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Show tMmoat Host Artort. Of all the Illustrious doga which ever trod tho boards, tho most fainoua la Dragon, tho property of Capt. Mont-dldlcr Mont-dldlcr In tho French army Thle gentleman gen-tleman waa murdered In tho lAroit of Dundy by hit (rlend, I.lcut. Macatro, of tho tamo regiment. After tho crlmo Dragon ahowed auch a ttrango nr-alon nr-alon to Macalrn that suspicion waa nrouted ngalnst him. In tho end ho contested hla crime, and his accomplice accom-plice Lnndry, In trying to escape, waa aclied by the faithful nnlmal and bitten bit-ten to death Thlt atory haa held tho Knglltb Mag?, on and off, ilnco the year of Waterloo, and It la only threo decadea ilnco to 'itara" named lamb and Kmmctt, played In It with their trained dog Carlo nt the Marylobono Theater, London Thlt animal waa nlso tho principal performer tn a, canine ca-nine drama named "Poor Dog Tray" nighty yeara ago there was a theater nt I'cckham, where a youth named John Ilaldwln Duckttono mado hla debut na tho Injured captain There Is a Tenor-nblo Tenor-nblo theatrical legend which deala vlth a pleco called "Tho Caravan Driver and Hla Dog" Ono evening tho leading tragedian waa taken 111, and tho prompter rushed off to the manager to Inform blm that tho pliy mutt be changed "How jou alarmed me," aald that worthy man, ordering a glass of atrong brandy and wator to steady bit nervea; 'tho tragedian unnelll I waa afraid It waa tho dog" New York Ttmca. |