24 DOG STORIES 



{April 6, 1889.] 



KNOWING your interest in dogs, I venture to 

 send you the following story. A week or 

 two ago, the porter of the Bristol Royal 

 Infirmary was disturbed one morning about 

 6.30 by the howling of a dog outside the 

 building. Finding that it continued, he went 

 out and tried to drive it away ; but it re- 

 turned and continued to howl so piteously, 

 that he was obliged to go out to it again. 

 This time he observed that one of its paws 

 was injured. He therefore brought it in 

 and sent for two nurses, who at once dressed 

 the paw, and were rewarded by every canine 

 sign of gratitude, including much licking of 

 their hands. The patient was " retained " 

 for two days, during which time he received 

 every attention from those inside the house, 

 and from the neighbours outside, who quickly 

 heard of the case. As no one appeared to 

 claim the dog, he was sent to the Home for 

 Lost Dogs in the city, where so interesting 

 an animal was, of course, not long in finding 

 a purchaser. The dog was one of those 

 called " lurchers." 



