108 TALES OF PINK AND SILK, 



arm below the elbow ; nevertheless, she will carry the scar 

 to her grave. 



The police had planned their descent well, but had it 

 not been for the dog's interference it is behoved they would 

 have been a minute or two too late. Scrapper himself was a 

 httle hurt in the struggle ; his fame spread far and wide, his 

 portrait, being depicted either as a sheep dog or a fox- terrier, 

 came out in the illustrated papers, and his mistress worshipped 

 him more than ever. Yet he bore his honours in the most 

 nonchalant manner, conducted himself as he always had done, 

 and to the end of his days remained, as he always had been, 

 slouching, hang- dog, ugly old 



Scrapper. 



