Bingo 



those on Frank's coat, that were, I hoped, guar- 

 antees of future greatness, and also a very char- 

 acteristic ring of white that he always wore on 

 his muzzle. 



Having got possession of his person, the next 

 thing was to find him a name. Surely this 

 puzzle was already solved. The rhyme of the 

 ' Franckelyn's dogge ' was inbuilt with the foun- 

 dation of our acquaintance, so with adequate 

 pomp we ' yclept him little Bingo,' 



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The rest of that winter Bingo spent in our 

 shanty, living the life of a lubberly, fat, well- 

 meaning, ill-doing puppy; gorging himself with 

 food and growing bigger and clumsier each day. 

 Even sad experience failed to teach him that he 

 must keep his nose out of the rat-trap. His most 

 friendly overtures to the cat were wholly mis- 

 understood and resulted only in an armed neu- 

 trality that, varied by occasional reigns of terror, 

 continued to the end ; which came when Bingo, 

 who early showed a mind of his own, got a 



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