Show tho the painters dog mrs mra ritchie the daughter of it I 1 lam ham makepeace thackeray the dt fish novelist writes of visits when 0 was a child to sir aidwin animal painter she says sir ela eda was delightful company and that ui tip told the children many stories 0 of fal 33 leals as lie he stood painting at huge canvases 1 I remember 1 says bays ills his telling us an anecdote one of lila ills bugs dugs ile he was nas in the of taking him out eve every ry day alien ben IJ work N ng as over the dog do used tided to avill w sir ida patiently till all day long was painting but lie he used to come SDI a lie down at ills teet feet and took look up 10 1 ia fare face toward five and on oil occasion finding that no notice taken of ills his hints lie he trotted into ant 11 hall anti and caroe came bak back NOW the lie pai hat alch he be laid at his feet |