FROM THE "SPECTATOR" 109 



dog, as resolute to save the little helpless life 

 as the man was to destroy it, swam with it 

 to the other side of the pool, running all the 

 way home with it, and safely depositing it 

 before the kitchen fire ; and " ever after " 

 they were inseparable, sharing even the 

 same bed ! 



When not long ago I came across the 

 noble sentiment that "hecatombs of brutes 

 should be tortured, if man thereby could be 

 saved one pang," I found myself dimly 

 wondering what constituted a " brute." 

 Certainly, in the incident I have just given, 

 the " brute " was not the dog ! 



S. W. 



