The one absolutely unselfish friend
that 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 poverty, in health and in
sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when the wintry winds blow
and the snow drives fiercely, if only to be near his master's side. He
will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds
and sores that come in encounters 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 wing, and reputation falls to pieces, he is
as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives his master
forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful
dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him
against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when that last scene
of all comes, and death takes his master in its 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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