THAT 'ERE DOG.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1084, 5 June 1879, Page 3

THAT 'ERE DOG.

At noon yesterday. there was a piece of berlcovO, a dog, and a man on the wooilwatd aven no portico of the City Hall. If the dog- could have had his own say about it, he would probably have offered the man for ■ sale id a low figure ; but dogs m this country are dumb. It was the man who explained : " Yes, this 'ere dog is for sale, I kinder thought when I left home that I wouldn't tako less'n 10 dollars for him, br.t I find on gettin' here (ha 1 , most everybody owns five or six dogs apiece, and so I s'pose I'll have (o come down to six or seven dollars. T hute to do it, though. If the old ■worn fin wasn't wearing a horseblankot for a bkirt and the children biii tl'ov. ted, I. wouldn't part with this cU)5>- even up fur the biggest rhinoceros m Bar mini's hull colleckslmn." " Any mean traits about him ?" inquired the citizen." " WaaJ, no," slowly replied the owner, "not any downright ■ moa.i tvick." " Then why do you wish to sell him r ' " ' " Waal, I can't, lie, even to sell a doq 1 and as bad as the old woman a new skirr. The fact ig, we have kinder lost confidence m Bozer, and the old worm^n m perticlder is down on him." " How was it ?" "I don't, keer about the dog's bcarin's what I say," replied the man, as he lowered his voice and drew' off a little. "You see, he took the durndesfc streak on you ever heard of. One day he left home and come back with a wallet m his mouth. There was GOO dollars m it. Ntxt day he brought home a diamond •ear-ring. Next night he cacne home with a gold vatch and chain, and on his next trip he brought home a thousand dollars m greenbacks. In the course of the month, this 'ere dog has brough home over ten lost pocket-books, ten gold watches, five diamond rings, and six wolf robes." • ' " Great heavens ! but is that ao V exclaimed lha citizen, looking ihe dog over anew. " Yes, that is so, and that's why TrV© have loat confidence m, hjm, and

a why I want to sell him. I'm afraid c he " don't come by those things y honesently, and they are a burden o on my conscience. The old woman has turned everything ever to the , sheriff, to be restored, and she saya 0 if we keep the dog, we're aiding and . abetting robbery." " If I take the dog, I shall keep b him m the barn," observed the a citizen. 1 " Jnst so. If you let him out, 3 he'll find a lost wallet, sure." " I shall see that he remains locked np day and night, my honest i friend, and, by the way, let me | aompliment you on yonr rare display of conscience. You deserve the > thanks of every honest man. Here i are seven dollars for your dog." " Thank you," was the humble reply, and that meek and humble look • didn't leave the man's face until the > dog and his new owner bad turned a corner. Then he didn't say anything. He merely gave vent to a chuckle, which sounded like ice 1 breaking off a mansard roof m a thawing day and coming down on a lot of scrap-iron.