"'DOG LOST.
"'Strayed or stolen from the subscriber, a valuable dog, of large size and black color.'
"I wonder if it isn't Franco," said Jonas, interrupting himself in his reading.
"'He had on a brass collar marked with the owner's name.'
"No," said Jonas, "there was no collar. But then the man that stole him might have taken it off.
"'Answers to the name of Ney.'
"Ney, Ney," said Jonas,—"I never called him Ney. I wonder if he would answer, if I should call him Ney.
"'Is kind and docile, and quite intelligent.'
"Yes," said Jonas, "I verily believe it is Franco.
"'Any person who will return said dog to the subscriber, at his residence at Walton Plain, shall be suitably rewarded.