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Show -A DOG'S DEVOTION .For fidelity, sincerity, and wholo-hcttrted wholo-hcttrted devotion to his friends, the dog is superior to all other animals, man not excepted. How could ono get relief from tho endless dlsslmul-ntlon, dlsslmul-ntlon, falsity, duplicity and niallca of . mankind," exclaimed Schopenhauror in ono of his inspired moments, "if there were no dogs Into honest faces ho could look without distrust?" Tho dog who stood over tho lifeless body of his prostrate master, grieving for recognition and starting at overy .flutter of his garments till ho himself died of grief and exposure and starva tion,., had In his faithful canlno breasLn truer, nobler heart than boats within tho bosom of tho average man. History records no example of loyalty loy-alty greater than that related of "Bobby" -of Greyfrlars, who, for- fourteen four-teen long and weary years, in all aorta of weathorrslopt overy night, on his masters grave. That remarkable ex-' hlbilon of canine affection and lasting last-ing devotion was well worthy of th"q marble shaft which today stands Just outside tho entrance to Greyfrlars cemetery In Edlnburg to perpetuate the. memory of a1 loving, loyal and un-' pretentious dog. . , ' The other day I was hastily sum-moned sum-moned by telephone' to the rescue of-a of-a disabled horse which lay helpless upon itie 'street, abandoned bythg human hu-man "wretch' to whonvho, had lven-his lven-his last strength. I at once hurried to tho scene of the trouble and found the poor old derelict lying prostrate by the roadside groaning and struggling strug-gling In great agony. . Near his head sat a sad eyed intelligent in-telligent looking shepherd dog who watched every movement of his suffering suf-fering comrade. When I started to oxamlno the prostrate pros-trate horse tho dog looked inquiring-. ly and barked anxiously into my face lis If to ascertain what I Intended to do for tho relief of tho sufferer. A hasty oxnmlnatlon revealed tho fact that tho poor old feeble wreck, galled, scarred and deformed by hard work and cruel treatment, was dying. I milckly decided to terminato tho pain racked creaturo's suffering, by giving him a speedy and merciful death, and qo I sent a bullctt on Its errand of mercy , Death ensued nl-jnost nl-jnost insthntcously without n strug-glo strug-glo or a groan. Scarcely had tho ro-port ro-port of my pistol died away and the blood begun to tricklo from tho bullet bul-let wound in tho forohcad when the shepherd, dos, suddenly realizing what had happened fa hlavrjcnd, sot "un a inbstl)ltUulr heart jendiag h,owJlng., bad been constant companions' for I several years and had become much attached totrach therrnrhe dog In-.varlablyj'accompahied In-.varlablyj'accompahied the fcorafc which whs used dally about the cky drawing draw-ing -a- delivery -wagon loaded with groceries. . Neighbors residing near told 'me that the horse had been lying where I found him during alt the preceding night, and that the' faithful dog., 'had remained constantly with him- The human wretch who had worked the poor old horse's life away for his own selfish gain, had deserted his faithful faith-ful servant In distress while the devoted de-voted dog remained with him to-1 tho last. 3. W. Hodge, ln Dumb "Anl- |