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 o'clock part of it. So I made a great deal of saying Yes, I would, and then he heaved away at Dandy, and with a lot of shoving got me started. I gave him a double toot to cheer him up, while the G. R. A. T. pounded along behind, ready to help out if need be, and Olaff smiled at me quizzically with his blood-shot eyes.

"Homeward bound, old dog," I said, and then I whispered, "Olaff, do you believe in love at first sight?" And what do you suppose that wonderful old dog did?

Nodded—positively nodded—and uttered a loud, enthusiastic bark.

It's such a comfort to have a dog you can always agree with!—who always knows the right thing to bark, and barks it. Papa says he has enough sense to run a Democratic State Committee. Papa is a Republican.