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Show A DOG'S GRATITUDE. A pretty story about Jack, a collie dog living in a Massachusetts town, is told in Golden Days: One morning the family left the house in his charge while on a drive, and on their return a piece of meat placed in the cellar being found missing, Jack was thought to be the guilty one and was severely reproved. That evening, as the family was seated around the fireside, the conversation turned to Jack's supposed theft, and two members of the family expressed their belief in the dog's innocence. Whereupon Jack, curled up under the table, arose and went to one of the persons who had spoken so favorably of him, put his head in her lap, looking up at her with his honest eyes, at the same time wagging his tail, as if to show his gratitude. He then crossed the room, passing several of those present, and in a like manner thanked the other person who had helped to clear his name. Having thus expressed his thanks, he lay down again under the table. |