He must have seen a fly on the opposite side of the church wall that needed to be driven off before it spoiled the fresco, or he may have suspicion that a rat terrier is in one of the pews by the pulpit, from the fact that he saw two or three children laughing.

Now, there is nothing more perplexing than a dog chase during religious services.

At a prayer meeting once in my house, a snarling poodle came in, looked around, and then went and sat under the chair of its owner.

We had no objection to its being there (dogs should not be shut out from all advantages), but the intruder would not keep quiet.

A brother of dolorous whine was engaged in prayer, when poodle evidently thought that the time for response had come, and gave a loud yawn that had no tendency to solemnize the occasion.