Show Treat That Rover Missed Tales of the siege of Paris duiug tho FrancoPrussian war have been many Ono of these yarns was as follows fol-lows A much loved collie dog had been preserved by Its owners from the death that befell all pets during that time of starvation There came at last a day however when It too had to go and the sorrowing but famished fam-ished family met their pet for the last tlmo In the soup tureen They ate in silence until nothing remained but a heap of bones Then the master of tho house an absentminded person looked round In search of something and said with a sigh How poor old Rover would have enjoyed those bones 1 |