B ALDY OF NOME 



end. Between dances he visited with 

 those he knew, and it is darkly hinted that 

 he had been seen to accept a drink at a 

 near-by bar, if offered discreetly though 

 Baldy was no ready believer of such gos- 

 sip. The knowledge that Nomie assisted 

 at every fire, and at all the drills of the 

 Life Saving Crew on the beach, made 

 Baldy feel that his social diversions were 

 only an outlet for his exuberant spirits, 

 since there were not fires enough to keep 

 him busy, and a poor little terrier, no mat- 

 ter how ambitious, is debarred by his size 

 from the noble sport of racing. So it 

 really seemed that Baldy was exceedingly 

 liberal and tolerant in his estimate of 

 dogs, in general, and it was only his desire 

 for a high standard in his own Kennel 

 that prompted his aversion to these waifs 

 and strays that She collected, who, of no 

 use, were neither professional beauties 



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