UC:', USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING DOGS. 



LISTED WRONG. 

 By Edgar A. Guest, in Detroit Free Press. 



I'VE never known a dog to wag 

 His tail in glee if he did not feel, 



Nor quit his old-time friend, to tag 

 At some more influential heel. 



The yellowest cur I ever knew 



Was, to the hoy who loved him, true. 



I've never known a dog to show 



Halfway devotion to his friend. 

 To seek a kinder man to know, 



Or richer; but unto the end 

 The humblest dog I ever knew 

 Was, to the man who loved him, true. 



I've never known a dog to fake 



Affection for a present gain, 

 A false display of love to make 



Some little favor to attain. 

 I've never known a Prince or Spot 

 That seemed to be what he was not. 



But I have known a dog to fight 



With all his strength to shield his friend, 



And, whether wrong or whether right, 

 To stick with him unto the end. 



And I have known a dog to lick 



The hand of him that men would kick. 



And I have known a dog to bear 

 Starvation's pangs from day to day, 



With him who had been glad to share 

 His bread and meat along the way. 



No dog, however mean or rude, 



Is guilty of ingratitude. 



The dog is listed with the dumb, 

 No voice has he to speak his creed. 



His messages to humans come 

 By faithful conduct and by deed. 



He shows, as seldom mortas do, 



A high ideal of being true. 



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