2/15 It's him and none other, and he's coming along at a grand pace, too!" "Hurrah!" shouted Bob. "Isn't it jolly, auntie ?" "Very jolly," agreed Mrs Gilmour, more sedately, laughing at Bob's ecstasies, the boy, like most youngsters, being all extremes. "I call it very nice of him, Nell, don't you ?" "Delightful!" chimed in Nellie, catching hold of Rover's fore-paws and making him dance round the room with her in high glee, Rover barking to express his sympathy with her excitement. "How good he is--I mean Captain Dresser; not you, Master Doggy!" "It is well we know what you do mean," said her aunt smiling, as Nell and Bob, with Rover dashing madly after their heels rushed into the hall to open the door. |