Show r THE ONLY j FAITHFUL FRIEND I 4 By GEORGE G. G VEST 1830 Gentlemen of the Jury The Jury The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy His son or daughter that that he has reared with loving care prove ungrateful Those who are nearest and dearest to U us those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith The money that a man has he may lose It tiles flies away from him perhaps when hen he I needs it most A mans man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of I ill III considered action The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success Is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have hae in this selfish world the theone theone theone one that never neer deserts him the one that never ne proves ungrateful or treacherous Is his dog of the j Jury ry a mans man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty in health and in He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives I fiercely if only he may be near his masters master's side He will kiss the hand tha has no food to offer he will lick the wounds and sores that thai come conme in encounter with the roughness roughness roughness rough rough- ness of f the he world He guards the sleep of his pauper master as If he were were vere a prince When all other friends desert he remains When j riches take wings and reputation fails falls to pieces he is as constant in his love as the sun on its journey through the heavens If It fortune i drives the master forth an outcast In the world friendless and homeless homeless home home- less the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of or accompanying accompany accompany- ing him to guard against danger to fight tight against his enemies and when the last scene of oC all comes and death takes tales the time master in its embrace and his body Is laid away In the cold ground no matter if all other friends pursue their way there by his graves graveside Ide will the noble dog be found his head between his paws his eyes eves sa sad l but open but open In alert watchfulness faithful and true even een evento evento to death One of oC the most famous speeches e ever eer er made by bv the late Senator Vest Vesto o of Missouri as was made in the course of the trial of or a a. man who ho had wantonly wantonly wantonly wan wan- tonly shot a dog belonging to a neighbor Vest represented th the plaintiff who demanded dam clam ages When Vest finished speaking the jury after two minutes' minutes deliberation deliberation dellb- dellb awarded the plaintiff The full text of the speech Is printed above |