B ALD Y OF NOM E 



all well groomed, and carried themselves 

 with a conscious dignity as befitted their 

 fame and aspirations; but gradually, 

 through Her, the commonest dogs made 

 themselves at home about the place, and 

 were housed and fed till it looked like a 

 transient Dog Hotel. She brought them 

 because they were tired and hungry, 

 lame, halt or blind, or worse still, just 

 because they "seemed to like Her." No 

 reason was too trivial, no dog too worth- 

 less. Matt shamelessly upheld Her, 

 "Scotty" submitted, while Baldy sulkily 

 glowered at these encumbrances who 

 were more fit for the pound than the 

 Allan and Darling Racing Stables. There 

 was no jealousy in his objections, for he 

 actually gloried in the sensation that Spot 

 and Irish always created when they were 

 in the lead, which was surely a test of his 

 unselfishness, and he was perfectly will- 



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