residence. "Didn't you say something this morning about a crowd of
setter puppies?"

"Yes, sir," replied the dog expert proudly. "Several of the
gentlemen have been down to see them, but the day has been so hot I
didn't care to bring them out. It's cool enough now, sir, if you'd
like to see them."

"I'll be back, in five minutes," returned Johnny hastily. "I'll say
hello to Beauty first."

Beauty barked and capered when she was let out, and expressed her
entire approval of Johnny in fluent dog language, looking after him
reproachfully when he hurried away.

Johnny first begged a puppy of Courtney, then he brought Eugene
Wobbles and Tommy Wobbles and Billy and Cecil and Reggie Wobbles
down in turns to pick it out for him. Each of the Wobbleses was
still there, deciding, when he brought another. When the last
Wobbles, including their friend Birchard, was in the inclosure
Johnny locked the gate and sent Loring on a brisk errand. That
energetic commercial attorney returned in a very few minutes, laden
with some papers and writing materials, and followed by a servant
carrying a wicker table.

"Gentlemen," said Johnny in a quite oratorical tone of voice,
"suppose we talk business."

The assembled Wobbleses turned in gasping surprise from the violent
family dispute over the puppies.