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March18，1925.Thoughonlyfveyearsofage，Iwillrememberthedaythegreattorover“LittleEgypt”
，asthesoutherntipofIllinoisiscalled.Thelittleiningtoelivedlaydireitspath.Thehowlingwindsoundedasifadozenlopast.Wehuddlediastherflledourearsaoshakeourverybones.
&wasover.Thequieturalandaneerie，uneasyfeelinggrippedus.Openingthedoor，mymotherstoodtransfxedasshegazedupontheawfulse.Debrislayeverywhere.Thestreeteople，someobviouslyinshock，milledaroule，utodesilencewassuddenlybrokenbyasubdued，pitifulwhiningatMothersfeet.
Tremblily，awetalepoodlelaywedgedbetweenthedoorandthes.
“Mystars，”
mymothersaid，bendingover.“Whereverdidyou?”
ThebedraggledlittledogtimidlywaggedhistailandbeganligMothershand.
Jacky，aswenamedhim，acceptedefamilywithoutreservatiournlavishedourloveuponthedisplacedbutluckylittlepoodle.
AlmostimmediatelywerealizedJaexaldog-averysmartone.Surroundedbymassesofcurlyhair，hisdarkinquisitiveeyessparkledwithlife.
&ledoghadbeenapartofourfamilyforabouttwoyearswhenahobokhebadaskedifwecouldgivehimsomethiherequestwasn‘tatallunusual.Inthosedays，manyhobosstoppedatourhtaplateoffoodtotheporchwherehewaited.Ashesatdow，weboysgatheredarouellingusalltheplaceshe’dbeehingshedseen.Wewerespellboundbyhistales.
Allofasuddeopped.Welookediioaring，aoodJacky.Forseveralmomentstheylookedatohenahugesmilecameacrosstheoldhobosface.
“Youlittlerascal，”
hesaid，ghimbyse-souareyoudoinghere?”
&ledogbecamehystericalwithjoy.HewasalloverthehandjumpingasifhewouldherewasnodoubthekhehoboandkergandtalkingtoJacky，theoldhoboutteredabriefmediately，Jatrolledhisenthusiasmandlaydowheoldma.
“Boys，wheredidyougetthisdog?”
askedthehobo.
“Wefoundhimlodgedbetweenthedoorandthesduriornadoof1925，”
saidmybrother.
“Yes，sir.Itaddsup，”
saidthehobo，“IwaswithaMissouriinMarchof1925.Thatwassuresomeblow.Thebigtentedtoshreds.Everythingwasdemolished.”
“Thispoodlewastheopshowdog.Hessovaluablehewasinsuredforhundredsofdollars.Luckydog，heis.Blowedallthatdistagettinghurt.”
&hehoboasked，“Doyouhaveabarrelhoop，boys?”
&youone，”
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