BALDY OF NOME 



Then there was ever a word of praise 

 for Mego, the fleet hound mother, whose 

 puppies rank so high in the racing world 

 beyond the Frozen Sea. Exemplary in 

 every other way she was, however, the 

 cause of a continuous Kennel scandal 

 from the fact that she was guilty of the 

 crime of kidnapping, with appalling fre- 

 quency; for when her own little ones 

 had outgrown her loving care she would 

 stealthily watch her chance to annex at 

 least one member of any new litter in her 

 vicinity. She had even been caught 

 tunneling under a manger which housed 

 some recent arrivals whose faint squeaks 

 and squeals were siren calls to her keen 

 ears. Sometimes light-minded, gadabout 

 mothers were rather relieved at her deep 

 interest in their progeny, and she was al- 

 lowed to establish a puppies' "Day 

 Home" while they roamed at will ; but 

 again, as with Nellie Silk, dire disaster 



[15] 



