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that I had given previously. The whole 
situation—coupled with the fact that she 
concluded I must have an all-seeing eye— 
worked splendidly and this time she stayed 
exactly where I told her until I returned. 
Even then she did not try to get up until 
I gave her permission to do so. 
The next time I had occasion to ask Byrd 
to stay where put was one evening when I 
had been invited to give a little talk before 
a group of Boy Scouts. They made a big 
fire in the open grate of the cabin on their 
reservation and gathered around the fire to 
listen to my remarks. I had taken Byrd 
with me but it was manifest that I did not 
want to be interrupted by her during the 
program. The next situation was that there 
were some crullers and sandwiches about on 
the tables for the benefit of the boys and 
naturally I did not want her, by any chance, 
to cause an interruption by attempting to 
get any of these. I therefore took her to 
the place where I wanted her to lie and gave 
her the same instruction as I had done some 
time previously at the Country Club. 
I didn’t have a bit of trouble and she 
