B ALD Y OF NOM E 



seconds. So, with that record, at an age 

 when clumsiness alone is the chief char- 

 acteristic of a dog, Baldy was not at all 

 surprised at the interest "Scotty" Allan 

 began to manifest in his son's pet. 



Jack McMillan came next, and Baldy 

 regarded with contempt the mixture of 

 fear and respect with which Jack was 

 greeted, due to his reputation for wicked- 

 ness, which Baldy knew was totally un- 

 deserved. At first there had been an air 

 of repressed pride, almost a swagger, 

 about Jack when he heard himself de- 

 scribed as a "man-eater," and listened to 

 the thrilling and more or less correct ac- 

 count of his crimes given 

 by the various people 

 who pointed him out. 

 Handsome and intelli- 

 gent, bought at an enor- 

 mous cost, he had been 

 absolutely unmanageable 



"There was an air of 

 repressed pride almost a 

 swagger about Jack McMillan 

 when he heard himself 

 described as a 'man eater.' " 



