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aversion towards him. This grew out of the mysterious 

 actions of the animal. He was always around when I was 

 busy at work and seemed to be eying me in a suspicious 

 sort of manner, which at times made me feel very unpleasant. 

 After the lapse of a few days I discovered that I was not so 

 closely watched as before, and that I was treated by him as 

 he was accustomed to treat the other members of the family. 

 Upon inquiry I learned that he always acted in this way 

 toward people whom he did not know intimately, and that 

 after a time, he had confidence in their honesty and left them 

 alone. While in many instances Tip was entirely wrong in 

 his surmises, yet cases are recalled where the dog was right 

 and acted in a manner that would have been creditable to a 

 human being. One of the men employed upon the place, 

 presuming upon the friendship of the dog, sought to carry 

 away under cover of darkness something belonging to the 

 farmer, but he was immediately beset by the animal, who was 

 an eye-witness of the proceeding, and compelled to desist 

 from the intended theft. From that time the man was under 

 the closest surveillance by the dog. Unable to effect a recon- 

 ciliation, and chafing under the look of suspicion with which 

 he was always greeted, the man soon took his departure, 

 much to the delight and satisfaction of the faithful canine, 

 and was never afterwards seen. 



Quite a common form of conscience among the lower 

 animals is that which may be defined as a recognition of 

 having done wrong, and acknowledgment that punishment is 

 deserved. Animals have in their way very pronounced ideas 

 as to right and wrong. When they have committed an act 

 which they know will offend their master, they display as keen 

 a conscience as any human being self-convicted of sin could 

 exhibit. In many instances, the offence in not merely 

 acknowledged, but the creature remains miserable until for- 

 giveness has been granted. This condition of mind, if mani- 

 fested by man, is called Penitence, and, assuredly, it cannot 

 be known by any other name when manifested by animals 



