Tayeh: A Puppy that Refuses to Grow Up:
Uncertainty as to Breed one's likes and dislikes, one's comings and goings carefully tabulated for' an admiring public, the best thing isto be a one-man dog for arousing public appreciation, "Ti fact was brought out most happily in the interest which has been aroused over the fate of "Pongo," the faithful creature which accompanied "his master and mister throughout the harrowing expe: ences of fleeing from an antly foreign mob in Tayeh, Hunan, Uncertainty as to Breed Pongo is a three year old of uncertain breed. It is at once evident from a talk with his mistress that his mixture has afforded oppor tunity for a rare "combination of good qualities, and few, if any, of the evil sometimes ativibuted mixed strains, He isa big fellow, According to his mistress, who, with en affectionate light "in her tye, related the anties of the collie-ike' animal to a representative of the "North-China Daily, News." Pon-gowns one ofa family" of 18 and like most large family units. showed! almost from the in the sunshine of the mission gar den. A few times he went out! walking with his master and mistress, but this was always oh leading leash so that when the time actually came for him to follow on an unforgettable flight through darkness, he lad only his instinct to lead tim.
Though born three years ago in Christmas week, Pongo has never outgrown his puppy ways, record. ing to his mistress. This Indy recalls how on occasion, Pongo tool the chair of a committee meeting through the simple process of climb. ing up on the back of his mistress chair and gradually pushing her off through his sheer balk, until she found herself trying to extricate herself from underneath the table. Tt took Pongo a long while to learn. obedience, and his tricks even now number fewer than those of other dogs. po: by the missionaries who have been in China 16 and have owned many enninos Dut none with the particular qualities of Pongo.
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