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Show ANIMALS WITH BROKEN HEARTS Cat la Tfhleh .!, Hot... aait lllfd. lata lllfd from Cltl.f. There have been many cases on record rec-ord of animals dying of "broken hearts," usually dogt and hones, and sometimes birds, says the New York Herald Not long ago a young woman In this ilty. who owned a (lordon setter set-ter that was very fond of her, was married and moved to l.kewood. The dog wa left behind and at once became be-came Inconsolable He would eat nothing, and stood looking out of the window for hours at a time, whining and moaning pitifully The dog waa wasting away from exhaustion. Those who knew him said he waa dying of a broken heart When It was seen that bo would die If he could not see his mistress h waa taken to her. Ilia Joy at seeing her was extravagant, and he at once got better. Ills mistress earn to New York for a two weekt' visit, and left the dog with the eerv-anta eerv-anta In I-akewood. When ahe returned the found him dead, lying on on ot her garmenta. The poor brute, thinking think-ing himself again deterted, tay down to die, and could not be driven or coaxed from hit place, neither would h eat or drink. A bone belonging to a brewery had been driven for yeara by a man to whom he had becom much attached. One day the drlvtr failed to appear at the atable, end another an-other man wat put on hit wtgon, The horse, howerer, refused to be driven by any one except hla old friend, and after many trials ho was put back In lb liable and another horse took hit place. The hone continually watched tb liable door for hit matter to enter. II refused to eat the hay and oatt placed before him Day by day be grew thinner and weaker At last h fell down and could not rite, and died bifore hit friend the driver returned to duty. The veterinary surgeon who attended him aald he died of a "broken Leart" Last summer a woman who lives In Harlem went to tho country for a month's holiday Ilctore leaving sh gave her pet canary, Dick, Into th handa of the woman In the next fiat to care for until her return. Dick missed hit mistress the next day and, after a tender little song, hushed hla voice and would alng no more. He ate very little and began to droop visibly. Aa the days went by he became simply a miserable little bunch of bones and yellow feather. Ono morning the woman who had charge of him found him on his back, dead, In the bottom ot hla gilded cage. He bad died ot grief at the lots of his mistress. A -taandred tntaea inlftbA b cUd ot I animals who have died of grief at being separated from those they love. DM their hearts break, or wns It aim-ply aim-ply exhaustion, due to lack of nourishment, nourish-ment, tho same aa If they had bein humans Instead of bruto anlmaltf |