The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-04-24

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Noise came aud joined us We soon
foraed a ring
DIT seemed 10 please Tie dag to See as
ali around him, ior De grayely wagged
his tall ouee o and fro. and tried 8 pat
more spirit iato hi. exercise he walked
i've time. round ou his hinder legs. look.
ing 6xeaIy before him like soldier ON
duty, aud doing ID, best poor dog
could. see that 70 make al laugh For
ms part, seeing the other. remain speech.
less in their astoDishment, laughed
aloud to encourage him bat shall / say
the imths felt more ready 70 cry.
There was something iaexpre,sibly sad
n the serious expression of tli- lonely
dog. performing By himself a few tricks
that some absent master had taught him,
and doing SO OF his own accord with
some secret end Ia view that he himself
only could know Of After taking a mo-
mrnt, rest he set 10 work again, but
this time on his fore feet pretendidg to
stand on hi, head And what poor,
intelligent head il was, o. almost shaving
The ground, It looked appealingly at as
all, and seemed to say: Please DO not
piay any pranks with ue, for really am
not doing this for fun When he had
walked round on his head until he was
weary, he Jay down ID the midst Of the
ring aud made believe TO be dead lie
went through all the commissions Of a
dying dog, breathing heayils, painting
his lower jaw 10 fall, and then turning
over motionless Aud he did this so
well that stout, honestfaced woman,
who had been looking on without laugh
ing, exclaimed, Poor beast! and drew
her hand across her eyes.
The rain continued 10 fall, but not ono
OF ii, thought Of moving, only the dog,
when he had lain dead a minute, got up
and shook himself to show MS a., that
the performance was ended. He had
displayed the extent Of what he knew,
aud now came forward to receive his fee.
He stood up on his hind legs again, and
walking to each Of rs separately, assumed
the posture that Is popularity known as
begging. ! was the first to whom he
came. He ga2ed at me inquiringly with
his soft eyes wide opened, and followed
my hand patiently to my waistcoat pocF.
ct. The basket round his neck was a
round one with lid to it tied down with
a string, aud little slit III the lid through
which to put in money. | dropped IN a
shilling, and stopped down to read bill
of crumpled paper saw hanging loosely
from the collar II bore these words,
written in a shaky hand; This is the dog
of poor man who is bed-stricken; he
earns the bread of his master Good
people, do not keep him from returning
to his home. The dog thanked me fol
my offering by wagging his tail, and then
passed on to my neighb0r. Human ma,
ture must be kinder than people think
for there was not one of the spectators
not even he with the breeches and the
clay pipe, whose face had impressed me
unfavorably--bu gave the dog something
As for him, when he had gone his round
Ee barked two or three times to say good
bye, and then pattered conteutedly away
at the same jog-trot pace he had come.
lie went up the street, and | followed
/ him, but when we reached Oxford Street
be quickened suddenly, and began TO run
hard, as If his day was ended and he
wanted to get home. Evening had quite
fallen by this time, and felt it would be
useless to 90 after my four-legged mys
terry on foot, so | called a cab, and said
Follow that dog, very much to the driv
er's amazcmenl.
. Ills long way fom the part Of Ok
ford Street in which We were 10 Totten
ham Court Road, where the small dog
led me. Bat should have understood
the Journey had il not been made at such
furious pace. The dog never once
looked round. Twenty times | thought
he would be crushed by passing vans ol
carriages: but somehow he got through
I lie had an extraordinary tact for finding O
passage between horses hoois, and, like
true London dog as he was, he showed
intimate familiarity with all the intrica-
cie. OF crossings Still, IL was some re
lief 90 me. both on his own account ard
on mine, when / saw him branch of aI
last. wa. beginning to fear that EC
would never stop, that he bad something
Of the wandering jew IN him. It seem
ed impossible that, without taking any
rest, without even pausing for an instant
to draw breath, such very lean dog
should keep going 80 long. Totlenhan
Court Road Obi, was about eighteen
mouth. ago. used TO be a sort Of fam
At nighttime II * a lengthy hghwal
running amidst tangled network Of ,or
rs streets, The population OF which, from
dusk uutii the hour when the publii
houses close, used to spread hungry aut
idle amongst the countless booths whicl
had then not yet been swept away, ans
where fish, sour lmit and iudgesti5le
booking meat was sold by yelling cosier
mongers On The night IN question
when went there ia pursait Of lhe dog
! nrcsaw that / ,honld Be led 70 one 90
those siekIy nests Of fever, where power
ty, disease. aud misery have their abode
sell mp in prrmancHee aud ! was no
wrong.
The dog running tsler thaHe ever now
as II be- ieit more afraid for Bis ba-ke
amongst these faven9us crowds than o.