Taken at His Word
"Mr, Smartman, that wretched dog of youra digs and scratches in my garden all day, chases my hens till they can’t lay, and then howls and barks the live-long night.” “ Oh, well, tie him up, then, if he annoys yon. I don’t hear him. Haven’t time to look after him myself, but if he bothers you, tie him up.” Three days later. Mr. Smartman has been hunting high and low for his dog the past forty-eight hours. “ Slowboy, I can’t find my dog anywhere Has he been about your place ?” “Certain. He’s in my barn now. You told me to catch him and tie him up.” Smartman goes into the bam and finds his dog “ tied up ” to a rafter fourteen feet from the floor by a piece of rope five feet long. Tableau, with red fire and alow curtain.
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Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 282, 10 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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144Taken at His Word Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 282, 10 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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