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home with him in the early part of No- 
vember. Late in January I sent to her 
by mail a sweater which I had been 
making. She wrote that when the pack- 
age arrived the dog sniffed it eagerly, 
and when she opened it he squirmed 
with delight, wagging his tail, rubbing 
his head against the sweater and “talk- 
ing” or crying in a way that he has 
when he is particularly pleased to see 
any one. 
All through the winter, whenever 
my sister wore the sweater, the per- 
formance was repeated. Later when 
she wore it while visiting us he paid no 
attention to it. Evidently it was the 
scent of his old friends, not the color 
or style that pleased him so much, and 
his keen nose was able to detect that 
scent even after the sweater had been 
repeatedly worn by some one else. 
My sister writes that whenever a 
package comes from us he shows the 
same delight, although he is entirely 
indifferent to packages from any one 
else. Even if it be ripe cucumbers, 
which we have handled very little and 
which are certainly uninteresting to a 
dog, it sets his tail wagging, although 
the package must certainly have ac- 
cumulated many other scents along the 
way. 
A Lovable Pet. 
Pulaski, New York. 
To the Editor : 
Miss Helen Barber of Parish, Os- 
wego County, New York, in company 
with her older and her younger brother, 
was sent to the pasture in search of the 
family cow. The pasture extends back 
to a large tract of forest. At the edge of 
the woodland they saw, instead of the 
cow, a small animal approaching them 
in long zigzags. The two younger mem- 
bers of the trio were frightened and 
retreated, but the older boy, about four- 
teen years of age, stood his ground. 
His bravery was rewarded by a gentle 
fawn that came to him and nibbled at 
the leg of his trousers. The little 
creature was hungry. The boy took it 
to the house, and there fed it freely 
with milk. The father knowing that it 
was contrary to the state law at that 
time of year to possess a deer ordered 
the children to return to the place 
where they had found the deer and to 
leave it there. Two days later they re- 
turned to see what had happened and 
there they found it, but so weak that 
it could not walk. They again took it 
to the house and notified me. By order 
of the state department they were per- 
mitted to care for the fawn until it was 
self-supporting. 
“WOULD PLAY WITH HER LIKE A LAMB.” 
