CHAPTER XVII 



ANIMALS AND ALCOHOL (continued) 



When the four dogs were two years old an epidemic 

 of dog sickness broke out in Worcester, and it was then 

 that Dr. Hodge hoped to discover whether or not alco- 

 hol was doing any special harm to Bum and Tipsy. 

 Indeed it was just at this point that they were able 

 to be especially useful, for when the epidemic of dog 

 sickness appeared they were among the first to take it. 

 More than that, they were so very ill for two weeks that 

 Dr. Hodge says he " hardly expected either of them to 

 live from day to day." 



For a week they would not eat anything and he " had 

 to drench them with hot milk and eggs at frequent 

 intervals " to keep them from starving. 



Of course, without a moment's hesitation, Dr. Hodge 

 stopped giving them alcohol while they were ill, and at 

 the same time everything in the world was done to 

 make them comfortable and to cure them as speedily 

 as possible. 



In spite of every care, however, they did certainly have 

 a hard time. For several days both dogs were blind, and 

 they grew exceedingly thin. Nevertheless they were so 



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