32 DOG STORIES 



CANINE INTELLIGENCE. 



\July 24, 1886.] 



You often give us pleasant anecdotes of our 

 four-footed friends. You may think the 

 following worthy of record. I have a little 

 dog, a not particularly well-bred fox-terrier. 

 He is much attached to me, and shows by 

 his obedience, and sometimes in his dis- 

 obedience, that he understands a good deal. 

 Yesterday I was away all day, and he, I am 

 told, was very uneasy, and searched every- 

 where for me. Every day at 5 p.m. I go to 

 church. Toby seems to know this is not 

 an ordinary walk, and never offers to come 

 with me. But yesterday, when the bell 

 began, he started off and took up his position 

 by the vestry door. I believe he reasoned 

 with himself, " There goes the bell ; now I 

 shall catch the Vicar." 



WILLIAM QUENNELL. 



