A Great Frenchman's Dog.
The eminent French 'statesman, M. Leon Gambetta, had a very valuable and intelligent dog, and he delighted in relating the following incident about the animal :
Some ten years ago he was driving from Paris to .his home in N . The night w'aa very dark. He went slowly, for he could not see his horse's head. Suddenly his horse reared. A man who was lying on the road had felt the horse's nose touch his face, and had started up. As soon as Gambetta saw what had occurred, he said :
" You stupid fellow ! You came within an ace of being killed." " I wish I had been ! "
" Why so ? "
"I am a poor workman. My master told me to go to N to collect a bill for two hundred francs. I was paid in gold. I put the money in my pocket. I did not know there was a hole in it. All" the #old has fallen out. I cannot hope to recover it again in this darkness.' 1 " Have you one coin left ? "
" Yes ; here is the only one left inc." Gambetta nntied his pointer that was \mder the carriage, held the coin to his nose, and said : " Go fetch, Tom ! " Off Tom bounded, and every minute came back with a louis dor in his mouth.
In half an hour the workman had all his money again. His master was ao well pleased that the next day he bought Tom a new collar, and had the date of the incident engraved on it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1834, 14 January 1887, Page 35
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256A Great Frenchman's Dog. Otago Witness, Issue 1834, 14 January 1887, Page 35
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