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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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He had often gone there with his master,who had built for himself a small cottage where he spentmany afternoons reading and thinking, feeling there wasno place where he could gather his thoughts and read withthe same satisfaction as in the midst of nature. The dogstood for a while looking out upon the blue, placid lakein front of him, the overhanging rocks with vines andfoliage on the opposite shore, and snowy mountain peaksin the distance. But nature in all her grandeur had noattraction for him. Turning about and gazing towards thehouse where he had spent many years with his lost master,he uttered a sound, something between a low bark and amoan, that seemed the- very soul of bitterness and despair,and then deliberately and with a firm step walked into thewater, and as it swept over his back, put his head underuntil life was gone, exhibiting by the self-sacrifice a de-votion to the memory of his master as absorbing and beau-tiful as anything in human experience. IN PROSE AND RHYME. 65
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XXII. REXO. Eeno was a dog of aristocratic stock; A carriage would he order if he had to go a block. Eeno was almost as broad as he was long, had a mellowvoice and liquid eyes. He was always kept in the mostexquisite condition—a baby could not! have been moredelicately dressed and groomed than Reno was. His mis-tress took great delight and pride in showing him toher friends and pointing out his admirable traits and ac-complishments. One of the most remarkable things hewas taught to do was to announce the arrival of guestsand the number—if one came, he would bark once, iftwo came together he would bark twice, and so on, no mat-ter if there were a dozen. Reno wore a collar set with 66 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS brilliants. He also had a. cover of real lace, extendingfrom his collar back to the middle of his body, whichwas fastened to his collar and belt. It made him lookvery picturesque and aristocratic. One of his peculiar-ities was, he never associated with other dogs. As for com-mon dog

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