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Show DOG DEALER'S HARD LUCK. Pup He Thought Worthless Turned Out First Class. I am an unscrupulous dog dcalor. I had for snlo n very flno Irish terrier. iHls mother rost mp JHOO nnd his slro cost $7S0. I IhoiiKht their Rot, my pup, now a par old, worth $100, and ro advertised him. I was Incensed by an offer of $10 over tho 'phono. Party never saw tho dor;, and said any good ratter would do him (this I had claimed for mine); ho did not caro for pedigree, breeding or cost of parent dogs. A bright Idea struck me. I know n curlpy haired alloy dog I could got for 25 cents, I told tho fellow I would accept tho $10 offer. He asked mo to meet him nt depot with tho dog. Ho was going homo on a suburban train. I mot him with Iho curly-haired alloy dog, on which, by iho way, I had an option, but at BO cents, not 25 cents, as I expected. My customer sneered when ho saw the dog. hut handed me a $10 note. I smiled when I thought of my Joko. Next week I rocolvcd a postal card from my cuHtomor.thnt rend: "Your dog Is tho best ratter I over saw. Ho caught forty-two rats tho first two days. He Is worth all you advertised him at, $200. I would not sell him for $300. Plttshtirg Dispatch. |