Lost Dog
Published Jan 01, 1900
When an American visiting a small English town lost a valuable dog, he asked to have a notice printed in the local evening newspaper offering one hundred pounds reward for its return.
Evening came, but no paper appeared, the American waited for some time, then he went to the newspaper office. There, he found no-one but the night-watchman. "Isn't the newspaper coming out tonight?" he asked.
"I doubt it, sir," the night-watchman said, "the whole staff is out looking for a lost dog."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
