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THE TKINITY FOOT BEAGLES 



judged that he held the kiddy's head over the font in his hands with 

 its body gripped under his arm, much as he would have held a beagle 

 for veterinary treatment. Bob has only married and become father 

 in middle age, and so, as he explained to me, he is in some ways com- 

 parable to " one of these 'ere race 'osses " ! ! ! 



I venture to record that he has for some time had intermittent 

 bad health. He has not saved, and has never, I am told, had so 

 much money as two pounds in his possession at one time, and should 

 his work become too much for him it is doubtful whether he can 

 make adequate provision for incapacity even by stamp-licking. He 

 has been a faithful as well as an original servant to many generations 

 of beaglers, and should he have to go on the shelf we ought all to help 

 to do somethincr for him. 



