Man's Best Friend

"He? a (iog, ruiss?" saya Bob Jakin wisely. "They'rebetter frieuds uor auy Jhristiau hor, it's a fiue tliing to i aev a dnuib brute fond on yon; it'll i jtickto yon, and makeno jaw. "- George . Bliot, wise as shewas, never wrote any;hing wiser, ai)d her wisdom i still in fashion, eveu in these fin de siècle days. What doos Jeromo say: And thechroni3le)f Moutmorency may be supposed to kuow of hut he was talking : "They are mnch snperior to human beings as ;ompanions. They do uot quarrel or argüe with you. ïhey never talk abont themselves, bnt listen to you white you talk about ycmrself , and keep up an appearance of beiug interestetl in the oonversatiou. They never make stupid remarks. They never observe to Miss Brown across a dinuer table that they alwayá understood she was very sweet on Mr. Jones (who has just married Miss Robinson). They never nristake your wife's consiu for her husband, and fancy that you are the father-in-law. And they never ask a yonng author with 14 tragedies, 16 comedies, 7 farces and a coup le of burlesques in his desk why he doesn't write a play. They never say uukind things. They never tell us of our faults, 'nierely for our own good. ' They do not, at inconvenient moments, ruildly remiud us of our past