THE INTELLIGENT DOG
The conversation veered round to dogs. Well, Bumps, here is a, dog story that can’t be beat. My friend, Johnson, had a most intelligent retriever. One night Johnson’s house caught fire. All was instant confusion. Old Johnson and his wife flew for the children and bundled out with them in quick order. Alas! one of them had been left behind! But up jumped the dog, rushed into the house, and soon reappeared with the missing child. _ • ‘Everyone was saved; but Rover dashed through the flames again. What did the dog want? No one knew. Presently the noble animal reappeared, scorched and burned, —with what do you think?’ ‘Give it up,’ chortled eager listeners. ‘ With the fire insurance policy, wrapped in a damp towel, gentlemen!’
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New Zealand Tablet, 11 May 1911, Page 886
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127THE INTELLIGENT DOG New Zealand Tablet, 11 May 1911, Page 886
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