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abominable old fool Wallace won't let me bathe ; " 

 I asked about it and heard that Wallace sat down 

 and watched him undress, in a very grave sort of 

 way, but when he wanted to get into the river 

 would not let him ; walking in front of him when- 

 ever he got near the edge and completely preventing 

 him from getting in. The boy tried all sorts of 

 dodges to make the dog allow him, but it was of 

 no use. He tried to run and jump in several 

 times, but on each attempt Wallace coolly sat 

 down in front of him just as he thought all 

 was clear, so that he was obliged either to stop 

 short or tumble over the dog. When he gave it 

 up and began to dress again, Wallace lay down 

 and watched him, and finally trotted back with 

 him, with an expression on his countenance that 

 showed he clearly thought he had done his 

 duty. 



I had been warned by the man I bought Wallace 

 from, as previously noted, that I must never go near 

 him when he was feeding, for he would not allow 

 anyone to approach him then, and this I found to 

 be true ; but this habit of his caused me great alarm 

 once. A little girl was staying in our house, and, 

 of course, wanted to see my big dog, so I took her 

 out to the stable yard to show him to her. Wallace 

 was feeding when we got there, and I told her we 



