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 is to be hoped, went to join that of his master, while his 



ashes became mingled with the dust of the earth as his mas- 

 ter's had been. 



What a wonderful power do some animals have of return- 

 ing to their beloved master, even though they have been 

 conveyed to a considerable distance. This is especially true 

 of the dog. So many examples of such feats are on record 

 that I refrain from mentioning them, but will give but a single 

 example. Rover, a pet greyhound that belonged to the 

 writer, had become such an annoyance to the neighborhood 

 where he lived, that the master determined to provide him a 

 home in the country some fifty miles away. He was con- 

 veyed to his destination in a covered wagon, and after his 

 new master had reached home, the poor animal was placed 

 in a stable for several days, where he was daily visited and 

 fed, and every effort possible made to attach him to the 

 place and family. On the fourth day of his arrival he was 

 given his freedom. With a long, loud wail he saluted the 

 neighborhood, and the next moment was off at full speed 

 across the country, all efforts to stop him being unavailing. 

 In less than a week from his leaving he was at home again, 

 hungry and jaded out with fatigue and travel, but not too 

 tired nor too hungry to express the great joy he felt for the 

 old master. How he ever accomplished the journey, and what 

 vicissitudes and difficulties he encountered on the way, no 

 one will ever know. After this I had not the heart to send 

 him away again, but put up with his capers and tricks as best 

 I could, and when complaints were preferred against him 

 endeavored to excuse them as a parent is prone to do in the 

 case of a spoiled and wayward child. But a day arrived 

 when Rover to me was no more. What had become of him I 

 was never able to discover, but I always blamed a near-by 

 neighbor, a man who had neither love nor charity in his soul, 

 for his sudden disappearance. 



That cats are selfish animals, attaching themselves to 

 localities and not to individuals, I do not believe. This idea 



