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“  Very  well;  you  shall  have  a  horse
                                      Loo,  you  wheedling  little  monkey.”

                                          L( And  a  dog.        I  never  could  have

                                      horses  and  dogs  because  we  were  al­
                                      ways  travelling  about  so.  W h at’s  the

                                      good  of  settling  'down,  if  I  can't  have

                                      a  dog j* ”
                                         (t None  at  all.      I  am  going  to  settle

                                      down  just "so  you  can  have  one.’7

                                         il  1  like  mastiffs,"  said  Wilifred,  pay­

                                      ing  no  attention  to  this  jest,  u they  are

                                      so  splendid  and  so  big.             Collies  are
                                      nice  too.  they  run  and  jump  so.            And

                                      there  are  those          awfully  ’cute  little

                                      terriers  with  their  bright  eyes*           Every
                                      one  must  like  them.          And  pugs,  papa,

                                      the  dear  ugly  little  things!  I  like  pugs

                                      and  setters  of  course,  and  hounds  and

                                      spaniels.”
                                         i! And  you  would  like  a few  of  each,

                                      I  suppose,”  laughed  Dr.  Moran,  taking
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