. Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme . columnserected to the memory of military heroes. Pedro wouldleave his house and go to a certain point on the hillwhere he lived with his master, who occupied a house allalone, except for servants, and sit or stand in mute ad-miration and reverence for the unrivaled and enchantingscene spread out before him. His master, who was oldand feeble, walked with great difficulty. He used twocanes, making it impossible to carrv either a book or pa-per. These were given to Pedro, who always seemed de-lighted when he could do any kind of service for his mas-ter.
. Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme . columnserected to the memory of military heroes. Pedro wouldleave his house and go to a certain point on the hillwhere he lived with his master, who occupied a house allalone, except for servants, and sit or stand in mute ad-miration and reverence for the unrivaled and enchantingscene spread out before him. His master, who was oldand feeble, walked with great difficulty. He used twocanes, making it impossible to carrv either a book or pa-per. These were given to Pedro, who always seemed de-lighted when he could do any kind of service for his mas-ter. Before Pedro grew old his master died and wasburied in the centre of the garden surrounding the house. 70 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS At the funeral Pedro walked just behind the .body heloved and wept sorrowing tears because he knew thathis master had gone from him forever. The next morn-ing after his master was buried, he saw some one placeflowers upon the grave. This pleased Pedro, and everymorning after that while he lived, he would go to the. flower beds and break off a number of the most beauti-ful flowers he could find and place them above wherehis master slept his long, last sleep. Pedro would thenwalk away to his favorite spot and sit on his haunches andlook as if dazed or in deep meditation, perhaps wonderingif at some time in the future he would ever again behold IN PROSE AXD RHYME. 71 the kindly face of his old master walking amid the palmsand magnolias of his beautiful garden, or sitting beneaththe spreading branches of an old oak, which had been tohim more than a friend.
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