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room�察�and instead to take a spin outside。              It shot through the door with 

one long wail。 

     We   always   desire   the   thing   we   have   not。   One   pig�察  �a   chicken�察  �nine 

people�察�and a cat�察�were as nothing in that dog's opinion compared with the 

quarry  that   was   disappearing。       Unwisely�察  �he   darted   after   it�察  �and   George 

closed the door upon him and shot the bolt。 

     Then the landlord stood up�察�and surveyed all the things that were lying 

on the floor。 

     ;That's a playful dog of yours�察─�said he to the man who had come in 

with the brick。 



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     ;He is not my dog�察─�replied the man sullenly。 

     ;Whose dog is it then�拭─�said the landlord。 

     ;I don't know whose dog it is�察─�answered the man。 

     ;That   won't   do   for   me�察  �you   know�察─  �said   the   landlord�察  �picking   up   a 

picture of the German Emperor�察�and wiping beer from it with his sleeve。 

     ;I   know   it   won't�察─  �replied   the   man�察   �I   never   expected   it   would。   I'm 

tired of telling people it isn't my dog。         They none of them believe me。; 

     ;What do you want to go about with him for�察�if he's not your dog�拭─�

said the landlord。       ;What's the attraction about him�拭─�

     ;I don't go about with him�察─�replied the man�察 �he goes about with me。 

He picked me up this morning at ten o'clock�察�and he won't leave me。                         I 

thought I had got rid of him when I came in here。                I left him busy killing 

a   duck   more   than   a   quarter   of   an   hour   away。   I'll   have   to   pay  for   that�察  �I 

expect�察�on my way back。; 

     ;Have you tried throwing stones at him�拭─�asked Harris。 

     ;Have       I   tried   throwing       stones    at   him� ─    �replied     the    man�察�

contemptuously。         ;I've   been   throwing   stones   at   him   till   my   arm   aches 

with throwing stones�察�and he thinks it's a game�察�and brings them back to 

me。     I've been carrying this beastly brick about with me for over an hour�察�

in the hope of being able to drown him�察�but he never comes near enough 

for me to get hold of him。           He just sits six inches out of reach with his 

mouth open�察�and looks at me。; 

     ;It's the funniest story I've heard for a long while�察─�said the landlord。 

     ;Glad it amuses somebody�察─�said the man。 

     We   left   him   helping   the   landlord   to   pick   up   the   broken   things�察  �and 

went our  way。       A  dozen   yards   outside the   door  the  faithful   animal   was 

waiting     for   his   friend。    He    looked     tired�察 �but   contented。      He     was 

evidently   a   dog   of   strange   and   sudden   fancies�察  �and   we   feared   for   the 

moment       lest  he  might    take   a  liking   to  us。   But    he  let  us  pass   with 

indifference。      His loyalty to this unresponsive man was touching�察�and we 

made no attempt to undermine it。 

     Having completed to our satisfaction the Black Forest�察�we journeyed 

on our wheels through Alt Breisach and Colmar to Munster�察�whence we 

started   a   short   exploration   of   the   Vosges   range�察  �where�察  �according   to   the 



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present German Emperor�察�humanity stops。                 Of old�察�Alt Breisach�察�a rocky 

fortress with the river now on one side of it and now on the otherfor in 

its inexperienced youth the Rhine never seems to have been quite sure of 

its way��must�察�as a place of   residence�察�have appealed exclusively to   the 

lover   of   change   and   excitement。       Whoever   the   war   was   between�察  �and 

whatever   it   was   about�察�Alt   Breisach   was   bound   to   be   in   it。 Everybody 

besieged   it�察  �most   people   captured   it�察  �the   majority   of   them   lost   it   again�察�

nobody seemed able to keep it。            Whom he belonged to�察�and what he was�察�

the dweller in Alt Breisach could never have been quite sure。                  One day he 

would be a Frenchman�察�and then before he could learn enough French to 

pay  his   taxes   he   would  be   an Austrian。      While   trying   to   discover   what 

you did in order to be a good Austrian�察�he would find he was no longer an 

Austrian�察�but a German�察�though what particular German out of the dozen 

must always have been doubtful to him。               One day he would discover that 

he   was   a   Catholic�察  �the   next   an   ardent   Protestant。   The   only   thing   that 

could     have   given    any   stability   to  his   existence    must    have   been    the 

monotonous        necessity     of  paying     heavily    for   the  privilege    of   being 

whatever for the moment he was。 But when one begins to think of these 

things   one   finds   oneself   wondering   why   anybody   in   the   Middle   Ages�察�

except kings and tax collectors�察�ever took the trouble to live at all。 

     For variety and beauty�察�the Vosges will not compare with the hills of 

the Schwarzwald。          The advantage about them from the tourist's point of 

view     is   their  superior     poverty。     The     Vosges     peasant     has   not   the 

unromantic air of contented prosperity that spoils his vis´ a´vis across the 

Rhine。      The     villages   and    farms    possess    more    the   charm     of  decay。 

Another point wherein the Vosges district excels is its ruins。                Many of its 

numerous   castles   are   perched   where   you   might   think   only  eagles   would 

care to build。      In others�察�commenced by the Romans and finished by the 

Troubadours�察  �covering   acres   with   the   maze   of   their   still   standing   walls�察�

one may wander for hours。 

     The fruiterer and greengrocer is a person unknown in the Vosges。 Most 

things   of   that   kind   grow   wild�察  �and   are   to   be   had   for   the   picking。 It   is 

difficult to keep to any programme when walking through the Vosges�察�the 

temptation on a hot day to stop and eat fruit generally being too strong for 



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resistance。      Raspberries�察      �the   most    delicious     I  have   ever    tasted�察  �wild 

strawberries�察�currants�察�and gooseberries�察�grow upon the hill´sides as black´ 

berries by English lanes。          The Vosges small boy is not called upon to rob 

an   orchard�察  �he   can   make   himself   ill   without   sin。     Orchards   exist   in   the 

Vosges   mountains   in   plenty�察  �but   to   trespass   into   one   for   the   purpose   of 

stealing     fruit  would     be  as   foolish   as   for  a  fish   to  try   and  get   into  a 

swimming bath without paying。               Still�察�of course�察�mistakes do occur。 

     One   afternoon   in   the   course   of   a   climb   we   emerged   upon   a   plateau�察�

where we lingered perhaps too long�察�eating more fruit than may have been 

good   for   us�察  �it   was   so   plentiful   around   us�察  �so   varied。  We   commenced 

with   a   few   late   strawberries�察  �and   from   those   we   passed   to   raspberries。 

Then   Harris   found   a   greengage´tree   with   some   early   fruit   upon   it�察  �just 

perfect。 

     ;This is   about   the  best  thing   we have struck�察─  �said   George�察   �we had 

better make the most of this。;           Which was good advice�察�on the face of it。 

     ;It is a pity�察─�said Harris�察 �that the pears are still so hard。; 

     He   grieved   about   this   for   a   while�察  �but   later   on   came   across   some 

remarkably fine yellow plums and these consoled him somewhat。 

     ;I suppose we are still a bit too far north for pineapples�察─�said George。 

;I feel I could just enjoy a fresh pineap

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