“How much did you pay for that dog?” inquired Eddy.
“I didn't pay anything,” replied Anderson. “Somebody left him in the street in front of my office when he was a puppy, or he strayed there. I never knew which.”
“So you took him in?”
“Yes.”
“Do you always keep him shut up here?”
“A great part of the time. Sometimes he stays in my store nights. He is a very good watch-dog.”
“You keep him shut up because he bit a boy?”
“Most of the time. He is a little uncertain in his temper, I am afraid.”
“Didn't he bite any one but that one boy?”
“No, not that I know of. But he has sprang at a good many people and frightened them, and I have either to keep him tied or shoot him.”