102 DOG STORIES 



A claw half-uncovered betrayed what he had 

 done. His master did not beat him, but took 

 hold of him, and talked to him, most bitterly, 

 most severely. " You've been guilty of the 

 sin of murder, sir, and on the Sabbath day, 

 too ; and you, a clergyman's dog, taking a 

 mean advantage of my absence ! " &c. He 

 talked on and on for a long time, in the same 

 serious and reproachful strain. Early the 

 next morning the master had to leave home 

 for a day or so ; and he did so without 

 speaking a word of kindness to the dog, 

 because he said he wished him to feel 

 himself in disgrace. On his return, the 

 first thing he was told was, " The dog is 

 dead. He never ate nor drank after you 

 had spoken to him ; he just lay and pined 

 away, and he died an hour ago." 



L. G. GILLUM. 



