O winsome womankind! Bow wow!
She bathed my brow and bruisèd knee.
I only whined the louder, O!
She murmured: 'Homeopathy!
I'll give dear Don a powder,' O!
And may I be a pink-eyed rabbit
If she chose not from her stock, Bow wow!
FOR PERSONS OF A GOUTY HABIT
WHO'VE HAD A NERVOUS SHOCK. Bow wow!"
Other dogs had come after, notably Cardigan, a stately St. Bernard, who made the fatal mistake of biting a pacifist, but Laddie, the only real rival of Don in the Sisters' affections, was the crown of their delight in doghood.