The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-10-29
A w DOG.
By JOSEPHINE l.. BALDWIN,.

a few years ago u man in Lanca-
shire, England, owned a most ~intelli-
gent dog. 1t was a collie, named
rank. His owner was q wheelwright,
and often left his shop for hours at q
time, but never thought of closing or
locking The door. Telling Frank to
watch the shop was quite sufficient to
make sur all would be safe, as more
than n event proved. One day a
friend passing along found Frank lying
in the door, spoke to him, and went
into the shop. Frank knew the visitor,
so made no objection, but turned around
to keep an eye On his movements. The
man being well acquainted with the
owner of the shop walked about waile
waiting, and finally picked up u chisel
from the bench. Instantly Frank was
at his side, put his forepaws on the
bench, and gently closed his jaws on
the wrist of the hand that held the
chisel.
No amount OF coaXing could induce
him to let go, and any movement of
the hand was met by such a tie htening
of the teeth that the prisoner soon
realized it would be much wiser to
submit to his unjust arrest quietly and
hope for the speedy return OF his friend.
This hope was vain, however, for he was
obliged to stand at the bar four hours
and a half, during which time neither
man nor dog moved u muscle. When
the owner came in and Gale d off the
four-footed police officer the man,
more dead than alive from standing in
one position so long, said "You NAV
b. sure shall never call on you again
when you are out" And as the story
was told about town everyone felt there
was no danger Of that shop being rob-
bed while Frank was alive.
a butcher ih the neighborhood kill
ed his beef every Wednesday as re-
gularly as the day came, and at q GER
tain hour Frank would appear to ask
Tor his bone, which was always given
to him. He would trot to the shop
with it, and put it inside a pile of wheel
spokes which were stacked up like q
log house, making a hollow square.
Every day or two he would go and pull
1T out, gnaw on it for a while, and put
it back.
One day he went as usual, but found
MS closet. like Mother Hubbard's,
" bare" He looked, shifted, growled.
and looked again, but no bone could he
see. hen he caught sight of q hole
unde" the wall neat by, and seemed to
remember that the family cat was in
the habit of coming in that way ut
tunes, and in that moment he had
decided who was the thief. Lying
down beside the hole, he prepared to
play the part not only of police officer,
but eXecutioner, and when at last the
u~nsuspecting puss crawled through
That hole she walked into the Jaws OF
death, for in less time than it takes to
tell the u~nforgiving dog had made it
certain that she would never steal his
dainties again.
Frank must have been rather fond
OF a varied diet, and perhaps was
something of u glutton. ANYWAY,
there were several men about Gown
VINO were Away glad to see him, aud
when he called at supper time, as he
generally did, some morsel from the
table would oftenibe given him. Some
LINES ne would get to the house too
soon put never ventured to 90 in Till
ne a announced himself by a bark
on the doorstep. If the man was not
at nome, some n would say, "No.
he is not home yet, Frank" and the
dog3 would go away without Offering
to come in. At other times the man
would say Haven't ANYTHING for
you tonight, Frank" and then he
would go on to another house: but II
invited to come in he seemed to I'M
derstand perfectly, and would make a
call with as much dignity and propri-
ETY. OF behavior as one would expect
from Il human being.