plainly, 



" I know this is against orders, but I just had 

 to do it." 



He had a wonderful development of con- 

 science. We sometimes thought that this, as 

 well as the other mental gifts of which he 

 showed himself to be possessed, were due to the 

 shape of his head. His nose was very short, 

 and his forehead unusually high and well- 

 rounded. Of course his life as a close com- 

 panion to humans and as a full member of a 

 family circle, was calculated to foster these 

 mental gifts; but they were surely there, to 

 begin with. We might treat dozens of dogs 

 just as we treated Bruno, without developing 

 another that would compare with him. He was 

 unique; and I shall always glory in the fact 

 that he loved and trusted us. His was a love 

 not to be lightly won, nor, once given, ever to 

 be recalled. 



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