. Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme . was far from beingas clear as a bell. A short distance from the farm was a hill, andwhen they arrived there, Rox backed himself againsthis wretched master, to keep him from falling to thefloor. Soon the gate was only a few paces away, andMrs. Johnson was seen standing on the porch of the farmhouse, watching the approach of the familiar team,but Rufus was not in sight, and she noticed the crowdof boisterous men and boys, and could not make out whatit all meant. She started for the gate, going downthe lane that led from the road to the stable yard. Jon
. Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme . was far from beingas clear as a bell. A short distance from the farm was a hill, andwhen they arrived there, Rox backed himself againsthis wretched master, to keep him from falling to thefloor. Soon the gate was only a few paces away, andMrs. Johnson was seen standing on the porch of the farmhouse, watching the approach of the familiar team,but Rufus was not in sight, and she noticed the crowdof boisterous men and boys, and could not make out whatit all meant. She started for the gate, going downthe lane that led from the road to the stable yard. Jonm-son was still too drunk to know where he was, but graspedthe situation, when he heard the shrill, sharp voice of IN PROSE AND RHYME. 139 his wife ring in his ears, just as the menagerie turnedinto the lane. When she saw the rotund form of the manshe took for better or for worse thirty-five years before,her first salutation was, Rufus, you can never go to townwithout getting drunk. You havent as much sense asthe dog, for Rox keeps :,- HOUND. For clean habits and good manners none excel the Alpine hound,And for other exalted traits, his equal cannot be found. 140 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS Of all the different kinds of dogs in the world,the Alpine hound, of which the above is a picture, standsamong the first, as a well-behaved and well-mannereddog. He never goes about with his head down, but car-ries himself with a lofty dignity that scorns mean things,and that would do credit to a high order of human in-telligence. He never snarls or growls, and seldom habits are clean. He never lies down where his finecream colored coat of hair would get soiled in the how attentively he listens to the lady speaking tohim, and how perfectly quiet he is,, as immovable asa sphinx, or an Egyptian pyramid. He has better man-ners than some men and boys you have seen. They wouldbe moving about when spoken to, resting on one foot, thenon the other, and putting thei
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