A GOOD DOG STORY.

Lake County Press, Issue 1064, 14 May 1903, Page 3

A GOOD DOG STORY.

The best dog story that has reached us for a long time is related in the Nashville "Banner." The narrator of this anecdote was driving with a friend who had a very sagacious dog. To show the anitngl's cleverness the owner got out of | Jaiie carriage, held his pocket-book to j the dog's nose, and then taking out a half-crown piece, hid it under a | large rock. They (hen drove on for i a half mile, and the dog was commanded to fetch the corfn. I The animal, without the least hesitation, stnrted hack on a run, and the owner of the dog explained that as ilie rock was heavy, the dog ; would foe unable to turn it over, so I would have to scratch under it to j reach the money, and it would take him some time. It did, for he had not appeared when we retired, about ; ten o'clock. Early next morning we heard a i sharp hark at the door. When the I door was opened, in rushed the dog, dragging with him a pair of trousers i which he dropped on the floor. J Of course we were mystified, but j the explanation soon came in the 1 shape of a neighbour who lived sev- | eral miles away. He rode up, and j inquired if a. dog with a pair of i trousers in his mouth had come into i the house. Just then the pointer | walked on the porch, and the man i exclaimed, "why, there's the dog." The caller said that late in the afternoon of the day before, he saw the dog scratching under a large ! rock near the road, and thinking he was after a rabbit, stopped and lifted the rock up, and to his surprise found the half-crown under it. He put the money in his pocket, and the dog followed him home. Tie appearI ed to be friendly and the man patted I him and gave him his supper. ! At night, when the family retired | the dog was put out-of-doors, but he [ kept up such a racket that no one on the place could sleep, and when the man opened the door to drive the animal away he rushed into the bedroom and at once became quiet. He Jay down near the foot of the bed, and .slept there till morning. Karly in the morning, the man said, he got up and opened the window, and the instant he did so, the dog seized his trousers and, jumping out of the window, fled with them. The man followed as soon as he could. When the pockets of the trousers were searched, of course the halfcrown was brought to light.