FROM THE " SPECTA TOR." 105 



A DOG'S AFFECTION. 



[April 24, 1875.] 



I SAW an anecdote in your paper the other 

 week illustrative of the sagacity of a dog. 

 Kindly allow me to place upon record, as a 

 kind of a companion picture, an anecdote 

 showing the affection of one of the canine 

 species a fine young retriever. For some 

 weeks I have been staying away from my 

 house in the country, where is the fine young 

 retriever in question. Well, last week the 

 household missed him for hours, and began 

 to think he was lost. Nothing of the kind, 

 however. The servant, happening to go up 

 to my bedroom, found him with his head 

 resting on my pillow, moaning heavily, and 

 it was only with great difficulty that she 

 could drive him away. Surely it is incidents 

 such as these that have made so many great 

 men rail against humanity and uphold their 

 dog! 



WILL WILLIAMS. 



