Book Excerpt: ke a Will of the Wisp, took due care of thehorse; who was fatter than you would quite believe, if I gave youhis measure, and so old that his birthday was lost in the mists ofantiquity. Boxer, feeling that his attentions were due to thefamily in general, and must be impartially distributed, dashed inand out with bewildering inconstancy; now, describing a circle ofshort barks round the horse, where he was being rubbed down at thestable-door; now feigning to make savage rushes at his mistress, and facetiously bringing himself to sudden stops; now, eliciting ashriek from Tilly Slowboy, in the low nursing-chair near the fire, by the unexpected application of his moist nose to her countenance;now, exhibiting an obtrusive interest in the baby; now, going roundand round upon the hearth, and lying down as if he had establishedhimself for the night; now, getting up again, and taking thatnothing of a fag-end of a tail of his, out into the weather, as ifhe had just remembered an appointment, and was off, atRead Mo