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fellow was his masters reply. rather
shortly given. as he fastened to change
the subject by some remark on last
nights debate or the unsettled state Of
I South Africa
Upon my word" said one OF these
would-be sympathizers 70 another. ~
they shared n hansome to the city,
.'Doruley Is almost absurd about his
dog. His face clouds over. and he
shuts one up. II one mentions the
creature. as II Don had been his dear
est friend.
"Ie-es. said the other. a younger
and moro impressionable man. per
haps 50. still. IL you've never gore
through Il yourself. its n thing you
can't uuders,and-EosiaS your dog. |
mean. and he heaved a sigh to the
memory Of some past experience Of the
kind.
Mr.. Doruley was signing too. though
not audibly. a. be stroIled up Regina
street
Wish those fellows had held their
tongues. he WIS saying 10 himself.
Their commou-sense might have told
them il wasn't a pleasant subject /
wish to goodness I could forget about
my poor dog I'd even give some
thing to know he was dead
Is he thought thus. from n side
street there emerged into his view a
shabby. observation-disclosures and
capped. generally Unlocking iniivid-
ual; he seemed like a VERY decayed
~gamc-keePer. or by n great stretch OF
the Imagination one Gould have fancied
that az some past period Of his ex-
istence he nad beer an bridegroom in
a gentleman's stable Mr.. Dornley's
gaze fell OF him. passed over him. and
withdrew. - Our gaze falls on a thou
sand human beings whom we do not
even know that oureyes have perceived
But something else had been perceived
in that siNtieth part % a second By the
eyes. which. faithful to their u de-
partment. n once reported i; to the
brain And the brains orders came
Peremptorily.
Look again" and Mr. Dornley's
yes looked. not knowing that they
had seen.
Then the whole man started. impeIed
at once by the consciousness OF what
was before him
Half hidden nj the first glance py the
man who held him closely chained.
was a noble dog. His great. sof, eyes
gazed sadly and ~forlornly on the ugly.
muddy London street. his head turning
a If in search of a friendly glance or
word Mr. Dornley stared for a mo-
ment. but he kept his wits about him
The i~ll-IoOking fellow caught his eyes.
and instantly dragged forward the col
lie-for a collie it was-into a more
prominent position
Want to buy a dog. sir'r he began
ob~sequiously. Brought i'm up from
the country this very mornin' as ever
was. Reared i'm myself; knows all
about i'm; shall ave i'm a real bar
gain. sir; too many about our place.
else wouldn't part with i'm for no
price. aud that's the gospel truth.
The dog looked at Mr. DOrnIey; Mr..
Doruley looked at the dog. He CAIr.
Doruley) had hard work to control
himself Don, my old Doual,' was
on the tip of his tongue, but he must
be cautious.
He hasn't recognized me yet he
said to himself. and if he did the man
might make of with him
What do you want for him. he
asked. CURLY. speaking rather low.
for fear of DonaIs hearing his voice.
while with the tail Of his eye, greatly
to his satisfaction, he deserted the
pOrtly form of a policeman looming
near
The man scratched his head.
Well, now. sir" he began, Iii |
was to say a Ever, it I'D be giyin' i'm
away. it would. just you see ere.
sir. and he stopped to drag apart the
c%olIie's Jaws; the dog. only opening
his mouth to suarl. shut it again more
firmly Mr.. Dornley meanwhile had
seized his opportunity. A Geographic
signal. and the policeman was at his
side. unpereeived by the Ioafer, still
struggling with the dogs mouth.
Then came n voice of thunder.
Drop that. will you? A flyer. in
deed. You shall have five years if |
can get it YOU. He is my dog; you
have stolen him.
The man glanced up. gave one gasp.
and then -; he was too quick for
them He turned and fed. leaving
the dog there and then. and before
either MIR DOrnley or the policeman
had quite taken it all in, they found
themselves alone on the pavement.
the collie between them There was
no use in giving chase; the thief was
a. nimble as only q thief can be: the
policeman was ponderous.
After a moment Mr.. DornIey decided
to make the best of it Catching the
dog by the ehain-not. of course. that
that was necessary with Donal-he
looked up with a laugh.
Pom my word" he said. that was
quick work
~Yourdog. sir;?r said No. Something.
laeonieally.
Ny dog he replied.
~'Stolen9r
"Ot course he was stolen Didn't
you see the fellows face. and how he
made OF when | taxed him with it2-
The policeman stared down the street
whence long 2 the fugitive had dis
appeared 1t was n peculiar state of