Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     Among the enthusiastic patriots uptown the other day was a man who owns a handsome spaniel and one good at retrieving. This man, reports the Philadelphia Record, began his celebration by throwing a pack of small firecrackers into the street and before the first one had a chance to explode the dog rushed out and grabbed the bunch and was making toward his master as fast as he could. Before the innocent dog reached his destination, however, an explosion took place, and one after another the little rolls of powder went popping at a great rate. Of course the spaniel dropped them, but he remained in the middle of the pack, jumping at the ones that blew up into the air until the entire pack had gone off. Then, after picking up one or two of the exploded crackers, he returned to his master and landed them at his feet. The man petted the dog awhile and then looked to see if he had been injured, and found that his beautiful coat of curly brown hair had been so much singed that it would be necessary to have it clipped. The dog was always held high for a retriever in the estimation of his owner and those who knew him, but his stock has risen 100 percent now and no amount of money could buy him.