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Show HIS MIND UP IN THE CLOUDS Professor Imagined Appeal Wa From Fido, and the Situation Became Embarrassing. A great lover of animals, Professor Dryasdust was much given to having his pet dog sitting beside him at meal times eating tidbits from his own lit- , tie plate. The other evening he was at a dinner party, and his partner was a very great lady, who was proud of her title. . But the professor paid absolutely no attention to her. His mind had switched off on to some abstruse point and he was lost to the world over the I problem. The duchess did not approve of this, and presently, to attract his attention, she pulled him gently by the sleeve. Then the professor woke up. Grabbing Grab-bing a half-picked chicken bone from his plate, he thrust it under her startled nose. "Don't bother just now, Fido!" he said curtly. "Here, take this and go and eat it on the mat, like a good doggie!" |