84 WILD BROTHER 
Though Bruno recognized me as his master, he 
always went to a woman if frightened or in trouble. 
Evidently he never forgot that to a woman he 
owed his life. If a big dog came in sight and Mrs. 
Underwood was anywhere about, he would leave 
me and run to her for protection. If she was no- 
where to be seen, he would turn to any woman 
whom he happened to see. He was evidently a 
ladies’ man. Even a female voice had an attraction 
for him. I have known him to leave me when I was 
playing with him, to run toward the sound of a 
woman’s voice that he had never heard before. He 
was captivated by a petticoat. 
Skirts afforded him a place of refuge in time of 
trouble. This characteristic of our pet (when un- 
known to our friends of the gentle sex who came 
to make his acquaintance) was sometimes the 
cause of considerable embarrassment. A mouse 
when seeking a hiding-place has been known to 
cause a serious panic in an audience of susceptible 
people. Imagine then the horror of a gentle soul 
who observes a bear rushing toward her feet, and 
sees him disappear beneath her garments. Such 
a situation is, to say the least, disturbing to a per- 
son of sensitive disposition. 
One morning a lady who came down the walk 
pushing a baby carriage stopped for a moment to 
talk with me. Bruno, who was playing near-by, 
