OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



approval of a life incomparably 

 higher than his own. He was 

 there, studying, drinking in all my 

 looks; and he replied to them 

 gravely, as from equal to equal, to 

 inform me, no doubt, that, at least 

 through the eyes the most imma- 

 terial organ that transformed into 

 affectionate intelligence the light 

 which we enjoyed, he knew that 

 he was saying to me all that love 

 should say. And, when I saw him 

 thus, young, ardent and believing, 

 bringing me, in some wise, from 

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