AN EXPENSIVE DOG.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1793, 20 September 1884, Page 2

AN EXPENSIVE DOG.

It was in a market street restaurant. A solemn man entered, followed hjMus dog, seated hiraslf,and asked for tlwßtii of fare. It was given him. ' wflat would you like to have, sir? 1 asked the waiter, flipping the table with his napkin. The dog meanwhile had climbed upon the chair on the other side of the table, and was gravely regarding his master. 'Well,' aaid the aolouin man, reflectively, 'gimme two fried egpp, turned over,' Gimme tbe same' said the dog. The waiter gazed at •the animal with amazement mingled with horror, The solemn man continued— Then I guess you can gimme a sirloin steak, very rare, with fried potatoes.' 'Gimme the same,' said the dog. The waiter's face assumed the colour of cold boiled veal. 'Cup o' coffee, plenty o' milk,' went on the solemn man, Gimine the same,' said the dog. The waiter shuddered, and, turning, fled for the kitcheu. A man with a squint, at an adjoining table, was rauoh mtersted in the scone, Ho had observed it closely, and finally spoke to the solemn man—' It must 'a' been a fearful lot d' work to learn that dog to talk a mister.' 'lt waß.' said the grave jnan. <*% ' I should smile, 1 said the dog. jßhat 'udyou take tor him, now?' said themau with the squint. ■ Wouldn't Bell him,' said the solemn man. ' You'd better not,' said the dog. The man with the squint was much impressed. He began making wild offerß, and when.he reached lOOOdol the solemn man relented. ' Well,' said he, ' I can't refuse that, I hate to part with him, but you can have him," 1 He'll be sorry for it, 1 said the dog. The man with the squint drew a cheque for the amount, which he gave to the solemn man.- The latter was about leaving, when the dug cried out—' Never mind, I'll get even, I'll never speak again. 1 Ha never. did. The gentleman with the squint waa proprietor of a Dime and Freak Museum, The solemn man was a vehtn'loquial crook.