MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



was too small to take by himself, and to 

 which, at th'is early period of his career, he 

 objected strongly. But when he had once 

 grasped the benefits and learned to appre- 

 ciate the delights of bathing, how to re- 

 strain him became the problem. 



No matter for whom the basin of water 

 had been prepared, or how many dips the 

 little chap had already taken during the 

 day, at the sight of every available dish of 

 water he would make a rush for " first in- 

 nings." In his eagerness for a plunge he 

 sometimes tolerated even soap-suds. 



I well remember my earliest struggles to 

 keep him from washing his face in my 

 pitcher whenever the water stood at an 

 available level. He even attempted a foot- 

 bath at unusually high tides, but an alarm- 

 ing sense of insecurity, an inability to strike 

 bottom, soon caused him to abandon this 

 project. 



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