Bruno

f our married life, because, during t

ong appetite for housekeeping, so we

ssible to rent anything that suited us; so we decided to take w

out in the country, but the town had crept around it unt

ng this our first home, was, I think, t

the birds always sing so joyously w

from his only sister, who lived in a city. It was not unusual for him

a pos

puppy, seven months old, given to them, and we cannot keep him here, in a flat.

is time achieved kittens. But a dog! That was something like! It did not take us long to decide and send off

. We have never known just what transpired during that eighteen hours' journey; but something notable there certainly was, for Bruno could ne

from his day-book

, Bruno raised his ears, wrinkled his forehead, and cocked his head on

er out on the sidewalk. I looked, and there came Julius leading-puppy, in

led auburn or red, when humans have it. He sniffed m

n the high grass of the back yard. He had probably never seen s

pright-I called it "standing up before, and sitting down behind," his ears cocked up, looking from one to the other as we spoke, seemi

t him till his tail began to thump the floor, and he would rise and wind himself up by going round and round on his bed, then drop, to go off again into an uneasy snooze. We did not sleep much. T

nce him that his bed was on the floor

his neck, which contrasted beautifully with his auburn curls. I felt very proud of his appearance, and he also

we were gracing, Bruno, looking down its vista, caught sight

followed. Up and down the street we sped,-he after the one speckled hen he had singled out, and I a

r the fence through which the others had escaped and disappeared, leaving us to view the ruins,

ralized and dejected, to wend our way homeward, I mentally congratulating myself that the streets were deserted. I

o prevent a meeting bet

out in the stable, and her food carried out to her to prevent the dreaded meeting. I wearied of the daily forced marches stable-ward, though, and longed to have

nearer. I sat down on the floor to be ready t

His ears drooped forward, his tail began to wag, and I drew back from the protecting attitude I had instinctively assumed. His tail continued to wag, his ears

ng excursion to find her nest of babies gone; coming, as she always did when anything went wrong, for our help and comfo

Then Rebecca caught sight of her kits. She darted to th

s hold of Bruno, w

ius comforted him, while I took Rebecca in hand. For some time we reasoned and experimented with them, until finally we had the

ugh Rebecca always boxed his ears when she came

d watch Rebecca out of one eye as he lay dozing, and as soon as she s

aying with his big curly ears,