Identifier: dogsofallnations00mill (find matches)Title: Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhymeYear: 1903 (1900s)Authors: Miller, Conrad Jenness, 1842-Subjects: Dogs DogsPublisher: New York, J.S. Ogilvie Publishing CompanyContributing Library: The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor: The Library of CongressView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:d have drowned but for thenoble brute, who turned about and swam to him (althoughbleeding from his masters cruel blows). Inserting histeeth in the clothing at the back of his neck and hold-ing his head out of the water, he then made for the boat,into which the man climbed, and his life was thus saved.The dumb creature practiced the golden rule, and ex-hibited a spirit of forgiveness and love that is seldomshown in the lives of the best of men. The magnanimous act of the dog produced a changein the heart of the man. He kept his rescuer for therest of his life, and treated him with the kindness hedeserved for saving his life under circumstances that provedthe exalted and forgiving nature of the dumb animal. Acts like this ought to promote in the minds and heartsof mankind such qualities as will prompt them to showkindness to dogs and all animal creatures ever after-wards, if they havent shown them humane treatment be-fore. It is never too late to begin doing good. IN PROSE AND RHYME. 51Text Appearing After Image:XVII. PERE. Pere was a dog with a taste for colors bright;Anything that wasnt he wished kept out of sight. Pere was a dog with an eye for the beautiful in natureor art. Brilliant colors were to him a feast, whether itwas in a garden flower or in a painted picture or in dress.When his mistress put on a new dress of subdued colorshe would act offended and displeased, and show his dis-pleasure by not noticing the garment and turning hisback towards his mistress when she would pass her handsover the folds of the dress and ask him how he likedit. But when she put on a dress that had bright colorshe would jump up and bark and put his paws against 52 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS the dress and stroke it, and when his mistress wouldgather some of the folds and make them rustle, it seemedto delight him greatly. If she wore a hat trimmedwith red poppies, as she sometimes did, his pleasure knewno bounds. One day his mistress took Pere to the storewhen she was going to buy a dress. She would look at dif-feNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

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