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A I'HIDII'PIDES OF MODERN WARFARE 



Like the famous Greek athlete who ran from Athens to Sparta to summon aid in the 

 repulse of Persian invaders, this dog scurries over shell holes and mined areas, wriggles 

 through barbed wire, and braves an artillery barrage to carry a vital message to headquarters 

 when telephone wires have been shot away and communicating trenches liave been made 

 impassable for men (see pages 17 and 73). 



the bones and other refuse just outside 

 his home, until the place looked like the 

 outside of a fox burrow when the hunt- 

 ing is good. 



Wild dogs when they had been unsuc- 

 cessful in the chase, perhaps, and conse- 

 quently hungry, would be attracted by the 

 odor of this waste food and would come 

 and carry it off. Thev would come fur- 

 tively at first, but as they found they were 

 not molested they would come boldly, and 

 by thus disposing of refuse that would 

 otherwise become offensive even to prim- 

 itive man they performed a service in ex- 

 change for benefits received. 



In this way :nan would become used to, 

 and would even encourage the presence 

 of, dogs in the vicinity of his home. 



Then, with so manv wild dogs living 

 near by. it is certain that occasionally 

 tiieir dens would lie fotind by the man 

 and the pui)pies carried home to amuse 



the children. Such ]iuppies would grow 

 up with little fear of their human hosts, 

 and b\' their playful, friendly ways would 

 probably win for themselves at least tol- 

 erance, if not actual affection, and dogs 

 would become a recognized part of the 

 liousehold. 



The puppies of these dogs would be a 

 little tamer than their ])areuts, and those 

 of the next generation a little tamer still, 

 until some of them became so domesti- 

 cated as to have no thought of ever re- 

 turning tij the wild state. 



sn.VRiNG m.\n's comforts 



When fire was invented or discovered, 

 no doubt such dogs shared with man its 

 comforts and its protection, and this may 

 have strengthened their determination to 

 throw in their lot with the mysterious 

 beings who could create such comfort and 

 protection for them. 



