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Pincher is always planting bones, but they never grow up. There couldn't be a bone tree. I think this is what makes him bark so unhappily at night. He has never tried planting dog-biscuit, but he is fonder of bones, and perhaps he wants to be quite sure about them first. By Dicky This would have been a jolly good story if they had let me finish it at the beginning of the paper as I wanted to.
Samples of the discoloured ice from the berg proved to contain dust with black gritty particles or sand-grains. Another seal, a bull Weddell, was secured on the 26th. The return of seal-life was opportune, since we had nearly finished the winter supply of dog-biscuit and wished to be able to feed the dogs on meat.
They're bein' fed on iron-filin's an' dog-biscuit these days, but glory's no compensation for a belly-ache. Praise be, we're here to protect you, sorr. Mother av Moses, but ye take the field like a confectioner! 'Tis scand'lus." "'Ere's a orficer," said Ortheris, significantly. "When the sergent's done lushin' the privit may clean the pot."
But, outside of that, he's as harmless as a canary." "Dashed dangerous things, canaries," said Archie, thoughtfully. "They peck at you." "Don't weaken!" pleaded the Press-agent "Oh, all right. I'll take him. By the way, touching the matter of browsing and sluicing. What do I feed him on?" "Oh, anything. Bread-and-milk or fruit or soft-boiled egg or dog-biscuit or ants'-eggs.
Always, on the advent of doubtful strangers, he interposed his own furry bulk between her and possible kidnaping. He stood beside her as she lapped her bread-and-milk or as she chewed laboriously at her fragment of dog-biscuit. At such times, he proved himself the mortal foe of Peter Grimm, the Mistress's temperamental gray kitten, with whom he was ordinarily on very comfortable terms.
Us too he holds for the day, to punish us if we have temporal cravings. He scatters his gifts to the abject; tossing to us rebels bare dog-biscuit. But the life of the spirit is beyond his region; we have our morrow in his day when we crave nought of him.
"'What sort of diggings have you got? asked the Chinchilla. "'Oh, pretty fair. "'Nice people? "'Yes, nice enough as people go. "'Pretty willing? Look after you well, and all that sort of thing? "'Yes oh yes. I've no fault to find with them. "'What's the victuals like? "'Oh, the usual thing, you know, bones and scraps, and a bit of dog-biscuit now and then for a change.
"My dear fellow, I can eat anything, a crust or a dog-biscuit, I'm so hungry." Meddings raised the lid and we all crowded round. "By Gad! this is too much," snapped the major. The box contained nothing but cups and plates and saucers. When Meddings returned with a second box the major and the adjutant seized some biscuits and munched happily and voraciously.
He doesn't actually sleep in his master's bed, because he has one of his own right next it. Clélie was horrified at first. She said they'd be eating together next, but the Butterfly Man reminded her that Kerry likes dog-biscuit and he doesn't. I figure that in the order of his affections the Butterfly Man ranks Kerry first, Armand and myself next, and Laurence a close third."
Inasmuch as he did not indicate to the Wainwright party that he wished them to do differently, they followed on doggedly after him and the dragoman. He knew now that the dragoman's heart had for the tenth time turned to dog-biscuit, so he kept abreast of him.
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