Senator Vests tribute to a dog, (elsewhere in this book), was probably the grandest ever made, and I want to offer mine, having known and loved dogs all my life; and the balance of my time on earth will be devoted to them:

No other animal, and none of them can talk, equals your dog for honesty to you; love, faithfulness, constancy, and all the traits that a human friend - your sister, brother, mother or father - should show to you. Your dog is sad when he sees you are sad, knows you are lonely, feels for you when he sees and knows you need it, (as we often do), and if he could - would do anything for you to help you, the one he loves. He would steal or kill for you, sto pat nothing. What a grand and wonderful thing is a dog's love for you - and yours for your dog, if you have been made right - and from a child up, have loved dogs. You can never do too much for your dog, nor can you improve your own life and fit it for the unknown world you are to go to, when death comes, than to do all the good you can for your dog, and for other dogs, even the poor homeless curs you meet on the streets, for they have as big a heart, as noble in every way, only lacking the "pedigree," (not their fault), as the fine-bred ones. Strive to do some good each day of your life to dogs, for you can't do anything better, (aside from paying every dollar you owe, which includes your taxes)., and you will get rewarded, which, if not so plainly shown each day - you are getting credited for it in the big book up above, where We all hope to go. and when the final balance sheet is checked off, you will get all that was coming to you, because you have done good to dogs. Fight for your dog if necessary, he would for you.

AL. G. EBERHART.