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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 15:17:44 -0500
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Thank you for that, Harold. Made me smile on a bad day.
I have a postcard showing the Twain family sitting on the Ombra at the 
Hartford House, 1885. The dog's name on the card is Hash. And to me he 
looks like a mix (Heinz 57 as we say in England)
Heather Morgan.
 
 
 On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 08:51 AM, Hal Bush wrote:
 
 > as to the breed of the dog -- did that ever get answered?  Because I 
do
> have it from a definitive source:
>
> My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a
> Presbyterian.
>
>
> first line from A DOG'S TALE
>
> by Mark Twain
>
> -- 
> Prof. Harold K. Bush
> Professor of English
> 3800 Lindell
> Saint Louis University
> St. Louis, MO  63108
> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
>
>

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