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A Special Tribute To A
Dog
by Senator George Graham Vest of Missouri
The one absolutely unselfish
friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never
deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his
dog.
A man's dog stands by him in
prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on
the cold ground where the wintry winds blow, and the snow drives
fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the
hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the sores and wounds that
come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep
of his pauper master as if he were a prince.
When all other friends
desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to
pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in it's journey through
the heavens. If misfortune drives the master forth an outcast in the
world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher
privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to
fight against his enemies.
And when the last scene of
all comes, and death takes the master in it's embrace, and his body is
laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue
their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head
between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful
and true, even in death.
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