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distance, so I went up to him and asked if he 

 could tell me where the dog found the glove. He 

 told me he saw Wallace running along evidently 

 looking for something, as he occasionally stopped, 

 and seemed to make sure of his direction ; follow- 

 ing him, he saw him enter the club, and remain there 

 a short time. He then came out, began sniffing 

 about on the steps, and suddenly started off' 

 briskly. The man followed, and the dog, after 

 going along one of the main streets for some way, 

 turned down a side street, and soon overtaking 

 an old beggar woman, made a snatch at something 

 in her hand, and returned at full speed. The old 

 woman had picked up the glove on the steps of 

 the club, and had gone off with it, and if it had 

 not been for Wallace's extraordinary intelligence I 

 should have lost my glove. 



One day, after my return home, Wallace gave me 

 a specimen of the education he had received from 

 the keeper. There was a very pretty wood in part 

 of our grounds with walks laid out in it. I was 

 walking there with Wallace, as I thought, when 

 suddenly I heard someone roaring out, most lustily, 

 that the dog was killing him. I called out to 

 know where the man was that was being killed, 

 and he told me in the field outside, so I went out 

 and found him on the ground and Wallace over 



