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Show HE HAD TO WAIT. , Dog Stealer's Naive Explanation of 1 ' Lost Time. ' s-.. Sir Edwin l.utiiUum, tho animal t palmer, one time was abmit to put the llnlsbltm tout ben to the portrait ot I a diiR heinticln to a nobleinun anil i wnn cxpei-tiiiK a vlit from bis model " when the owner arrived In n male ot I en-at perturbation without tho due I l he annual had been e.olon. After ! tiilklri; over tho ,,ss with rilr ICdwIii Iho owner decided In leavo tho tnallor in the painters baiuin, loRothor Willi I a tin nolo an a reward for tho re- ? covoty nf the dnf Hir Kdwln'a ao- J qualutnnoo with the doi; fatietors wna larito and lie siitnmolicd lo hln aid Olio Jem Hinltli, who ho thoiiKht tnlniit put V him on the liKhl track, llo showed tho man Iho picture and tho lank nule and promised that It tho dog wnn restored no ipiestlotis should bo asked. Bix weeks later Hnillh arrived ar-rived at tho studio leading tho mlnn-ing mlnn-ing dun by a piece of string. "Here , is your JlKi." paid tho artln "and I nupp.iio I must ask no qiiintlons. Hut now thai Iho afTnlr la dutio with yon may junt as. well toli mo all atniiit II." After a moment of hesitation hesita-tion tho man confessed that he hi in- j nolf was the thief. 'You, you j thundering rascal!" exclaimed Blr , ICdwIn. "Then why on earth havo you kept mo In auapenso all thla , time?" "Well, you see, gov'tior." wns tho answor, "1 stole the rtorg but the j Kon lenuin I sold him to kop' 'Im Jolly olono that I hadn't a chance ol j nicking him attain till yontorday, and , that's tho truth' a'elp mo." 1 |