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As he passed through the halls he was impatient of the familiar settings of Government House; they seemed to him like the furnishings of a hotel where he had paid his bill, and where his luggage was lying strapped for departure in the hallway. In his library he saw on his table a number of papers lying open waiting for his signature, the dog-tax among the others.
And he waved his hand in dismissal, and as the three men moved away he buried himself again in the perplexities of the dog-tax. Ten minutes later the deliberations of the Council were disturbed by a loud and persistent rattle, like the whir of a Maxim gun, which proved, on investigation, to arise from the American lawn-mower.
It is plain to every one that Cerberus is only one dog, in spite of his many talents and manifest ability to be in several places at once, and inasmuch as the tax which is sued for is merely a dog-tax and not a poll-tax, I must render judgment for the defendants, with costs. Next case. "And the city of Cimmeria was thrown out of court," concluded Boswell. "Interesting, eh?"
"It is only the picture of a dog," said Soubrette. "I know; but you should pay dog-tax on such a picture did you draw it?" I asked White Pigeon. "Did I! If I could draw like that, would I copy pictures in the Louvre?" "Well, who drew it?" "Can't you guess?" "Of course I can guess. I am a Yankee I guess Rosa Bonheur." "Well, you have guessed right."
Naturally, one of the first taxes to be imposed was a dog-tax, and it was that which led to this lawsuit, which, I regret to say, the city has lost, although Judge Blackstone's decision was eminently fair." "Wouldn't the State pay?" I asked. "Yes on Cerberus as one dog," said Boswell.
Beneath these tender lines is a bas-relief of as vicious-looking a cur as ever evaded the dog-tax.
'Constantinople, interrupted Dr. Hansen. 'That is an old joke of Hansen's, explained the merchant. 'He has re-christened the Northern Athens the Northern Constantinople, because he thinks there are too many dogs. 'It is good for the dog-tax, said some one. 'Yes, if the dog-tax were not so inequitably fixed, snapped Dr. Hansen.
The question of the dog-tax was one which perplexed Sir Charles most particularly. The two Councillors elected by the people and the three appointed by the crown had disagreed as to this tax.
Lord Torrington, during his government of Ceylon, attempted the more civilised experiment of putting some check on their numbers, by imposing a dog-tax, the effect of which would have been to lead to the drowning of puppies; whereas there is reason to believe that dogs are at present bred by the horse-keepers to be killed for sake of the reward.
But tell me about the dog-tax. Does the State own a dog?" "Does it?" roared Boswell. "Why, my dear fellow, where were you brought up and educated. Does the State own a dog!" "That's what I asked you," I put in, meekly. "I may be very ignorant, unless you mean the kind that we have in our legislatures, called the watch-dogs of the treasury, or, perhaps, the dogs of war.
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