A TRICK DOG.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2009, 12 June 1875, Page 3

A TRICK DOG.

The Cincinnati Commercial has the following :—The thrillingVjgfory of Ananias and Sapphira has been told in vain. It is probably a little too ancient and far away to suit the? tastes of modern children, or, at least, it not seem to touch, their hearts. We hare instances every day-thati'ftli'e modern iboy has not that high regard for truth which a whole world full- of- good books and"'pious warnings ought to -promote. The last example occurred in peach harvest. A : gentleman) Viio-;* imatter .-—: j hfoy nature is the same all over the world —• had,a peach orchard, and,his neighbor's children knew it.' They often went for his peaches. ' One day he saw a boy up a tree, busy picking peaches, and the ' benevolent gentleman did not shoot at him, but conceived a design of teaching the urchin a sharp lesson.\ He slyly put a very- natural-looking stuffed canine Tinder the tree, and concealing himself; watched for results. Soon as appetite was satisfied and pockets were full, the boy made preparations to descend, and 'discovered the dog glaring at him vfithi staring. eyeballs, at ; the foot of the tree; There was no bark and no perceptible ,wag. of, the tale, but the brute was too sure of his game to waste his breath with trifles. The boy paused. He Mccl whistling and other coaxing ex.pedieats,; and.,.then /'.hijss,"- " ; get,;out," and 'sierner methods,' ail in vain. The , jtaring ; animal.was: proof ;against blandishments "or threats, and he seemed to grow higger and bigger as ; dark came, on. The boy settled himself as well as he .could for the"night, but -did not spend it? in repentance. In the morning the kind fentleman came out; toiwitn'ess: the ben'e-' cial effects of the lesson. Neither the boy nor the dog had:changed places.: The man asked the little fellow how ho happened to be up the;.tree. He promptly answered that he had been chased by the dog and climbed the tree to get out of his way. The astonished man just picked up the dog and carried itintoLthe house, and left ihe boy- to lie his way through, the wfrld. He'll get through it. ; ;