Show Japan Honors a Dog Perhaps the most unusual tribute ever paid to n a dog was that accord accorded accorded ed one which recently die died in To- To Tokyo To Tokyo kyo Japan and was buried with rites participated in by 16 Buddhist priests The animal had become become- a sort of hero because of his faithfulness to his dead master the dog belonged to a aDr aDr Dr and used to accompany his master to the sta- sta station sta station tion when he went to work in the mornings and met him in the even evenings evenings ings when he came home Eleven years ago Dr died But every day everyday went to the station morning and evening to meet his master The dog became famed through through- throughout throughout out Japan Janan as an example of devo evo- evo ton Schoolbooks told his story he appeared on the screen and last year a bronze statute of him was erected outside the station where he kept his vigil for so When became ill recently re recently the efforts of five veterinary surgeons were unavailing and he died of heart disease His masters master's widow attended his funeral and 25 wreaths bunch bunches bunches es of flowers and innumerable tele telegrams telegrams grams and letters of condolence testified to the pace pace he held in the rations ration's heart Now lies in ina ina a little grave at the side of his master |