MOTHER'S DARLING 



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The ears of the little dogs bred for ladies' laps are 

 the curls of a mother's darling ; the pendant love- 

 locks of the old, old maid 

 who, despite of changeful 

 fashions, clings to those 

 memorials of the pensive 

 beauty of her youth, are 

 repeated in solemn mimicry 

 by the dachshund trotting 

 at her heels ; but the sensible 

 fur cap of the dignified 

 Newfoundland reminds us 

 of the cold regions from 

 which his forefathers came. 

 Some kinds of terriers still 

 have their ears starched up 

 to look perky, and I have occasionally seen a dog 

 with one ear up and the other down as if straining 

 after the elusive idea expressed in the Baden-Powell 

 hat. All which shows that " one touch of nature 

 makes the whole world kin." 



THE CURLS OF A MOTHER S 

 DARLING. 



