He sat or stood where anybody might see him, almost as immobile as a cigar-store Indian and much less decorative, with a peripatetic shoeblack busy at his feet.
"The Perfect Gentleman"
Ralph Bergengren
The shoeblack consented, and a price was fixed upon and paid.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
Discovering at length that the dog belonged to the shoeblack, the gentleman questioned the man, who confessed that he had taught the dog the trick in order to bring business to himself.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston