A Dog On His Travels

"Iwas vitncss ".lie otlier day, " writes ident i f the London Sp or, "oí what I hadonly heard of bef ore - a dog traveling byrail on his own account. I got intó the train at Uxbridge oad, and the compartment bcing vacant took up the seat which I now prefer- ;he corner seat at the entrance with the back to the engine. Preseutly a whole crowd of ladies got in, and with thein a dog, whioh I supposed to belong to them. All the ladies except one got out at Addison road, and then the dog slunk across the carriage to just under my seat. [ asked my remaining fellow passenger whether the dog was hers. She said 'No. ' No one got in bef ore she herself got out at South Kensington, where the dog remained perfectly quiet, but at 31oane square a man was let in, and out rushed the dog, the door actually grazing his sides. Had he not taken up the precise place he did, he must have been shut in or crushed. 'That dog is a stowaway, ' I observed to the porter who had opened the door. 'I suppose he is,' the man answered. "The dog was making the best of his way to the stairs. Clearly the dog meant to get out at that particular station, (hO had had ampie opportunity of gettíng out both at Addison road and South Kensingtou), and had, as soon as he could, taken up the best position for doing so. How did he recognize the Sloane Square station, for he had had only those two opportunities of glancing out? It seems to me it can only have been by conutine tbc stations, in which case he must be ib ie to reckon up to five. "The dog was a very ordinary London car, white and tan, of a greatly mixed Scotch terrier stock, the long nmzzle show ing a greyhound cross. He was thin and apparently conscious of breaking the law, hiding out of sight, and slinking along with his tail between his legs, and altogether not worth stealing. I suppose that he had been transferred to a new home, which had proved uncongenial, and was slipping away in f ear and trembling to his old quarters. ' '