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Show Saved His' Dog. A boy about ten years old went to the central police station in Kansas City, Kan., one day last week, leading a fine shepherd dog. by a short piece of rope tied to his collar, relates the Kansas City Star. The boy's face was red and swollen and he was crying. "Well, well, well, what's the matter here?" asked a big policeman, stooping stoop-ing down and looking into the boy's face. It seemed like a long time before he fouid stop crying. "Please, sir," he sobbed, "my mother moth-er is too poor to pay for a license for Shep, and I brought him here to have you kill him." Then he broke out with another wail that was heard all through the city building. Shep stood there mute and motionless, looking up into the face of his young master. A policeman took out his handkerchief to blow his noee and the desk sergeant went out into the hall, absent-mindedly whistling a tune which no one ever heard before, while the captain remembered that he must telephone somebody. Then Chief McFarland led the boy to the door, and, patting him on the head, said kindly: "There, little fellow, don't cry any more; run home with your dog. I wouldn't kill a dog like Shep for a thousand dollars." "Oh, thank you, sir." They were tears of joy now. He bounded out into the street and ran off towards his home with Shep prancing along and jumping up and trying to kiss the boy's face. It was hard to tell which was the happier, the boy or the dog. |