Jack in Civilization nr 



dog and he was sent on his errand. He 

 wasted no time on the road. When he 

 reached the shop, he would allow no man 

 but the butcher himself, or some assistant 

 he pointed out, to take the basket. When 

 his basket was loaded for him, he carefully 

 and quickly returned home with it. Fre- 

 quently the butcher would be requested to 

 put a piece of meat in for Jack, and to show 

 it to him and to tell him that special piece 

 was for him. 



He came home proudly with his load, and 

 always expected that some member of the 

 family would give him cheery words. He 

 dearly loved a— " Thank you, Jack. You 

 noble dog, you have done well ! " 



Indeed, he ever had a weakness for com- 

 pliments. How singular, and so exclusively 

 confined to dogs! 



Any member of the family could unpack 

 the basket, and if it were thought that Jack 

 did not then need the piece of meat put in 

 for him, he made not the slightest objection 

 to seeing his piece put away where his food 

 was generally kept. 



But sometimes, to entertain some inter- 

 ested guests, Mrs. Young would say to him, 

 knowing that there was a piece for him in 



