The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-28

hat you misSepresenfed The dog. Oh. mol You
Food s siOsSss when %hsn t tSa d Rss " sSUnn nO' Nc SsH more
than you told me about the garbage"
What garhoCef' demanded the friend.
throwing down his letters nervously.
Why. the garbage he eats And he's taught
all the other dogs In the place to eat garbage.
around to complain about Il. Now, It isn't
nice to have, your neishhors coming around
II never knew him to eat garbage BEFORE"
said the friend. sharply.
dog owner. but what's the use Of ms soingon
lying like that in the face of the plain facts IL
don't do me no good. and i makes the neighbors
Then. there's the chickens"
Vow exclaimed the friend, with a little
warmth. that dogs a bird dog so far as he -
chickens You're OF there"
r%uefuiiy. THE old iN Wo Sns PT says / must 81 be t Ss
meanest man In the world to keep such q dog. II
m 1ne dog NV would Sa4 sa4 ,s stn her S5, chickens nsiSas 81 sh ss SGp I'd
sneaks around when she puts out food for them
and gobbles it up. so that her chickens starve 70
death and she can't sue for damages. It's mighty
unpleasant. l tell you, the way she's going among
the neighbors talking about me being so mean"
the friend. looking at his watch significantly,
proof vault for hini" shouted back the oSner
with more heat than was necessary. That's
S YSa si5n thin. asr yo 9o aId1 s{., tel ~ nf 6. about shI hin n
49, @NAN y - - NNAN tfN AAN A~Ahe eSAS ~
chew his way through a wire netting"
"oiA pshaw," exclaimed the friend.
dog. eontinuins TO shout. HE taxes hold Of Z a
mesh with his teeth and then makes himself re-
vOlye, Just rs you would turn a pair OF pliers,
and twists the wire till it snsps. Then he gets
out and is up to some new piese Of deviltry;"
He has a tne set OF teeth assented the
friend. consoiingiy. He'll make a good watch
dog, anyhow
The proprietor looked at his friend with sud-
den suspicion, He got up with his injured feel
inSs expressed plainly on his eountenance.
you've been making fun Of me. have yonf'
What's the mEtterr Z, asked the friend in
ama.ement. " did ind him a good watch dog
" Perhaps you don't know that I've had To buy
an alarm cioek to wake him up in the morning"
Thus the foundation Of a had reputation was
laid for the man who gave The dog away. He
turned to his neglected work with a sigh as he
caused with the very best intentions and unused
on the way things will turn out sometimes
But the unexpected continued TO happen. Two
the Office with a radiant face such as he had not
exhibited since the dog came into his possession,
and made a humble apology.
about the most valuable and intelligent dog in
the world. He has one quality that makes him
q treasure"
What that r. asked the friend in stupened.
"A man came to my house last night" was
The exIltant reply, and acsidentai!y licked the
And the dog Immediately ely StSan t Jumping GTS up and
trying to lick his face, and knocked his new silk
hat into the mud and tore his umbrella into
with mud and took the shine all OF his shoes.
And just as was running for an axe to knock
out the dogs brains 1 recognized the man T."
the other paused in triumph.
The real estate agent who sold ne my house
at Lonely Park = was the reply. he's the
greatest dog on earth! / wouldn't take $500