Show THE COMMONWEALTH DOG A TRUE STORY About a yjnr ngo there appeared at lie I rioor of a house up III Plensanl aye Tulle a in Intelligentfaced cocker spaniel span-iel whose affectionate manner and excellent deportment gave rise to ho suspicIon Unit ho was the prodigal I oa 1 nlnii pet of ioina one who wan at that I moment bemoaning Ills absence What over ho had boon Tick lccamo at once the Idol of the three children into whose family he had strayed Every child on the block and around the corner cor-ner as well soon became devoted to the lit Ik black fellow who could play hid > and seek with all the vim of any boy or girl and whose ability to catch a ball caused < him lo I be frequently pressed Into service when a game was on The grownups loo save the grumpy old man In the Hat at Iho corner were well nigh as cit tiiusinst km nyc his cunning I cun-ning ways The oruciicr always had a 1 bit of meal laid by for nun and the baker would fel thai I lie Irid neglected some special duty ir he had nol saved a bun or cuke for the little follow lick felt Ills Importance and wns greatly ohacjrincd when the I grmnpv old man would shoo him off with his stick whon lie wejil toward him oJ Ito slreet or threw Pon a at him when be Jauntily I tioiled up the I step of his house This conduct on the old mOl as part was nol productive of good men imein 011 Jlclcs side lie would hark uously i I and give every Inellltr Lout of it desire to bite the old mans legs 111 el oc It I w8 not ilv 1L siPilslne that t I ho Society for i he Prevention of Cruel 1 y 10 I Anlmaln wns that l r us I nformert one day L1H was L v lcI015 < blnrk dog tvl Pleasant thou L n IICNme I in a imi rig al large on tlieimuo On InOlJllllg ilium I clog ea CIICIS a wagon a 1careoh nil the hlock whCrt fIcI wni whn vzI iudel rug hI nIII 1IJ1 l1Jtel Ilown and the chlichiit nme home from Rlhool I lucy lel1llIlrl ruutrI thal been Ihel I r pet had en pta red 1 such Nejw hllll I lucre hcen Not Wlcplllb nClI such IndlgnaLlon ot 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