284: FACT AGAIXST FICTlOX. 



under tliis fixed looJ:, vacate Skim's nest, and go 

 to licr own. 



Instances of this mesmeric kind I have very 

 frequently seen between those two dear things, 

 much more frequently, I am happy to say, than 

 betw^een Brenda and myself. 



We may, indeed, simply say to those who think 

 or speak disparagingly of the canine race, that 

 there are ^ ' more things in heaven and earth than 

 are dreamed of in their philosophy." 



Men, often times the vilest sinners, arc shaken 

 by the hand by prison chaplains at the foot of the 

 gallows, and assured of an ^^ exclusive heaven;" 

 but I doubt if their future would be half so fair 

 as that assigned to dogs, whose hearts, wdiose 

 affection, faith, and honesty, were bound in one 

 bmve attachment; that lived through life and ended 

 but in death » 



