26 OCTOBER 1895, Page 15

DOG-STORIES.

CIO TIM EDITOA OP THZ "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A neighbour of mine has a young collie which sleeps in the kitchen, where is kept during the night the key of the gate of the yard. The yard-man on his arrival in the morn- ing is accustomed to tap at the kitchen-window for the key, which the maid-servant then hands to him through the bars of the gate. One morning lately the maid happened to be out of the kitchen when the man tapped, and the dog (who must have realised the meaning of the taps) took the key in his mouth and carried it to the man at the gate. The dog is very highly bred, but has never been taught to fetch or carry, and is only about a year old.—I am, Sir, &c., A READER OF THE "SPECTATOR."