Its appetite was tremendous,
and its preference for my society embarrassingly unrestrained. It
would not be content to sleep anywhere else than in my room. If I
put it out in the yard, it forthwith organized a search for me in
which the entire neighborhood was compelled to take part, willy-nilly.
Its manner of doing it boomed the local trade in hair-brushes and
mantel bric-a-brac, but brought on complications with the landlord
in the morning that usually resulted in the departure of Bob and
myself for other pastures. Part with him I could not; for Bob loved
me. Once I tried, when it seemed that there was no choice. I had
been put out for perhaps the tenth time, and I had no more money
left to provide for our keep. A Wall Street broker had advertised
for a watch-dog, and I went with Bob to see him. But when he would
have counted the three gold pieces he offered into my hand, I saw
Bob's honest brown eyes watching me with a look of such faithful
affection that I dropped the coins as if they burned, and caught
him about the neck to tell him that we would never part.
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