'I didn't ask for a burglar's companion, did I?
I didn't say I wanted a dog who'd chum on with a burglar the first time he ever came to the house, and sit with him while he had supper, in case he might feel lonesome, did I ?' And my father recounted the incidents of the previous night.
"The man agreed that there was cause for complaint.

'I'll tell you what it is, sir,' he said.

'It was my boy Jim as trained this 'ere dawg, and I guess the young beggar's taught 'im more about tackling rats than burglars.

You leave 'im with me for a week, sir; I'll put that all right.' "We did so, and at the end of the time the trainer brought him back again.
"'You'll find 'im game enough now, sir,' said the man.

''E ain't what I call an intellectual dawg, but I think I've knocked the right idea into 'im.' "My father thought he'd like to test the matter, so we hired a man for a shilling to break in through the kitchen window while the trainer held the dog by a chain.