By W. L. Alden From "Told By The Colonel." republished in Short Stories 1894 Someone had told a dog-story showing the miraculous intelligence and profound piety of a French poodle. The Colonel listened with an incredulous smile on his grim face. When the story was ended and we had all expressed our surprise and admiration, as is the custom when dog-stories are told, and had carefully suppressed our conviction that the man who told the story was as impudent as he was mendacious, — as is also the custom of these occasions, — I asked the Colonel to favor us with his views in regard to canine sagacity.