OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



may not compel him to abandon 

 us. Is he intended only for us to 

 play with, to amuse the leisure of 

 our eyes, to adorn or enliven the 

 home? He clothes himself in a 

 sovereign grace and elegance, he 

 makes himself smaller than a doll 

 to sleep on our knees by the fire- 

 side, or even consents, should our 

 fancy demand it, to appear a little 

 ridiculous to please us. 



You shall not find, in nature's 

 immense crucible, a single living 

 being that has shown a like sup- 

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