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close at feet. When I worked in the room at the 
hotel they lay on the floor or played near my table 
and made no effort to rush away to the many temp¬ 
tations of the warm sunshine outside. I became 
much attached to them. Such steadfast devotion 
from strange dogs is always flattering. 
Then our ship, the Umzumhi, South Africa to 
The Two Dogs of Mombasa 
ter of a mile out from the custom-house dock. We 
decided to go out and visit her and accordingly shut 
the door to prevent the two little dogs from join¬ 
ing us. Before we reached the dock they were 
with us, however, having escaped some way or 
other. And when we got into the rowboat to go out 
they looked appealingly after us from the dripping 
steps of the boat landing. We were sorry, but 
really we couldn’t take them to the ship. 
Suddenly there was a splash, and one of the little 
