Maybe her master had abbreviatedto Gert sometimes.
A chauffeur carried the rich mans pup to his car.
Jest time it is that youtook some pleasure to
yourself.
The dog pulled back, breakingthe string the moment
her thin uncertain grasp took hold.
Wynook put her thumbs into the corners of her mouth
andstretched them upwards. The dog sensed trouble in Davids voice, in his touchshe
felt sadness. During law vacation hevisited cousins all over the world.
He was most unattractive, a speckle-faced,slobbery,
scowling infant. I took young Adam and wentto the Okanagan to try high air.
Rockypoints jutted out into the sea at either end of it. They gave a nod and a woof
in our direction and continued abouttheir business. Finally theMissionary said, Klee
Wyck is the Indians name for you.
Neither of them noticedthe dust on his Sundays as
they smiled off down the street.
He senthis car and I went to his beautiful
estate.
Sissy, I said, was intended for a kennel matron.
Ghastly whitepipes twisted and meandered through the dimness. He won the blue,
delighting in the fussand admiration. He always came to see me whenvisiting Canadian
cousins. The Cousins BobtailsTWO MEN, cousins, came to buy Bobtails.
The woman stretched a kindly hand to
them.
Unless I send her over to mother dumb
Allan!
Nod, nod, another nod, Times theres no easin the
fretsof Missus. Everyone said, Adam will be wild, impossible after nineteen monthsof
freedom. Spitting on the floor was forbidden,so the children went out and spat off
the porch.
He fancied Meg; I liked the way he handled her. I
tookher and her saddle-bags to the butchers for the daily kennelrations. Atlast we
took the lake boat going to Penticton to catch the Vancouvertrain.
Aweary woman shoved the gate open with the front
wheels of the pramshe pushed. I struck a flu epidemic and laysix weeks very ill in
Kelowna.
The woman stirred in her unlovely sleep, andher
hand started automatically to jog the pram handle. He gave a flip to his dusty
knees, but continued kneeling amongscraping, pawing pups. Now it is cruel to keep a
creature of her sizein it. When the cows were stalled the man said
Right,Lass!
She inspected the puppy, running an experienced
finger around hisgums.
I took her small money in exchange for Punk, took
it to buy valuefor him in her eyes. He and hislitter brother were competing, having
outclassed all entries.
It hada sharp roof, two windows on each side, a
door in front, and awoodshed behind.
Ugh, I loathed the name-Gertie among my
patriarchs!
Now he is doubly solitary, surrounded by empty
space as wellas dead silence.