Aileen Aroon, A Memoir
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Stables Gordon. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir
Preface
Chapter One. Prologistic
Chapter Two. Introducing Aileen Aroon
Chapter Three. Containing the Story of One of Aileen’s Friends
Chapter Four. Dedicated to Girls and Boys Only
Chapter Five. Embodying a Little Tale and a Little Adventure
Chapter Six. Aileen and Nero – A Dog’s Receipt for Keeping Well – Dog’s in the Snow in Greenland – The Life-Story of Aileen’s Pet, “Fairy Mary.”
Chapter Seven. Only a Dog
Chapter Eight. A Tale Told by the Old Pine-Tree
Chapter Nine. Tea on the Lawn, and the Story of a Starling
Chapter Ten. The Life and Death of Rook Toby
Chapter Eleven. A Bird-Haunted Lawn in June – Pets of my Early Years
Chapter Twelve. Early Studies in Natural History
Chapter Thirteen. All About my Bird Pets
Chapter Fourteen. The Redstart, the Goldfinch, the Mavis, and Merle
Chapter Fifteen. A Bird-Haunted Churchyard
Chapter Sixteen. A Friend of my Student Days
Chapter Seventeen. The Days When we went Cruising
Chapter Eighteen. Blue-Jackets’ Pets
Chapter Nineteen. My Cabin Mates and Bedfellows: A Sketch of Life on the Coast of Africa
Chapter Twenty. My Cabin Mates – Concluded
Chapter Twenty One. Containing a Tale to Banish the Creepies
Chapter Twenty Two. An Evening Spent at our own Fireside
Chapter Twenty Three “Greyfriars’ Bobby” – “Pepper” – The Blind Fiddler’s Dog
Chapter Twenty Four. Mr and Mrs Polypus: A Story Founded on a Fact in Natural History
Chapter Twenty Five. The Tale of the “Twin Chestnuts”; or, a Summer Evening’s Reverie
Chapter Twenty Six. The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero
Chapter Twenty Seven. The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero – Continued
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero – Continued
Chapter Twenty Nine. The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero – Continued
Chapter Thirty. Ida’s Illness – Mercy to the Dumb Animals
Chapter Thirty One. Mirram: A Sketch from the Life of a Cat – About Summer Songs and Songsters
Chapter Thirty Two. Harry’s Holiday – King John; or, The Tale of a Tub – Sindbad; or, the Dog of Penellan
Chapter Thirty Three. A Short, Because a Sad One
Chapter Thirty Four. The Last
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Scene: A lofty pine wood, from which can be caught distant glimpses of the valley of the Thames. “Aileen Aroon,” a noble Newfoundland, has thrown herself down by her master’s side. All the other dogs at play in the wood.
Aileen’s master (speaks): “And so you have come and laid yourself down beside me, Aileen, and left your playmates every one? left your playmates roaming about among the trees, while you stay here by me?
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My hopes rose; the bear must be Sable. So an expedition was organised to go in search of her. The rank and file of this expedition consisted of schoolboys. I myself was captain, and Theodore Nero, the Newfoundland, was first lieutenant.
We were successful. My heart jumped for joy as I saw the great dog in the distance. But she would not suffer any one to come near her. That was not her form. I must walk on and whistle, and she would follow. I was glad enough to close with the offer, and gladder still when we reached home before she changed her mind and went off again.
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