Transcriber's Notes: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Small Caps replaced with ALL CAPS. * * * * * By Enos A. Mills YOUR NATIONAL PARKS. Illustrated. THE STORY OF SCOTCH. Illustrated. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERLAND. Illustrated. THE STORY OF A THOUSAND-YEAR PINE. Illustrated. IN BEAVER WORLD. Illustrated. THE SPELL OF THE ROCKIES. Illustrated. WILD LIFE ON THE ROCKIES. Illustrated. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK THE STORY OF SCOTCH [Illustration: SCOTCH AND HIS MASTER] THE STORY OF SCOTCH. BY ENOS A. MILLS _With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author_ BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY _The Riverside Press Cambridge_ COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1911 AND 1916, BY ENOS A. MILLS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published September 1916_ TO MARY KING SHERMAN AND JOHN KING SHERMAN WHO KNEW AND APPRECIATED SCOTCH PREFACE Scotch and I were companions through eight years. Winter and summer we explored the rugged mountains of the Continental Divide. Often we were cold; more often we were hungry. Together we fought our way through blizzards and forest fires. Never did he complain and at all times he showed remarkable intelligence and absolute fidelity. The thousands who have watched him play football by my cabin on the slope of Long's Peak and the other thousands who have read of his unusual experiences will be interested, I am sure, in this complete story of his life. I gave an account of Scotch in my _Wild Life on the Rockies_, and in _The Spell of the Rockies_ I related one of our winter experiences. These chapters and an article on him which I wrote for _Country Life in America_ are, together with additional matter, embodied in this little book. ILLUSTRATIONS SCOTCH AND HIS MASTER _Frontispiece_ HIS FIRST KENNEL 4 PUPPY SCOTCH 8 CHIPMUNKS? 12 PLAYING FOOTBALL 26 READY FOR A WALK 32 THE MOUNTAINS IN WINTER Scotch on Guard at the Timber-Line Cabin 40 SCOTCH NEAR TIMBER-LINE 54 THE STORY OF SCOTCH I A famous collie and her five little puppies came into the possession of a Swedish farmer of my acquaintance. For an unimportant and forgotten kindness which I had shown his children, he decided that I should have one of these promising puppies. To his delight I chose the "wisest one," wee "Scotch," who afterwards gave pleasure to hundreds of people and who for eight years was a factor in my life.