22 NOVEMBER 1902, Page 16

A DOG-STORY.

(To TUB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It may interest your contributor on " Odd Animal Friendships" (Spectator, October 4th) to have the following somewhat amusing narrative. An elderly clergyman, living some few miles from a market town, and somewhat absent-minded withal, was in the habit of driving there weekly, where he put up his horse at a particular inn, his dog always in attendance. One day when returning with a friend he was much. annoyed to discover that the dog was missing, and insisted on driving back to find him. The inn was reached, and there sure enough was the dog, and not only the dog, but the parson's horse as well. The ostler had put another horse into the vehicle, but the dog, recognising the mistake, elected to stay with his animal friend rather than return with his