His dog was also afflicted and for the same reasons, so that when they traveled together there was some rivalry between them.
"We're both bad put out for wind, thank God," Dirty Fingers would say sometimes.

"It's a good thing, for if we had more of it, we'd walk farther, and we don't like walking." The dog was with Fingers now, also Father Layonne, and Pelly.

Pelly unlocked the cell, then relocked it again after Fingers and the dog entered.

With a nod and a hopeful look the missioner returned with Pelly to the detachment office.

Fingers wiped his red face with a big handkerchief, gasping deeply for breath.