276 TWO BIG DOGS AND A LITTLE ONE 



years ago, to a Mr. Mclntyre in Edinburgh, that have 

 nothing to do either with water or sheep. 



This Newfoundland, whose name was Dandie, could 

 pick out his own master's hat from any number of others, 

 and his knife from a heap on the floor. He could even, 

 we are told, detect among a pack, thrown carelessly down, 

 the card chosen by his master. On one occasion he 

 picked up a shilling that had been accidentally dropped 

 by a gentleman present, and concealed it in his mouth, 

 sitting quietly in a corner all the time, and paying no 

 attention to what was going on. At last, when the 

 whole room had been searched, his master said, ' Dandie, 

 find me that shilling, and I will give you a biscuit,' and 

 Dandie jumped straight upon the table, and laid the 

 shilling in front of the owner. Like the dog in the 

 ' Arabian Nights ' (only that dog really was a man), Dandie 

 could go out and do his own shopping. His friends, who 

 were many, used to allow him a penny a day, and he 

 took the money regularly to a baker's shop, and 

 bought bread for himself. One day the penny was 

 forgotten by one of these gentlemen, and when Dandie 

 went up to him in the street, he was obliged to confess it. 

 ' But come to me when I go back,' he said, ' and you shall 

 have it.' Some hours after, he heard a great noise at his 

 door, and sent to see what was the matter. It was 

 Dandie, come for his penny. In order to find out what 

 the dog would do, the gentleman gave him a bad one. 

 This the ' Arabian Nights ' dog would have found out at 

 once ; but people had always behaved well to Dandie, and 

 he was too polite to suspect anything wrong. He went 

 off with his penny to the baker, who refused, of course, to 

 give him the bread. Upon this, Dandie returned to the 

 house he had come from, knocked at the door again, and, 

 when it was opened, laid the penny at the gentleman's 

 feet, with a look that told of the contempt that was passing 

 in his mind. From that day he never took the slightest 

 notice of the man who had made fun of him. 



