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THE DOG. 
that style, Kate,” said Annie, laughing,— 
“ though, to-be-sure, he did appear some¬ 
thing in the same way once when Don fol¬ 
lowed him into the desk.” 
“Did he ?” asked Matilda. 
“ Yes,” replied Kate ; “and father never 
knew he was there until Don began to howl 
along with the organ.” 
“I have seen dogs which went regularly 
to church and behaved with great propriety 
when there,” remarked Miss Taylor. “You, 
Mrs. Meredith, must remember Mrs. C.’s 
little Bruno, who used to attend evening ser¬ 
vice almost as regularly as his mistress. I 
have also read of a Scotch dog, who at¬ 
tended at a distant church with exemplary 
constancy, whether the family went or not, 
sitting with great gravity in his master’s 
pew, and always appearing in time,—except 
once, when he was detained by a freshet 
which had swept away a bridge on his road 
and forced him to make a circuit. But to 
return to our greyhounds.” 
“There are two varieties,” continued 
Miss Winston,—“ the smooth and the rough 
haired, both equally prized by the fanciers of 
these animals. The largest varieties are the 
