GENTLEMAN JACK. 



E was one of the smallest 

 canine creatures I ever 

 saw, on the day I 

 received him, nicely 

 packed in a basket, 

 direct from the company 

 of his mother, brothers, 

 and sisters. His newly 

 opened eyes blinked in- 

 quiringly, as the cover 

 was taken from the basket ; and when I lifted him 

 out and placed him on the table he cried pitifully, as 

 though he felt lost and homeless. I stroked his soft 

 fur gently, and at the touch he turned and licked 

 my hand, piteously begging me not to harm him. 

 * Poor little Jack,' I thought, 4 only two weeks in 

 this world, and cast out upon the uncertain mercy 

 of mankind ! One who knows the brutality of man 

 cannot wonder that you plead for tenderness.' 



I felt drawn toward the little fellow from the 



