Dog Tales
A gentleman was once travelling in France, on horseback,
followed by his dog; presently the dog began to show great uneasiness, and
run and jump up at him and bark violently. The man saw no one near, and
could not understand what was the matter.
The dog persisted in barking. At last, the man scolded him. This did no
good. The dog still barked and jumped up trying to get hold of his
master's legs; the man scolded the animal repeatedly, but all in vain. The
dog barked louder and louder. At last, the man struck him with the
butt-end of the whip harder than he intended; for he only wished to
silence the dog.
The thoughtless man went on satisfied. After a while, he found that he had
lost his purse. He went back some miles, till, at last, he saw his dog
lying dead in the road with one paw over a purse.
The poor creature had staggered back to the place where he had seen it
fall, and, faithful to the last in spite of his master's cruelty, even in
death, guarded his property.
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