FROM THE "SPECTATOR? 163 



A DOG AND HIS DINNER. 



[Feb. 1 6, 1895.] 



I KNEW a dog in Ireland a large retriever 

 who had been taught always to bring his own 

 tin dish in his mouth, to be filled at the late 

 dinner. For some reason his master wished 

 to make a change, and to feed him twice 

 a day instead of once, to which he had 

 always been accustomed. The dog resented 

 this, and when told to bring his dish, refused, 

 and it could nowhere be found ; on which 

 his master spoke angrily to him, and ordered 

 him to bring the dish at once. With droop- 

 ing tail and sheepish expression he went 

 down the length of the garden, and began 

 scratching up the soil where he had buried 

 the bowl deep down, to avoid having to 

 bring it at an hour of which he did not 

 approve. 



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