DOGTOWN [Illustration] [Illustration: _After the Battle._ See page 99] DOGTOWN BEING SOME CHAPTERS FROM THE ANNALS OF THE WADDLES FAMILY, SET DOWN IN THE LANGUAGE OF HOUSEPEOPLE BY MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AUTHOR OF “TOMMY-ANNE,” “THE FRIENDSHIP OF NATURE” “BIRDCRAFT,” ETC. _ILLUSTRATED BY PORTRAITS FROM LIFE BY THE AUTHOR_ New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1902 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped October, 1902. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A. [Illustration] “Such soft, warm bodies to cuddle, Such queer little hearts to beat; Such swift, round tongues to kiss, Such sprawling, cushiony feet. She could feel in her clasping fingers The touch of the satiny skin, And a cold, wet nose exploring The dimples under her chin.” [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] This Book is for all those who love children and dogs [Illustration] [Illustration: CONTENTS] CHAPTER PAGE I. Enter Mrs. Waddles 1 II. Miss Letty and Hamlet 28 III. Trouble Begins 60 IV. Exit Lumberlegs 81 V. Jack and Jill Waddles 104 VI. Table Boarders 138 VII. Five O’clock Teas 171 VIII. A Hen Party 201 IX. The Herb Witch 220 X. Told by the Fire 247 XI. “Over the Hills and Far Away!” 274 XII. The Sixlets 300 XIII. Ben Uncas’s Last Hunt 331 XIV. The Barbed Wire Fence 367 XV. The Wedding 399 [Illustration: _Angel Dogs._] Illustrations FULL PAGES AFTER THE BATTLE _Frontispiece_