A VALUABLE DOG.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 28, 12 July 1890, Page 18

A VALUABLE DOG.

A gentleman with a dog entered a restaurant and asked for a bill of fare. The waiter replied : ‘ What shall I get you, sir?’ • I will take a couple of poached eggs to start with.’ ‘And so will I,’ said the dog, who had perched himself on a chair by the side of his master. The waiter looked scared. A few moments later ;> the guest called out: ‘ Waiter, please bring me some roast beef and potatoes.’ ‘ And me, too,’ added the dog, Intense stupefaction on the part of the waiter. At the next table sat an Englishman, who now looked up and said : ‘You must have taken immense trouble to teach that dog to talk.’ ‘ Yes,’ replied the gentleman. ‘ You would not like to part with it ?’ ‘ Not for any money.’ ‘ Pray don’t sell me !’ exclaimed the dog, in suppliant tones. ‘ Would you take a thousand pounds for him ?’ said the Englishman, eagerly. ‘ A thousand pounds is quite a large sum,’ was the reply. At length the bargain was struck. The Englishman wrote out a cheque for a thousand pounds and took up the dog. ‘As you have sold me,’said the dog, turning round and looking at his old master, I’ll have my revenge and won’t speak any more.’ Neither did he. Of course it was ventriloquism.