A CONVICT'S Unknown
iV curious little reptile, n homed toad, has found a , home in the New York Zoo. It is probable that no toad ever had a stranger history. For twenty years he has been living in the cell of a prisoner in a Texas gaol. He was already, to the prisoner's knowledge, 27 years old, and ho would have lived no one knows how much longer in that prison cell but for a law newly passed by the prison authorities which forbids inmates to keep pets. The late owner o£ the toad is a convict serving-a life sentence, and the toad was a great comfort to him, fo/ though toads' are queer creatures to keep as pets, secretive and slow, they can- become very fond of human beings. The prisoner will miss his queer pet, and the toad his human companion. It seems a cruel punishment that denies a man even such small happiness.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 85, 20 October 1928, Page 15
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156A CONVICT'S Unknown Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 85, 20 October 1928, Page 15
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