ing young ladies who, having read"David Copperfield," have thereupon sought out a small, longhaired dogof nondescript breed, possessed of an irritating habit of criticisinga man's trousers, and of finally commenting upon the same by a sniffindicative of contempt and disgust. They talk sweet girlish prattleto this animal (when there is any one near enough to overhear them),and they kiss its nose, and put its unwashed head up against theircheek in a most touching manner; though I have noticed that thesecaresses are principally performed when there are young men hangingabout.
Then there are the old ladies who worship a fat poodle, scant ofbreath and full of fleas. I knew a couple of elderly spinsters oncewho had a sort of German sausage on legs which they called a dogbetween them. They used to wash its face with warm water everymorning. It had a mutton cutlet regularly for breakfast; and onSundays, when one of the ladies went to church, the other alwaysstopped at home Kanadanhanhi Miehet Suomi to keep the dog company.
There are many families where the whole interest of life is centeredupon the dog. Cats, by the way, rarely suffer from excess ofadulation. A cat possesses a very fair sense of the ridiculous, andwill put her paw down kindly but firmly upon any nonsense of thiskind. Dogs, however, seem to like it. They encourage their owners inthe tomfoolery, and the consequence is that in the circles I amspeaking of what "dear Fido" has done, does do, will do, won't do, cando, can't do, was doing, Washington Capitals Pelipaidat is doing, is going to do, shall do, shan'tdo, and is about to be going to have done is the continual theme ofdiscussion from morning till night.
All the conversation, consisting, as it does, of the very dregs ofimbecility, is addressed to this confounded animal. The family sit ina row all day Parajumpers Michelle Sverige long, watching Winter Liddesdale Polarquilt Takki Suomi him, commenting upon his actions, tellingeach other anecdotes about him, recalling his virtues, and rememberingwith tears how one day they lost him for two whole hours, on whichoccasion he was brought home in a most brutal manner by thebutcher-boy, who had been met carrying USA Kid Jerseys him by the scruff of his neckwith one hand, while soundly cuffing his head with the other.
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Among these people everything is done through the dog. If you want tomake love to the eldest daughter, or get the old man to lend you thegarden roller, or the mother to subscribe to the Society for theSuppression of Solo-Cornet Players in Theatrical Orchestras (it's apity there isn't one, anyhow), you have to begin with the dog. Youmust gain its approbation before they will even listen to you, and if,as is highly probable |
