A GOOD DOG STORY.

Mataura Ensign, 19 October 1909, Page 4

A GOOD DOG STORY.

The October -Windsor Magazine' con-! ai-.s a wry interosi ing article on .aided 1,.- id i'i nvr liian 13' U-eutiuii ■, oiodueiioiis I'roiii Maa.l Earl's famous >a'intings of dug life and character. ! ill' Writer UI.VS : here is a good siorv that is worth tiding again. " W'lu-ii' tin- late l,i Hung 'nan" was visiting Loudon, a leading milt oi tin' Stock Exchange, who lived .'s< than K)U miles fivin the Carlton

•iniiso iMiaeo, made up his mind to Send a valuable present to the great ( inne:-e diplomat. After careful consideration, ho decided he c-ould not do laiii'i- limn send him two of his most vaioiHo toy dogs. They wore selected • aim greal'caie ;ind scut to Li Hung Chang. ir.;m whom a letter id' thanks ,vas received -i few days later. 'Your gilt i- imicii appreciated,' wrote the celebrated Chinese envoy, 'hut unforiiiniilelv niv age and health compel mo to adopt a very rigid diet, ruder those ••ironinstances, [ directed that the dogs should he Diepared for some members ..f my staff, who have enjoyed them v, i",' imi'-ii.'