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dog & she knew him. Se had been sent down to try to be bred, & had got away & retreated to our celler though how she ever got down into that pit is a mystery. In the meantime he had shot the other police dog. Well I was sared out of years growth over those noises. We've been here three weeks & I've cloroformed three kittens & a cat. To day it was the cat. A poor old Tom cat that some one had thrown scalding water in his face. His eyes were nearly swollen shut and the skin on his neck was like a piece of paste board so hard & dry It happened some time ago evidently. & he'd nearly starved to death while he was was getting over the first effects. This is a helluva world Sidney. did you know it? I hope you are all enjoying your vacation I've thought of you often this summer & would have pitied you - sweltering there in Virginia if I had'nt been so chilly myself that I really envied you.  We