New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15
DOG STORIES.
From The London Spectator.

From The London Spectator.
About fortnight ago ] given fox-terrer
condition that IL It did suit me / should
return It to the donor Last Sunday EVENING
sitting In the drawing room with my wife
the dog lying on his mat by the fire. ! said that
l dissatisfied with the dog. and should write
and offer 10 return him. My wife urged me to do
fer FOR short lime / cot nm 70 pen the letter As
/ did so, the servant came TO take the dog for
was the garden door opened, than off went the
dog iull speed into fhe DARKNESS ana mas no
out in the same way before, and had always come
in on being called. Whether he understood the
conversation l cannot tell. All say is that
| can offer no other explanation for his disappear
ance. My wife and the servant who let the dog
out can vouch for the truth Of these particulars.
The letter which wrote offering TO return him
lies before me unposted Ito witness If lie
have two dogs a spaniel and a little Highland
terrier. also cat. The latter has a kitten. born
last Monday week. All the rest of her family
were drowned. and this. l suppose, has made her
rather suspicious Of being moved about, for on
while the floor OF the washhouse was scrubbed
II was put back again in the usual place and the
after the kitten found to be missing. and the
& "SS stIE bnad biSh aDd low for NE kitten
but could not find It. At last returned to the
b wheie me sMo uog =, were S Eve 6e
show me Nhcie the kitten is! never really thnk-
up. walked round me under the table and came
70 my side. then stood looking at small cup
board. wagging her tail. | opened the cupboard,
and there lay the kitten tea-cosy! | at once
called to my cousin. who had by this time given
up the hunt and IN her own room. She called
to know where il found, and | said: GO
down 20 the dining-roOm and ask the dogs to show
YOU She then Went and said: Dear dogs, 40
show where the kitty is and immediat ely the
spaniel got az aud went to the cupboard, looking
a ihe door and waggng her tail They certainly
both understood wha was wanted OF them. The
spaniel born in 1887, and has been in my pos
session .nce She was about six weeks old The
terrier e about the same age, but have only
had her since December, 1880
Apropos of your interesting article on Recent
Ratlore." IN 1.-THE Spectator" Of November g. the
incidents named from II. c. Barkley's graphic
Studies on Rat Catching" suggest my writing 20
narrate clever exploit OF retriever dog belong
Ing 10 the housekeeper OF a Well-known newspaper
Office in the Strand Rats constantly caught
on The premises and the dog fully aware Of their
habits eVinces such ability that his intelligence
is quiie worthy of record Last sunday he was
heard barking loudly calling for assistance. in
the compositors' room. where there is rat hole
in the floor The dog had watched two fine rats
come up through thei" hole. and immedia ieN they
were fairly away from their point o. entry he
-ushed M and sat the hole TO cut off their
means Of retreat barking forthwith for help. Moth
ing would induce him to bulge I'll board was
hroughf and placed over the hole when ne started
IN nnrsuit and soon dispatched the inirnders His
master assures me that the dog originated this in
renious method OF procedure and that he has
Dractised II with Ike success on several other