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it had been left by mistake, had taken care of it for the 

 owner. But " Tiger " was not to be foiled. He flew 

 about the room, apparently much excited, in quest of 

 the " lost or stolen." Soon, however, he was upon the 

 track, he scented it to the gentleman's coat pocket. 

 What was to be done ? The dog had no means of ask- 

 ing for it, by word of mouth, and was not accustomed 

 to picking pockets, and besides the gentleman was ig- 

 norant of his business with him. But Tiger's sagacity 

 did not suffer him to remain long in suspense. He 

 seized the skirt containing the prize and furiously tear- 

 ing it from the coat, hastily made off with it, much to 

 the surprise of the owner. Tiger then overtook his mas- 

 ter, and restored the lost property. Both the owner of 

 the dog and the gentleman who had lost the tail of his 

 coat, applauded the dog for his sagacity. 



In the southeast window of St. Mary's church, Lam- 

 beth, there is the full length figure of a pedlar with his 

 pack, his staff and dog. This is the portrait of the un- 

 known man who gave " Pedlar's Acre" to the parish of 

 Lambeth. The story is worth telling. In the year 1504, 

 a poor pedlar passing over a piece of waste ground 

 near the river sat down to rest on the trunk of a tree. 

 While seated here, he noticed that his dog acted very 

 strangely, busying himself with scratching the earth 

 with his feet and barking, and smelling about, every 

 now and then running up to his master and looking 

 him earnestly in the face and trying to drag him from 

 his seat. The pedlar did not at first pay much atten- 

 tion to the dog, but its repeated barking and running 

 to and fro compelled him, at last, to see what the ani- 



