in all the strength and majesty of full-grown doghood,

you would have experienced a vague sort of surprise

had we told you--as we now repeat--that the dog

Crusoe was once a pup--a soft, round, sprawling,

squeaking pup, as fat as a tallow candle, and as blind

as a bat.

But we draw particular attention to the fact of

Crusoe's having once been a pup, because in connection

with the days of his puppyhood there hangs a tale.

This peculiar dog may thus be said to have had two