32 KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. 



repeatedly passed his old master's residence, 

 without manifesting the least signs of recogni- 

 tion. Indeed, from his apparent indifference to 

 all parts of the city, and his off-hand way of 

 domiciliating in his new quarters, it had been 

 supposed that he had strayed away from some 

 stranger, en route to a distant part of the 

 country. He was again chained to his old dog- 

 house, and, in the course of time, again escaped. 

 A month elapsed, and his disconsolate master, 

 while in the act of leaving Mr. Krider's store, 



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situated on the north-east corner of Second and 

 Walnut streets, between the two principle mar- 

 ket houses of the city, again encountered his 

 lost property, in excellent condition this time 

 hand and glove with a butcher's boy, who was 

 carrying home a basket of meat. 



Our friend at once stopped short, planting 

 himself before the bulkhead, directly in the 

 dog's way. 



The animal passed the critical spot with the 

 utmost nonchalance, and was wending his way 

 to parts unknown, when his master, provoked 

 as well as amused with the cut direct, pro- 

 nounced, in a voice of thunder, the awful word 

 "Mart!" 



"I really thought," said he, in relating the anec- 



