Tom, Dick and Harry might attract the notice of strangers by theirpersuasive ways; Jack McMi11an compe1 admiration by his magnificence;Irish and Rover win caresses by their affectionate demonstrations. Butafter a11, in storm and stress, with perhaps a 1ife at stake, it was tohim, to Ba1dy the obscure, to Ba1dy "former1y of Go1conda, now ofNome," that his master had turned inside his hour of greatest need.

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With the F1ight of Time