FROM THE " SPECTA TOR." 87 



to imitate his master's wicked example. So, 

 Sunday papers, please copy ! 



EIN THIERFREUND. 



[Sept. 8, 1894.] 



MAY I be allowed to offer to your readers 

 yet another instance of the faithfulness and 

 sagacity of our friend the dog ? The anec- 

 dote comes from a distinguished naval 

 officer, and is best given in his own words : 

 " This is what happened to a spaniel of mine. 

 It was given to our children as a puppy 

 about three or four months old, and we have 

 had it about five or six months, making it 

 about ten months old. It was born about 

 three miles from here, at Hertford, and has 

 never been anywhere but from one home to 

 the other. When the time came for break- 

 ing him in for shooting purposes, I sent him 

 to a keeper at Leighton- Buzzard, and, to 

 insure a safe arrival, sent the dog with my 

 man-servant to the train here, and thence to 

 King's Cross. He walked with the dog to 

 Euston Station, turned him over to the guard 

 of the 12.15 tram 



