VON BOYLE'S LOST DOG.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 229, 9 October 1901, Page 4

VON BOYLE'S LOST DOG.

B"" A DUTCHMAN'S STORY. K His name vas " Bismarck," mit only vone B«jre, on accoundt of a old plack cat, vot peMongs to a servant Irish gals mit red-haired iltiair. Also, he has only dree legs, on Bwxoondt of a mocolotiff engine mitout any f lull-tetcbers He vas ;i dog " Bismarck" £.tsft. He vas paldt-headed all ofer himself, te gonsequcnce of red-hot water, on . accoundt of fighting mit a old maid's cat * On vone end of himself was skituated his ' bead, und his tail it vas py de oder endt. He only carries vone hall of his tail mit him ! on accoundt of a circular saw mill. He 'looks a good deal m<>re older as he is t already, but he ain't quite so oldt as dat tantil next Christmas. De vay vot you car. know him is, if you calls him " Shack" he - vont say notings; but he makes answer to de name "Bismarck" by saying " Pow-vow-vow," und, in the meantime, vagging t half of bis tail. Dot oder half vas cut off, «o he can't, ol course, shake it. Also, ii 1 joa trow some stones on top of him he vi! TOn like de tueful. Dot de vay you can told t? TOy dog. He looks like a cross petween a " bullfoundland uiid a cat mit ninetails.bat he ain't. I haf peen eferywheres looking t. for dot dog. v t Anoder way vot you could told if it vas "Bismarck" is dot he vas almost a dwin. * He vould be half of a pair of dwins dot ; time, oilly dere vas dree of th«m—a bair o! dwins and a half. I peliefe dviy calls dot a r dripleis. Also, he got scars on de top of ; his side where he scratched himself mit a ■! Thomas cat; but dot Thomas cat pefer k recovered himself. i • You can also tell" Bismarck" on accoundt ■> of his wonderful inshtinct. He can outinshtinct any dog vot yer nefer saw in my r life. for inshtinct, if you pat him on de - 4 ?P of his head rait your hand he knows away dot you like him; but if you pat " mm on de head mit a pavement stones, or p -de shtick of a proom, den he vill suspect ~ tight off dot you care not much apout him if, ! tink, after all, dot's maype de best vay vol (5 yon can tell him—by his inshtinct. Eferyv says he vas de most inshtinktenes: dot Refer vas.