The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-28

stood on his head, and then with his hind
legs In the air walked around ON his fore
paws.
The people laughed very much and when
afterward he came among them with his
wooden saucer in his mouth they gave
freely.
Our dog came In and Immediately began
10 study. In three days he could stand on
his head and walk round on his front legs.
and the first evening he did 30 he made 8
pence
1t must have been terribly hard work for
him at his age, and subject to rheumatism
as he was; but he would do anything for
money. l believe he would have sold him
self 20 the devil for Is pence down.
He knew the value Of money, did that
dog. II you held out TO him penny in ono
hand and 3-penny bit In the other he
would snatch at the threepence and
THEN BREAK HIS HEART
because he could not get the penny as well
Row and then he spent little, but not
often. He was desperately fond Of sponge
cakes, and occasionally when he had good
week he would indulge himself to the ex,
tent Of one or two.
But even then he hated paying for them,
and always made a frantic and frequently
successful effort to get Off with the cake and
penny, too.
His plan Of operation was simple. He
would walk into the shop with penny In
his mouth well displayed and sweet and
lamb-like expression In his eyes.
Taking his stand as near TO the cakes as
he could get, and fixing his eyes affection
ately upon them he would begin TO whine,
and the shopkeeper, thinking he was deal
ing with an honest dog. would throw him
one.
To get the cake be was obliged, of course,
to drop the penny, and then began ssrug-
| gle between him and the shopkeeper for the
| possession of the coin.
The man would try to pick it up; the dog
| would put his foot on 1t and growl savagely.
II he could finish the cake before the coin
test was over he could snap up the penny
and bolt. have known him TO come home
| gorged with sponge cakes, the original
| penny still In his mouth.
SO notorious in the neighborhood did this
| dishonest practice become after "a time
that the majority of the local tradesmen re-
fused to serve him at all.
Then he took his custom further afield
into districts where his reputation had not
yet penetrated, and he would pick out shops
kept by nervous females and rheumatic
men.
They say that the love Of money il the
root OF all evil-it seemed TO have robbed
him of every shred Of principle. 1t robbed
him Of his life In the end, and that came
about In this way:
He had been performing one evening In
Gadbuts room, where a few of us were sit
ting smoking and talking, and young Hol-
lis being
IN A GENEROUS MOOD
had thrown him, as he thought, a sixpence.
The dog grabbed 1t and retired underneath
the sofa.
This was an odd thing for him to do, and
we commented upon it. Suddenly thought
occurred TO Hollis. and he took out his
money and began counting IL.
"By Jove" he exclaimed. 1--WE given
that little beast half sovereign, Here,
| TipyW
But Tiny only backed further underneath
the sofa and no more verbal invitations
| would induce him to stir 80 we adopted a
more pressing plan and ooAxed him out by
| the scruf Of his neck.
He came an inch at a time, growing
viciously and holding Hobbs half sovereign
| tight between his teeth.
We tried sweet reasopnbles at first We
| offered him sixpeRce in exchange. He
looked insulted and evidently considered
the proposal as tantamount to our thinking
him a fool.
We made il a shilling, then half a crown
be seemed only bored by our persistence.
| 81 don't think you'll ever see IL again
| Hollis, remarked Gadbut, laughing.
We all thought the thing very gooC
joke, all except young Hollis. He, on tn,
contrary, seemed annoyed. and, taking tn