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Show A dorr (f.lllo. " T. Sidney Cooper, tho Kngllsli animal painter, says that ho ofttn mmloMilua bio studies In CumberUnd at pUto w hero tiuotch droverd halted wllhthtir cattlo for the ulrht. On such occasion ho ofttn bad a chance to mo Uluttratlom of an nnlmal's Intelligence as well a of It phicrfl perfection. Ouo day when thcro wo a pourinj Jn ti man consentol to sit for ma at the lunwhero 1 was sU)In& llo brought hlscollio with him und both of tluu were dripping wet, so ho put oft hU plaid nnd Uld It on tho floor by tho dog. I mido a 1 1 ry successful kctch of tho man, but Wforo 1 hat flnliliM It the &64 gTow fidgety with thu net plaid, and hi master said, 'Tak' It awa moo; talc It itwa'I" Tho dog took tho end of It Utneon hi twlli aud draggM It outof tho room. After I had lhtlshel tho drover's r trait I asked him if ho thought his dot; would lio quiet for a time, a 1 whdiod tu nitricii mm "Oh, jea, taon,"lio nmwered, "hill do an j tiling I say to him. WaUht Wfttchr ho called, and tlKn"wliiiUoir for him, ns the Hootch nil)" As tho dot; did not nppt ar wo w eut Iff nether to look for him, nnd found him sittiiu before the kitchen lire with tho end of tho pluld In hi mouth, holding It up to dry. I oxprcied my admiration of hi Intelligence, an 1 tho master replied! re-plied! "Ah, ho1 it canny creature, sirl He knows a many things, dooo th it dog, air. Dut como uwa tuoni tho gentUmni ants to tnitk ) our picture." Ha wo returned to my room, nnd tho hindtomo eolllo sat for hi portrait, Chicago Now. t |