"I WAS a sporting dog," he said, bitterly, "for the first three years of my life.

I belonged to a man who keeps a livery stable here in Fairport, and he used to hire me out shooting parties.
"I was a favorite with all the gentlemen.

I was crazy with delight when I saw the guns brought out, and would jump up and bite at them.

I loved to chase birds and rabbits, and even now when the pigeons come near me, I tremble all over and have to turn away lest I should seize them.

I used often to be in the woods from morning till night.