mother told them it hadn t been mugs fault but the fault of the people that were bitten. when we starts for them they scream, and that excites him. the cops suggested it might be a good idea to tie the dog up. the mother said it mortified him to be tied up and he wouldn t eat when he was tied up. mugs at his meals was an unusual sight because of the fact if you reached toward the floor he would bite you. we usually put his food plate on top of an old kitchen table with a bench alongside the table. mugs would stand on the bench and eat. i remember that my mother s uncle who boasted he was the third man on missionary ridge was splutteringly indignant when he found out we put the plate on the table. he said he would put the dog s plate on the floor if we gave it to him. roy said if uncle fed mugs on the ground just before the battle he would have been the