208 DOG STORIES 



A DOG OBEYING A SUMMONS 



\_Jan. 1 8, 1890.] 



THE enclosed may interest you. I received 

 it this morning. I have no doubt Dr. 

 Barford, of Wokingham, would verify it, 

 but I have not the pleasure of his acquaint- 

 ance. The following is the story : 



" Dr. Barford's dog at Wokingham was 

 put into a muzzle ; he objected to it, took it 

 off, and hid it somewhere, no one knows 

 where. Policeman saw him ; summoned Dr. 

 B. ; case was to come off one Saturday. 

 The children told dog how wicked he'd 

 been : Dr. B. would have to appear at the 

 Court, and he too, as it was his doing ; he'd 

 lost the muzzle. Case was postponed (I 

 think policeman witness had influenza). Dr. 

 B. was told of postponement by letter ; 

 forgot to tell children or dog. At Saturday's 

 Bench, Magistrates much astonished by the 

 dog appearing in Court and sitting solemnly 

 opposite them." 



ALYS M. WOOD. 



