CHAPTER THIRTEEN 



DOGS 



A COUNTRY home must have its dog or dogs, 

 and the self-supporting scheme demands that 

 good specimens of a popular breed be selected 

 to insure the progeny being of marketable 

 value. The Master Man and I had been dog 

 lovers all our lives; many and many a sacri- 

 fice had we been called upon to make in the 

 days of travel. There are so many hotels and 

 places that can't be cheated or bribed into ac- 

 cepting four-footed guests. 



We had been dogless for about a year when 

 we moved on to the farm, so when I nearly ran 

 over a puppy in the road when out driving one 

 day and was attracted by the solemn, dignified 

 manner in which he trotted back to the house 

 which he should not have left, I was delighted to 

 be able to purchase him for two dollars. 



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