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II. HUCKLEBERRY.
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Coming home late one night, my eye was caught by the sight of a spotted1 dog sitting under a lamp all alone, and, as I passed, I said to him,—
"Go home, little doggie! It is too late for you to be out, and you'll get rheumatism2 if you stay there."
Alas3 for the poor fellow! he had no home to go to; and, evidently feeling that I had invited him to share mine by a friendly remark, he came pattering after us down the street, and when we reached our door stood wagging his tail, as if to say,—
"Thank you; yes, I should be most grateful if you'd allow me to lie on your door-mat till morning."
His handsome, wistful eyes, and the insinuating4 wag of his thin tail, expressed this as plainly as any words could have done, and it grieved me much to see that I had awakened5 hopes which I could not fulfil.
I explained to him how it was; that this was not my house, and I really could not take him into my room; that there were five cats downstairs, and several old ladies upstairs; one snarly6, fat poodle on the first floor; and half-a-dozen young men about the house, ready for mischief7 at all hours of the day or night. Such being the case, it was evidently no home for a strange doggie, so like a huckleberry pudding in appearance that I named him Huckleberry on the spot.
He seemed to understand it, for he stopped wagging and retired8 from the steps; but he was bitterly disappointed; and when I had gently closed the door, apologizing as I did so, he gave one disconsolate9 howl, and went to sit under the lamp again, as if that little circle of light made the dull November night less cold and lonely.
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deluded
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pall
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