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miniously. On the other hand, if he sees a 

 motor coming along at full speed, nothing 

 pleases him better than to dash right in front of 

 it. Many and many a car has he thus stopped 

 in the middle of the road, earning for himself 

 and me very bad language indeed. Of course 

 I am fully aware that he will do this once too 

 often; some day his mangled remains will be 

 carried home, and there will be scolding and 

 mourning and woe, and I shall have to bear 

 the brunt of it. I shall be told that I ought 

 always to lead him with a strap in the public 

 roads ; but that is a thing I never did yet, and 

 never will do. Still, he is a most loving little 

 pet, admired by every one. Ladies will pick 

 him up in the road and kiss and fondle him. 

 He has very beautiful round, black, shining 

 eyes ; the lower part of his face is black, all 

 but the point of his little pug nose. It un- 

 luckily happens that the point of that nose is 

 almost white. If it were black, now, like his 

 brother's nose, he would be a perfect little 

 show lap-dog and prize-winner. Certainly I 

 don't like or want the responsibility of his 

 company, but he has cunning enough to hide 

 away somewhere till I and Caesar have started, 



