RECREATION. Xxvii 

AN OLD MAN’S FRIEND. 
MRS. FRANK C. ROBINSON. 
Only a dog? He’s my friend! 
A friend that is faithful and true. 
One whose affection I’ve tested, 
In pleasure and sorrow too. 
Only a brute, did you say? 
He’s no more of a brute, friend, than you. 
Look into that face so honest, 
And those eyes, straightforward and true. 
We’ve had him since he was a pup, 
Just seven weeks old to a day; 
And though he’s unable to speak, 
He understands all that we say. 
You doubt it? Well, sir, I'll prove it! 
There’s my wife down the road to the 
right ; 
You can’t make her hear by calling, 
She’s just disappearing from sight. 
Le Roy, old fellow, come here, sir! 
Mother has gone down to see Kate. 
Go! bring her back, I want her; 
And remember, you must shut the gate. 
He is off! Now watch him and tell me, 
Can you close the gate better than that? 
Will he come back, you ask, without 
mother? 
That he will not, I'll wager my hat! 
Ah! sir, if you cared but to listen, 
I could tell you many a tale, 
Of the tricks that lad’s put me up to, 
When out after partridge and quail. 
I could tell you of times without number, 
That he has outwitted the birds. 
It was more than instinct or training, 
"Twas reason, sir, just mark my words. 
But look, sir! yonder comes mother, 
With Le Roy trotting close at her heels; 
You can tell by the wag of his tail, 
How wondrously proud he feels. 
~ No, Mother, nothing was wanted. 
But to let this gentleman see, 
That you could understand Le Roy, 
And that he could understand me. 

I do not know of a more acceptable 
Christmas gift, one that will be remem- 
bered the year round, than a subscription 
to RECREATION. 
Frank M. Marble, Southbridge, Mass. 

_ I feel under obligation to you for send- 
ing me the Hawkeye, Jr., camera. It is a 
fine premium for only 15 subscriptions. 
D. B. Wentworth, Somerville, Mass. 
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