THE STRAND MAGAZINE.
215
1. "You see," said the professor to his pupil, "I will hide my gold-mounted umbrella in this heap of leaves———"
2. "———and then take my dog a mile beyond this lonely spot and he will retrieve it again."
3. Meanwhile Ragged Jack the Tramp improves the shining hour.
4. Flight!
5. "And now," said the professor, "having gone about a mile, we loose the dog to return to the scent and find the umbrella."
6. Wisdom and sagacity at fault.
On the sagacity of the dog.
