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THE COUNTRY BOY
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When I went for a walk in the back pasture, he would walk with me at my side, just as a dog would do. There he spied a slight knoll and he went and stood on it erect, as much as to say, “I’ll watch out for hunters while you eat grass in peace and comfort.” When I had finished my pretext at eating grass I went and stood on the knoll, and as long as I stood there he fed with perfect confidence that I was watching out for his welfare, but when I
walked away he ran to me chattering something good naturedly, perhaps telling me that he had not finished. We really had great times to-
