304 DOG STORIES 



A RELIGIOUS DOG AND PAGAN 

 CAT. 



{Oct. 26, 1895.] 



OF the telling of many stories of cats and 

 dogs there is no end, and much reading of 

 them is a delight to the flesh. Here is a 

 genuine one told to me by a dear and most 

 trustworthy friend an incumbent in York- 

 shire. His dog had certain religious instincts, 

 and when he saw the books brought out for 

 evening prayers, retired to his corner. One 

 evening they were brought out while he was 

 gnawing a bone. Instinctively he dropped it 

 and withdrew. The cat, being a pagan and 

 carnivorous, took possession of the bone. 

 The dog glowered at her, but budged not an 

 inch. Scarcely had the last " Amen " sounded, 

 when he made one spring. The fate of that 

 cat I have not words to describe. 



ROBERT GWYNNE. 



