266 USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING DOGS. 



ONLY A COLLIE DOG. 



The trolley's rumple sounded 



Above the voice of man, 

 "When out upon the pavement 



A little child ran. 



Men held their breath in silence, 



For down upon her bore 

 A big whirring auto car 



With honk, and glare and roar. 



But out upon the pavement, 



In the heart of London's fog, 

 There dashed, not heeding danger,. 



A big brown collie dog. 



Without a thought of danger, 



While men held their breath, 

 Out of the grasp of heaven 



He snatched the child from death. 



But there upon the pavement, 



In the midst of London's fog, 

 Lay the bruised and torn body 



Of only a collie dog. 

 Stratford, Ont. — Georgia Wrinkler. 



BUY A DOG. 



"I've been a good fellow, boys, 

 I've earned all I've spent; 

 Paid all I borrowed, 

 Lost all I lent. 



I loved a woman once, 

 That came to an end; 



Buy a dog, boys, 



He is always your friend." 



LADDIE." 



This poetic tribute to the dog that has gone beyond after a life of devo- 

 tion to his master seems to us one of the best and most touchingly real. 

 It was written by the playwright who resides at Kensington, L. I., on the 

 passing of his favorite collie. Without a trace of the maudlin it touches 

 the chord that holds the dog so near to man: 



He wagged his tail, to the very last 



And he smiles, in his last, long sleep. 

 The troubles of life, for him, are past, 



In his grave, a few feet deep. 



His soul, for I feel that he had a soul 



And he thought real thoughts, I know, 

 Has found the ultimate end, life's goal, 



In the Heaven where good dogs go. 



