crystallize the early impressions. With manners as charming and 

 irreproachable as her looks, before many days had passed she had won 

 all hearts, becoming an important member of the household. That 

 wise head of hers held brains which led her instinctively to adapt 

 herself to her surroundings, and fall in with the habits and wishes 

 of the human gods who formed her little world. Visitors, though 

 tolerated as necessary evils, were regarded with signal disapproval, 

 heavy bark and bared teeth warning that no evil intent must be 

 harboured towards the inmates of the house. 



As Pandore grew older the downy coat was shed, profuse long 

 hair taking its place in gradual transition, and she became more and 

 more intelligent, until we agreed that we had never, among our host 

 of canine friends, met one so sensible. None, too, could be more 

 expressive. When on mischief bent she displayed it with a 

 roguishness of demeanour that earned absolution for the misdeed 

 almost before it was perpetrated. 



Greatly did she delight in a game of " catch as catch can " 

 on the lawn with the children. Entering into the spirit of the fun 

 she would romp round in endless gyrations, bushy tail extended to 

 the full a few inches from hands ready to grasp, but she could 

 calculate to a fraction, twisting and dodging with the art of a 

 football player, until pity impelled her to pretend she could go on 

 no longer. One could fill a book relating Pandore's escapades, 



