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Rh ing handsomely, that there wasn't no other place she'd care to go to.

Keddo was altogether a very jolly little affair. Janet was by no means his only benefaction to us. He brimmed with good-cheer and radiated happiness. These are valuable contributions to the general good of society, perhaps the most valuable any of us can make.

I remember when the idea that we should have a dog was first broached to us by a sanguine friend who had seen and succumbed to Keddo's personal charms. A family council was called and the decision reluctantly arrived at that we couldn't take the risk. A dog in the summer is all very well, we said, but what about the winter with all the perils of city streets, and the objections of the neighbors? No, it was clearly too great a responsibility.

This decision was reached on a gusty day in August and late in the afternoon when the wind showed signs of subsiding, we took the skiff and rowed over to town to get the mail, and incidentally tell the O'Brady's not to hold the puppy for us any longer.

What was left of the gale came on us in full force just as we rounded the corner of the O'Brady's makeshift landing, and we found