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showed her the portrait of my son Karl and asked 

 ' Of whom is this'a picture ? ' Lola at once replied 

 ' Karli.' On 28 October, I received a hamper of 

 vegetables from my mother known to Lola as 

 ' Mama/ to whom she had been on a visit at Easter. 

 Lola sniffed all the hamper over, then jumped about 

 and wagged her tail joyfully so I inquired : ' Do 

 you know who the hamper is from ? ' ' Yes ! ' 

 ' Then tell me ! ' ' Mama ! ' She did a few sums 

 with me every day ; told the time ; the days of the week, 

 and the temperature. Several acquaintances bore 

 witness to the good work she did and Lola told them 

 her age after she had been given the year of her birth. 

 If I happened to be absent minded, Lola knew at once 

 how to deceive me, for she seemed then, instinctively 

 aware that I was not a match for her." 



Lola also solved many little sums set her by my 

 friend, Fraulein M. D. (at the time that lady had been 

 staying with me on the farm to gain first -hand experi- 

 ence in the work), and on one occasion when Fraulein 

 M. D. said. " Where is your mistress ? " Lola spelt 

 out that I was in the " segenhaus," which was quite 

 true, I having told her shortly before that I was going 

 there. To the great amusement of the maids, Lola 

 sometimes elected to work in the kitchen, with the 

 little seven-year-old son of the housekeeper, and it is 

 reported that her answers were frequently right. I 

 feel sure, in fact, that Lola would work with anyone 

 who was adapted to work with her, and that she would 

 give as good an account of herself, with them, as she 

 does with me. 



