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and, even without command, in his master's defense. When 

 master is gay he is merry; when sad he grieves and understands 

 his moods, as does his master's wife. The destruction of an 

 army, the fate of a nation, has been decided by a dog's bark. 



With teeth bared, eyes ablaze and hair a-brisLle he has 

 saved a wife and child from assault and then played nurse all 

 day. 



With devoted strength he has rescued his master from a 

 watery grave and dragged a child from an angry fire. 



Over bleak and frozen mountains he has carried food and 

 drink and brought assistance to the wounded and those in dire 

 distress. 



Peary could not have reached the North Pole nor Scott 

 the South Pole without the faithful dog. 



He has taken the place of the horse and the ox, his skin has 

 been used for shelter and for clothes, his flesh as food, his eyes 

 have found the things his master sought, his nose has bared 

 the trail his master could not fmd. 



And in return he asks but a little consideration and a few 

 kind words. 



"Never yet the dog our country fed. 

 Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread." 



As friend, companion and confidant, I like him best. His 

 manifold uses need little discussion. One small dog in a home 

 has more terror for the burglar than an armed man outside; 

 in the yard he sounds the warning and the night prowler sneaks 

 away. 



In hunting he is almost indispensable. An American, Paul 

 Rainey, recently surprised the sporting world by hunting the 

 lion in Africa with dogs raised and trained in Louisiana. When 

 properly trained he can handle cattle, sheep and swine better 

 than a man. He excels as a ratter and destroyer of mink and 

 other vermin. 



All have seen the blind man's dog, cup in mouth and at- 

 tached to a string, leading his sightless master. 



Before the days of cooking stoves each household had 

 its open chimney and "turnspit" worked by a dog, and even 

 today the dog on a treadmill churns the butter. 



The expressman and peddler, in delivering their packages 

 and wares, usually leave a four-footed guardian in charge. 



