Show A do cog story the Gani clis tells the following z story of au all intelli intelligent ent french poodle A blind beggar was in iu the habit babit some yea years rs since of frequenting the pont pent des ats leies where he be used to station himself with a clarinet and in au intelligent poodle tho the place was well chosen and charitable contributions poured into tho the little wooden bowl which tho the dog held in his mouth month one day the blind man mail who had bad reached an advanced age wa was not to be seen he had fallen ill in fact and was unable enable to pursue his avocation his faithful companion however continued to frequent the accustomed spot and the passers by to whom he be was familiar understood that his master was un unwell Avell and touched by the dogs fidelity dropped their penco pence into his bowl iu in increased numbers after a time the beggar died an ail event which tho the wily poodle kept carefully to himself until lie he also became in an absentee from the pont des ats peres his disappearance produced a great sensation among his numerous clientele and a search was prosecuted when the pool pooi animal was found lying dead in a cellar near his former masters abode a sum of francs in bonds of the orleans railway being discovered under the litter on which he be was stretched |