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Concord, Mass.
1916

whereupon she ran straight to the Goose and the oddly-
contrasting couple became happily reunited, never again to
part company for so much as a single hour while both
lived. It was no less touching than pleasing to witness
the unrestrained joy of their first meeting, manifested so
prettily by tender caresses lavished alternately by each on 
other for upwards of twenty minutes, during which there was
almost ceaseless flow of subdued cooing, chuckling, gurgling
or murmuring vocal utterances, also presumably expressive of
endearment.