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he had picked up unperceived by the party. On his 

 return home one evening after the family had gone to 

 rest, Mr. M'Intyre could not find his boot-jack ; upon 

 which he said, ' Dandie, I cannot find my boot-jack ; 

 search for it.' The dog scratched at the room door, 

 his master opened it ; and going to a distant part of 

 the house, Dandie returned with the boot-jack in his 

 mouth, where Mr. M'Intyre recollected to have left it 

 under a sofa. 



Several gentlemen were in the habit of giving Dandie 

 a penny a day, which he always took to a baker's and 

 exchanged for bread for himself. One of them was 

 accosted by the dog for his accustomed present ; but 

 he said, * I have not a penny with me to-day, though 

 I have one at home.' Having returned to his house 

 some time after, he heard a noise at the door ; it was 

 opened, and Dandie sprang in for his penny. By way 

 of frolic, the gentleman gave him a bad one ; the baker 

 refused to exchange the loaf for it ; the dog returned 

 to the door, knocked, and when the servant opened it, 

 laid the penny at her feet, and walked away with an air 

 of contempt. He did not, however, always spend all 

 his money ; and one Sunday, when it was very unlikely 

 that he could have received a present, he was observed 

 to bring home a loaf. Surprised at this, Mr. M'Intyre 

 desired the servant to search the room for money. 

 Dandie seemed quite unconcerned till she approached 

 the bed, when he gently drew her from it. Mr. M'Intyre 

 secured him, for he growled and struggled ; and con- 

 tinuing the search, the woman found sevenpence half- 

 penny under a piece of cloth. From that time the dog 

 could not endure her, and henceforth hid his money in 

 the corner of a sawpit, under a heap of dust. He con- 

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