1 72 DOG STORIES 



with the Spectators series of anecdotes illus- 

 trating the intelligence of animals. 



One summer afternoon a group of children 

 were playing at the end of a pier which 

 projects into Lake Ontario, near Kingston, 

 New York, U.S.A. The proverbial careless 

 child of the party made the proverbial back- 

 ward step off from the pier into the water. 

 None of his companions could save him, and 

 their cries had brought no one from the shore, 

 when, just as he was sinking for the third 

 time, a superb Newfoundland dog rushed 

 down the pier into the water and pulled the 

 boy out. Those of the children who did not 

 accompany the boy home took the dog to a 

 confectioner's on the shore, and fed him with 

 as great a variety of cakes and other sweets 

 as he would eat. So far the story is, of 

 course, only typical of scores of well-known 

 cases. The individuality of this case is left 

 for the sequel. 



The next afternoon the same group of 

 children were playing at the same place, 

 when the canine hero of the day before came 

 trotting down to them with the most friendly 



