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Title: Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, Conrad Jenness, 1842-
Subjects: Dogs Dogs
Publisher: New York, J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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to look at and beautiful at heart, because he feltkindly towards all dogs, even those that were ugly andhateful, and did mean, spiteful things against him. Therewere a great many different kinds of dogs, up and down andall around where he lived. Among them was an Italianby the name of Carso, an Austrian named Jose, and twoFrench poodles, Eeigo and Tivoli, and a German bulldognamed Karl. These dogs were all jealous of Bruno be-cause he was such a good dog and everybody liked him, and IN PROSE AND RHYME. 217 gave him plenty of nice food and stroked his head andback whenever he was about. This made the other dogsenvious, and when Bruno was away from home, they wouldsteal into his dog-house and take everything they couldfind: v One day when the hateful dogs were together, theysaw Bruno coming up the road a long distance from home.They decided at once to jump on him and kill him if theycould, or at least, bite him so he would not be able towalk for a long time. When Bruno reached the spot
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where they were, all of them sprang at him and cut hisskin with their teeth from head to tail, when a man camedriving along, and got out of his wagon, and took hiswhip and drove them off. The man proved to be verykind-hearted, for he took his handkerchief and dippedit into a little brook nearby and washed Brunos woundsand patted him on the head, and then put him in his wagonand left him at his masters house. In a little whileBrunos sore places healed, and he was himself again, andable to go about and wander off into the forest just acrossthe meadow which was divided by a little stream where 218 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS he used to go and wade in the water and bathe himselfin the hot summer days. The first time he went there after the cruel treatment hereceived, he was standing by the waters edge, when he heardthe sound of a dog whining and moaning as if in pain anddistress. He listened for a few moments longer andthe wail was heard again. He started in the di-rection of the sound and the ne

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