UNEXPECTED DANGER.
Rather an unusual eventhappened lately to' a;i Australian 1 lady who owns a pot magpie. She was sewing quietly in her house one. afternoon', and: suddenly the scent of something burning ' arose. She, ran through tho ' house, and discovered that her.dog's cushion' was smouldering. Having put the cushion into a tub, she noticed that her magpio was hopping busily about, and. making a great squawking. She-went to see what.was wrong, and discovered Maggio had found a box of wax matches, opened, and sot them alight, with , her bill,, and' was busy dragging tho flaming mass . about' any-where-tliat pleased'her! Only'that my friend was at home, it is more than probable her house would havo been burned to the gronndl
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 10
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120UNEXPECTED DANGER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 10
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