I would not even trust to a servant who would agree to have no afternoons out.

I would get a dog.
The next day I advertised for a fierce watchdog, and in the course of a week I got one.

Before I procured him I examined into the merits, and price, of about one hundred dogs.

My dog was named Pete, but I determined to make a change in that respect.

He was a very tall, bony, powerful beast, of a dull black color, and with a lower jaw that would crack the hind-leg of an ox, so I was informed.