Identifier: dogsofallnations00mill (find matches)
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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ittleheart ceased to beat, and every night had been spent uponthat masters grave. He was buried in the churchyard and blossoming plantsmark his grave. By applying to the sexton one maystill be shown the worn leather collar with its interestinginscription. It was the Baroness Burdett Coutts whocaused the memorial fountain to be erected to GreyFriars Bobby. IV. GEACE. Twas on one of Switzerlands high mountains, That five tourists spent a night;They had climbed its rugged wall, and the summit gleamedinl sight,When a snowstorm, fierce and furious, covered path andleft no trace—But a mountain white, and a wide, wide space. 20 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS The Tourists slept in a bed of snow,And waited the coming of the morning glow. When looking far down near the mountain base,They saw approaching the good dog Grace. He was blazing his way up the Alpine steep,Sometimes hed jump, and at other times creep; He was fetching blankets to protect them from storm,And a barrel of cordial to make them warm.
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In the month of June, not many years ago, five menstarted up one of the high mountains in Switzerland.They consumed about six hours in reaching nearly to thetop, and just as the last rocky ridge was climbed over, aviolent snowstorm began and soon the path they usedwas lost in the snow, and it was impossible for them tostart down the mountain, as there was nothing to guidethem. Scaling the mountain was difficult under the most IN PROSE AND RHYME. 21 favorable conditions. There were many very narrow ledgeswhere they had to creep along, and where one false stepwould have meant death. Here they were and here theymust remain until the storm ceased. Xight came on, thestorm continued, the snow fell fast. They had only broughta luncheon, a> they expected to return for dinner to thehotel from which they started in the morning. The foodwas eaten and it was already dark. Then, wrappingthemselves up in the rugs they took with them for anemergency, they laid down in a bed of snow, not knowingwh

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