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  Speaker 1: Introduction to Pep The Story of a Brave Dog. This
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  Speaker 1: LibriVox dot org. Recording by David Wales. Pep The Story
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  Speaker 1: of a Brave Dog by Clarence Hawkes introduction a Friend
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  Speaker 1: to Man. It is almost like a stern irony of
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  Speaker 1: fate that man's faithful, gentle friend, the dog, should have
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  Speaker 1: sprung from one of the most thoroughly hated and despised
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  Speaker 1: brutes in the animal kingdom, the wolf. Yet this is
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  Speaker 1: a scientific fact. The wolf, with all his meanness and
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  Speaker 1: skulking cunning, is the progenitor of man's friend, the dog.
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  Speaker 1: They belong to the same family, their breeding habits are alike,
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  Speaker 1: and the wolf is as surely the father of the
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  Speaker 1: dog as was brute man, the cave dweller, the ancestor
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  Speaker 1: of the highly civilized creature. We now know in the
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  Speaker 1: case of the man, it has taken untold ages to
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  Speaker 1: bring about the change, and so it has in the
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  Speaker 1: case of the dog. When in the dark ages the
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  Speaker 1: brute man crouched over his camp fire, gazing fearfully into
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  Speaker 1: the darkness about him. Encompassed by superstition and ignorance, the
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  Speaker 1: gray wolf hung upon the outskirts of his camp fire.
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  Speaker 1: This man creature that ran upon two legs instead of four,
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  Speaker 1: who had such strange power over fire and water and
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  Speaker 1: over the forces of nature and the wild kindred, fascinated
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  Speaker 1: and drew him with a terrible power. Try as he would,
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  Speaker 1: he could not keep away from him. Often this man
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  Speaker 1: creature wounded him with his sharp stick. He also poisoned
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  Speaker 1: the wolf pack. But still they could not be driven away,
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  Speaker 1: for it was an unwritten law of nature that some
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  Speaker 1: day they should be inseparable. So the wolf skulked upon
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  Speaker 1: the trail of the primitive man until the famine, or
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  Speaker 1: the cold, or some other stern necessity brought them together. Indians,
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  Speaker 1: even now in the far North, often take the wolf
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  Speaker 1: whelps from the den and play with them, and they
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  Speaker 1: refer to the wolf as a grandfather's dog, showing that
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  Speaker 1: they understand the gradual evolution of the dog. You can
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  Speaker 1: better understand this if you visit any of their villages,
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  Speaker 1: where the dogs even now are little more than partly domesticated.
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  Speaker 1: Wolves Wolffish in habits and looks such is the husky,
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  Speaker 1: the famous steam dog of the frozen North, without whose
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  Speaker 1: help the wealth of the Klondike and other remote places
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  Speaker 1: could hardly have been brought to the outside world. The collie,
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  Speaker 1: which is one of the most faithful and lovable of
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  Speaker 1: the dog kind, is not so far removed from a wolf,
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  Speaker 1: and it is very easy for him to slip back
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  Speaker 1: to his wolf ancestry. There are many instances on record
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  Speaker 1: where collies have gone back to the wild and mated
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  Speaker 1: and run with the gray pack. Put a collie pop
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  Speaker 1: into a wolf den with a litter of wolf whelps,
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  Speaker 1: and the old wolf will suckle him as her own.
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  Speaker 1: He will be brought up as a young wolf, will
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  Speaker 1: learn to hunt in the pack and to stalk his
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  Speaker 1: game like a veritable wolf. Of course, he will not
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  Speaker 1: be as fierce as his wolf brother, and he will
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  Speaker 1: still retain certain dog characteristics, but he will pass for
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  Speaker 1: a wolf in most particulars, while in two or three
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  Speaker 1: generations he will be a veritable wolf. When we consider
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  Speaker 1: all the varieties of dogs, ranging from the Great Dane
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  Speaker 1: of nearly two hundred pounds weight to the smallest toy
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  Speaker 1: dog coming from Japan, this statement that all dogs are
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  Speaker 1: descended from wolves seems almost incredible. But all this change
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  Speaker 1: has been wrought by man himself. Breeding and selection for
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  Speaker 1: certain qualities have been the method by means of which
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  Speaker 1: he has attained such varied results. Climate and the use
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  Speaker 1: to which the dog has been put has also played
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  Speaker 1: its part. Nature always adapts her creatures to their sins surroundings,
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  Speaker 1: and the dog is no exception to this rule. He
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  Speaker 1: has been molded like all of nature's other creatures. Where
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  Speaker 1: he needed long hair to shield him from the cold,
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  Speaker 1: he has been given a long, thick cop and where
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  Speaker 1: he could not bear a coat because of the heat,
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  Speaker 1: it has been left off. Certain types of dogs there
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  Speaker 1: are that have become famous all over the world, some
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  Speaker 1: for their beauty and others for their usefulness, but usually
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  Speaker 1: for both qualities. Every child is familiar with the Saint
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  Speaker 1: Bernard dogs and their work in the Alpine passes, saving
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  Speaker 1: lost travelers in the terrible storms of those great heights.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps the most famous of all those great dogs was Barry,
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  Speaker 1: whose record as a life saver covered a long period
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  Speaker 1: of years, and who is credited with saving forty lives.
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  Speaker 1: This is a record that any man might well be
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  Speaker 1: proud of, and one that few men have attained. Equally famous,
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  Speaker 1: and perhaps even more useful as a helper of man
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  Speaker 1: are the Scotch collies and the sheep and cattle dogs
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  Speaker 1: of England and Scotland. In countries where wolves are numerous,
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  Speaker 1: these fine dogs are indispensable, and in some sections it
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  Speaker 1: would be impossible to guard the flock without them. The
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  Speaker 1: training of a fine sheep dog has become a science
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  Speaker 1: and something that the shepherds take a great deal of
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  Speaker 1: pride in in order to encourage the breeding of finely
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  Speaker 1: trained dogs. Each year in many parts of England and Scotland,
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  Speaker 1: contests of sheep herding dogs are held. Then great crowds
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  Speaker 1: of people from far and near gather, and all the
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  Speaker 1: fine sheep dogs are brought hither and put through their paces. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: when all have contested, the judges award the cup or
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  Speaker 1: of the trophy to the shepherd whose dog has made
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  Speaker 1: the best showing. Such an event is finely described in
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  Speaker 1: that famous dog story Bob Son of Battle. The wolfhounds
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  Speaker 1: of Russia, which are taught to run in packs and
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  Speaker 1: pull down their wild kindred and hold them until the
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  Speaker 1: men come up, are equally famous, if not so useful,
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  Speaker 1: but wolves in Russia are considered vermin, so these dogs
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  Speaker 1: do a good work in helping to exterminate the pest.
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  Speaker 1: The Czar of all the Rushes was himself interested in
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  Speaker 1: wolf coursing and is reported to have owned the finest
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  Speaker 1: pack of wolf dogs in the world. The Alaskan dog
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  Speaker 1: teams are famous throughout the world, not only for the
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  Speaker 1: very material service that they render man in traveling over
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  Speaker 1: the frozen lands where not even a borough could travel,
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  Speaker 1: but also because of the famous races that are held
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  Speaker 1: each year in Alaska. Then the fastest teams in the
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  Speaker 1: North are brought together, a course of perhaps four hundred
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  Speaker 1: miles is selected, and at a crack of the pistol,
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  Speaker 1: the teams are off to run the course in competition
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  Speaker 1: for a sweep stake of ten thousand dollars. Two men
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  Speaker 1: constitute the drivers. One rides for a ways upon the
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  Speaker 1: back of the sled, guiding it by what is called
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  Speaker 1: g pole, while the other runs behind. When the man
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  Speaker 1: who is running is tired, he takes his turn upon
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  Speaker 1: the sled while the other man runs by alternating. In
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  Speaker 1: this way, and only one riding at a time, fifty
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  Speaker 1: and sixty miles can be covered in a single day,
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  Speaker 1: and in their races even more. These husky dogs, with
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  Speaker 1: their thick coats and tough constitutions, are wonderfully adapted to
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  Speaker 1: such strenuous work. They are fed but once a day,
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  Speaker 1: and then only a pound of dry fish. After they
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  Speaker 1: have eaten this slight meal, they will bury themselves in
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  Speaker 1: the snow, putting their noses and their paws into their
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  Speaker 1: shaggy tails for warmth, and sleep soundly with a thermometer
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  Speaker 1: at fifty and sixty below zero. Their masters, in the
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  Speaker 1: meantime are sleeping in their rabbit skin sleeping bags, which
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  Speaker 1: weigh from six to twelve pounds. Hard as the work is, yet,
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  Speaker 1: these faithful sled dogs are eager for each day's work,
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  Speaker 1: and are nearly heartbroken if they are unable to take
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  Speaker 1: their places in the traces. The teams driven by white
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  Speaker 1: men are driven tandem, while Indian teams are fan shaped,
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  Speaker 1: each dog being hitched to the sled by a separate
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  Speaker 1: thong of hunting dogs. There are many varieties which are
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  Speaker 1: always of the utmost importance to frontier peoples, where they
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  Speaker 1: guard the flocks and the premisses from all kinds of
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  Speaker 1: four footed marauders. Upon the frontier. These dogs also assist
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  Speaker 1: in the chase and thus furnish meat for the table
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  Speaker 1: and help rid the country of vermin, such beasts as
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  Speaker 1: the wolf, which have to go before civilization is secure.
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  Speaker 1: These hunting dogs also serve a less important use among
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  Speaker 1: the leisure class. Field trials of pointers and setters have
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  Speaker 1: become important events in the annals of dogs, while the
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  Speaker 1: running of greyhounds and wolfhounds is a national sport in
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  Speaker 1: some countries. But what shall we say of the house dog,
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  Speaker 1: who is one of the family, The sharer of all
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  Speaker 1: our joys and sorrows, the one from whom we have
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  Speaker 1: no secrets. The social intimate, whose tale is a perfect
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  Speaker 1: barometer of sunshine and storm in the family. The custodian
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  Speaker 1: of the premisses, who always sleeps with one eye open
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  Speaker 1: and one ear cock for the sound of powers. The
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  Speaker 1: friend of the children, who follows them about like a shadow,
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  Speaker 1: watchful lest any danger threaten them, often sharing in their
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  Speaker 1: wrongs with all the zest of a boy. This dumb
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  Speaker 1: creature worships you. To him, you are a sort of God,
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  Speaker 1: often a rather sorry god, hardly worthy of his worship,
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  Speaker 1: yet a god to him, one whom he can look
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  Speaker 1: up to, can serve and love. How empty the doormat
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  Speaker 1: would be without him, how silent the premisses without his
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  Speaker 1: occasional cheerful bark do cares oppress you and is the
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  Speaker 1: burden of life heavy? Are you cast down and unable
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  Speaker 1: to see a sunbeam through the shadows? Look over in
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  Speaker 1: the corner. Your own angcious mood is reflected upon the
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  Speaker 1: face of your dog. He is the very picture of misery, uneasy,
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  Speaker 1: and longing to comfort you. Presently he will come over
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  Speaker 1: to you, unable to stand it any longer, and put
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  Speaker 1: his nose into your hand, or fall to licking it frantically.
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  Speaker 1: He is not forward or aggressive, but full of humility
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  Speaker 1: and abasement. He knows he is only a dog, while
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  Speaker 1: you are a dog's god. But he wants to comfort you,
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  Speaker 1: to take your load upon his own shoulders and help
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  Speaker 1: you bear it. Soon his paws are planted upon your knees,
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  Speaker 1: and he looks up into your face beseechingly. He wags
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  Speaker 1: his tail and tries to smile, suggesting that you laugh
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  Speaker 1: it off. Then he jumps down and runs about the
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  Speaker 1: room to attract your attention by his fronty pranks, Or
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  Speaker 1: perhaps he even barks once in a deprecating way, but
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  Speaker 1: he is soon back again licking your face. If you
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  Speaker 1: are perfectly impassive and silent, he becomes almost frantic and
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  Speaker 1: will run about the room whining, often returning to look
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  Speaker 1: up into your face as though to pry out the trouble.
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  Speaker 1: Then he is down again, his tail droots, and his
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  Speaker 1: face is a picture of despair. Now he is whining
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  Speaker 1: softly to himself. If you do not speak to him
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  Speaker 1: soon and reassure him that the trouble is not past mending,
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  Speaker 1: he will lift up his voice and howl, just as
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  Speaker 1: his ancestors, the wolves howled ages ago upon the desolate plains.
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  Speaker 1: The great Ibsen in The Pretenders epitomizes this fidelity of
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  Speaker 1: the dog when he causes King's School to say, I
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  Speaker 1: must have some one by me who sinks his own
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  Speaker 1: will utterly in mine, who believes in me unflinchingly, who
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  Speaker 1: will cling close to me in good hap and ill,
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  Speaker 1: who lives only to shed warmth and light over my life,
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  Speaker 1: and must die if I fall. And yetgear replies, by
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  Speaker 1: yourself a dog. Many other great men have understood and
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  Speaker 1: appreciated this faithful creature. Pope said histories are more full
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  Speaker 1: of the examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
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  Speaker 1: Josh Billings exclaims, in his humorous way, a dog is
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  Speaker 1: the only thing on earth that loves you more than
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  Speaker 1: he loves himself. Tennyson, in a simple but truthful couplet, sings,
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  Speaker 1: faithful and true will be found upon four short legs,
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  Speaker 1: ten times for one upon two. It was Eugene Field
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  Speaker 1: who said that a little rough dog can awaken a
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  Speaker 1: joy that enters eternity. The small boy who ties a
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  Speaker 1: can to the dog's tail and then laughs as the
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  Speaker 1: frantic creature runs yelping down the street, or perhaps shies
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  Speaker 1: a stone at him, knows not that this same despised
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  Speaker 1: canine may drag him from a watery grave or from
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  Speaker 1: a burning building on the morrow. One hundred to one.
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  Speaker 1: The dog would remember neither the ten cares or the
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  Speaker 1: stone if he saw the boy in peril. Forgiveness is
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  Speaker 1: the dog's long suit. If to err is human and
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  Speaker 1: to forgive is divine, then the dog must have a
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  Speaker 1: spark of that great love in his brute heart that
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  Speaker 1: knows how to forgive, even more culpable than the boy,
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  Speaker 1: with his thoughtless cruelty is the man, with his deliberate cruelty,
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  Speaker 1: the brute who makes this faithful creature the butt for
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  Speaker 1: his ill will. There is a deal of truth in
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  Speaker 1: the statement of Rowland Hill, that every man's dog or
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  Speaker 1: his horse knows whether he be a Christian or not.
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  Speaker 1: Where in the annals of mere humans is there a
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  Speaker 1: story as touching in its absolute fidelity as that of
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  Speaker 1: Greyfriar's Bobby. Lest this wonderful true story may not be
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  Speaker 1: familiar to you, I give it here very briefly, the
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  Speaker 1: account being taken from our four footed friends. During the fifties,
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  Speaker 1: there lived in Midlothian a farmer named Gray. This man,
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  Speaker 1: like others of his calling, was generally to be found
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  Speaker 1: in Edinburgh every Wednesday, attending the market, accompanied always by
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  Speaker 1: his shaggy terrier, Bobby. It was Grave's custom, as the
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  Speaker 1: time gun announced the hour of one from the Castle Heights,
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  Speaker 1: to repair to a small restaurant in the neighborhood of
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  Speaker 1: Greyfriars Churchyard, known by the name of Trail's Dining Rooms.
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  Speaker 1: Here Bobby and his master had their midday meal, which,
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  Speaker 1: in the case of the doggie, consist regularly of a
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  Speaker 1: bun in eighteen fifty eight, Gray died and was laid
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  Speaker 1: to rest near the historic church of Greyfriars, aptly named
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  Speaker 1: by Sir Walter Scott, the Westminster of Scotland. On the
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  Speaker 1: third day following the funeral, and just as the echoes
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  Speaker 1: of the time gun were dying away, the occupants of
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  Speaker 1: Trail's rooms were surprised to see a dog, the picture
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  Speaker 1: of woe and hunger, enter the doorway and approach the proprietor,
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  Speaker 1: upon whom he gazed with a mo most beseeching expression.
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  Speaker 1: Trail immediately recognized in this visitor the once happy and
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  Speaker 1: well cared for Bobby, stirred with compassion. He gave a
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  Speaker 1: bun to the silent pleader, who, then, without waiting to
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  Speaker 1: eat it, ran out of the shop, carrying his newly
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  Speaker 1: found meal in his mouth. Next day, at the same hour,
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  Speaker 1: Bobby again appeared, and repetition of events followed. But on
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  Speaker 1: the third day, Trail, whose curiosity and interest were now
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  Speaker 1: thoroughly aroused, determined to follow the dog and thus discover
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  Speaker 1: his destination. This was soon reached for Bobby bun in
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  Speaker 1: mouth made straight for Greyfriars Churchyard, where, approaching the grave
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  Speaker 1: of his master, he lay down and began to eat
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  Speaker 1: his scanty meal. It was now evident that the chief,
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  Speaker 1: if not the only, mourner of the kind hearted Farmer,
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  Speaker 1: had been his four footed friend Bobby, who, after following
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  Speaker 1: his late master's funeral procession, had then refused to leave
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  Speaker 1: them a humble mound which marked his grave, until forced
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  Speaker 1: to do so by the pangs of hunger. Bobby's plight
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  Speaker 1: and the locality of his new domicile. Having come to
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  Speaker 1: the knowledge of the occupants of his former home, he
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  Speaker 1: was brought back, it is said three times. However, all
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  Speaker 1: efforts to make him relinquish his chosen post proved unavailing,
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  Speaker 1: and each attempt was followed by his speedy return to
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  Speaker 1: the same spot in Greyfriars. Here, Bobby continued to spend
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  Speaker 1: both days and nights, taking refuge only in rough weather
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  Speaker 1: under a tombstone, hard by and stoutly, resisting all friendly
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  Speaker 1: advances made by the compassionate strangers desirous of providing a
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  Speaker 1: home for him. In course of time, a shelter was
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  Speaker 1: erected for his protection near his master's grave. He continued
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  Speaker 1: his daily visits to the restaurant, arriving punctually at the
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  Speaker 1: same hour, and never failing to receive his bun from
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  Speaker 1: the kind hearted proprietor. This went on for nine years, when,
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  Speaker 1: owing to a more rigorous enforcement of the seven shillings
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  Speaker 1: yearly dog license, Bobby was arrested as a vagrant and
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  Speaker 1: appeared in court, accompanied by his humane sympathizer and defender,
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  Speaker 1: the restaurant keeper, who was accused of harboring the dog.
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  Speaker 1: They were tried before three magistrates, who, after hearing the story,
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  Speaker 1: tempered the law with mercy and forgave him for not
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  Speaker 1: paying his rates, thus saving Bobby from an untimely end.
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  Speaker 1: This remarkable dog, who by an irony of fate had
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  Speaker 1: great length of days granted to him, lived until eighteen
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  Speaker 1: seventy two, and then, like his master, was buried in
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  Speaker 1: Greyfriar's churchyard, where his grave, now marked by a rose bush,
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  Speaker 1: is often pointed out to visitors. A short time before
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  Speaker 1: Bobby's death, the Baroness Berdet Coots visited Gray Friars and
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  Speaker 1: the sight of the Highland mourner so interesting her that
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  Speaker 1: when his demise occurred, she obtained permission to erect at
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  Speaker 1: the street corner near the churchyard gate a granite fountain
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  Speaker 1: with an effigy of the inconsolable dog sitting on guard.
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  Speaker 1: How can I better close this unworthy monograph upon man's
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  Speaker 1: faithful friend than by quoting Senator Vest's immortal tribute to
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  Speaker 1: the Dog, delivered before a Missouri jury. He certainly epitomizes
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  Speaker 1: the subject as no one else has, gentlemen of the jury,
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  Speaker 1: The best friend a man has in this world may
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  Speaker 1: turn against him and become his enemy. His son and
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  Speaker 1: daughter that he has reared with loving care may become ungrateful.
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  Speaker 1: Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom
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  Speaker 1: we trust with our happiness and our good name, may
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  Speaker 1: become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has,
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  Speaker 1: he may lose. It flies away from him when he
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  Speaker 1: may need it. Most man's reputation may be sacrificed in
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  Speaker 1: a moment of ill considered action. The people who are
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  Speaker 1: prone to fall on their knees and do us honor
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  Speaker 1: when success is with us may be the first to
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  Speaker 1: throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud
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  Speaker 1: over our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend a man
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  Speaker 1: may have in this selfish world, the one that never
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  Speaker 1: deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous
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  Speaker 1: is the dog gentlemen of the jury. A man's dog
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  Speaker 1: stands by him in prosperity, in poverty, in health, and
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  Speaker 1: in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when
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  Speaker 1: the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if
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  Speaker 1: only he may be near his master's side. He will
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  Speaker 1: kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He
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  Speaker 1: will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter
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  Speaker 1: with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep
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  Speaker 1: of his pauper master as if he were a prince.
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  Speaker 1: When all other friends desert, he remains when riches take
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  Speaker 1: wings and reputation falls to pieces. He is as constant
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  Speaker 1: in his love as the sun in its journey through
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  Speaker 1: the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast
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  Speaker 1: into the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks
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  Speaker 1: no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard
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  Speaker 1: him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when
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  Speaker 1: the last scene of all comes and death takes his
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  Speaker 1: master in its embrace, and his body is laid away
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  Speaker 1: in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends
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  Speaker 1: pursue their way, there by his graveside, will the noble
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  Speaker 1: dog be found his head between his paws and his
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  Speaker 1: eyes sad but open in alert, watchfulness, faithful and true
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  Speaker 1: even to death. End of introduction chapters one and two
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  Speaker 1: of Pep The Story of a Brave Dog by Clarence Hawkes.
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  Speaker 1: This liverbox recording is in the public domain. Chapter one.
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  Speaker 1: A blue ribbon dog Pep sat up very straight at
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: his end of the car seat and looked hard out
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: of the window. This was his usual amusement when he
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: and his master were traveling, but he did not travel often,
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: as his master was a very busy man, so he
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: appreciated every trip that they made. His full name was Pepsen.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: His master was a doctor, so that accounted for the name.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: With the boys, however, who all loved him, the name
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: stood for Pep or Grit. Pep was an English bull terrier,
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  Speaker 1: sleek and clean cut. His white coat shone like satin,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: and it was as soft as velvet. Well it might
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: have shown, for the doctor's man had been washing and
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: brushing the dog for weeks. Pep knew that the tree
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: was momentous, but just where they were going or what
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: was up he could not have told his master was
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: usually calm and collected, but this morning he was excited.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: The dog could feel it plainly. In fact, he felt
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: all the changes of temperament in his beloved master. If
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: he was sad or glad, the dog changed his own
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: feelings to keep pace with his God. Pep was not
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: as democratic as most terriers. He was quite particular about
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: his friendships. There was but one person in the whole
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: world whom he devotedly loved, and that was the doctor.
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  Speaker 1: You could see this by the way he looked sideways
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: at his master when he tired of the landscape. Also
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: by the manner in which he met the advances of
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: strangers on the train. Their destination was the New York
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: bench Show, where Pep was to be entered. This was
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: the momentous errand on which they were bent. Pep was
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the usual type of bulleting about sixteen inches at the
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: shoulders and weighing nearly forty pounds. His ears were cocked
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: and pointed. Their backs had been shaved that very morning,
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  Speaker 1: and the pink blood coursed through them freely. The doctor
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: was reading a newspaper, and occasionally the dog would give
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: it a poke with his nose to intimate that the
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: man ought to stop and talk to him. The doctor
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: and his wife had no children, and they always referred
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: to Pep. As the boy arrived at the New York
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: Central Pep and his master took a taxi for Madison Square.
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: Once they were fairly within this great arena, Pep thought
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: it the most exciting place he had ever even dreamed of.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: Such a host of dogs he had not thought the
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: world contained. There were large dogs and small dogs, short
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: haired dogs and long haired dogs, excited dogs and complaisant dogs,
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: but most all were excited. A dog had to have
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: a pretty good opinion of himself to keep his head
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: in such a place as this. Such a chorus of
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: yelping and barking, growling, and whining greeted them as they
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: walked down the main street that Pep did not know
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: whether to be joyous or angry. For the life of him,
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: he could not tell whether it was only just play
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: or the preliminary to a great fight. If the men
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: did really loose all these dogs and they should fly
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: at one another's throats, he made up his mind that
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: he would get a good hold on the throat of
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: a bulldog who had growled at him as he passed
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: and not let go until the crossfellow had apologized. Presently,
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: they stopped before a man in a small booth who
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: asked a lot of tiresome questions about Pep. He wanted
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: his age, weight, breeding, and many more facts, which the
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: master patiently gave him. Finally, Pep was given a number
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: two hundred and twenty three, and they passed along, asked
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  Speaker 1: by Saint Bernard Street, Newfoundland Street, Cowley Street, and finally
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: down to the smaller dogs, until they came to the terriers,
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  Speaker 1: where they located permanently in bull Terrier Street. There were
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: about forty dogs here, tied in a double row with
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: a broad walk between the rows. Here the master tied
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  Speaker 1: Pep in his own stall and told him to be
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: a good dog and went to look for some friends.
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  Speaker 1: For the first five minutes, the dogs in bull Terrier
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: Street were very disrespectful to Pep and called him all
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: the bad names in the dog dictionary, But seeing how
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: good natured he was, they soon ceased their jollying and
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: asked him where he came from, what his master's name was,
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: and what his name was. Presently, he was on speaking
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: terms with the dogs on either side of him. It
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: is a very fast class, pep old boy, said a
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: sleek terrier across the street. If the judge so much
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: as looks at you, you will be lucky. My master says,
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  Speaker 1: I am a sure winner, but I'm not saying anything
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: about it. You've told each newcomer for the past two hours,
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: growled a savage looking bull terrier next to him. If
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: I could only slip my collar, I would fix you
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: so that the judge would kick you out of the ring.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: You have got too many airs, my fine fellow. At
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: this harsh threat, the dandy slunk back in his corner
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: and finally lay down and pretended he was asleep. But
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Pep knew he was just shamming. It seemed an eternity
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: before his master reappeared, but he was not really gone
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: more than an hour. When he came back, he had
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: another doctor with him, whom Pep knew well. He was
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: the master of Pep's friend Larry, a clever Irish terrier
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: who had also come to the show. Presently, there was
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: a great commotion in bull terrier street. Men came from
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  Speaker 1: every direction and unchained their dogs. Some put them on
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: fancy show leashes, and they were led away to the
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: show ring. Here there was another inquisitive man who entered
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: their names and numbers. Finally, the ring was nearly full
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: of bull terriers, all excited and straining at their leashes.
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: Each master was trying to make his dog hold up
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  Speaker 1: his head and look his prettiest. Pep's master had been
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: giving him lessons to stand for inspection on the leash,
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: so he stood like a drum major, with head up
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: and his tail carried properly. The judge spotted him almost
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: as soon as he came into the ring. He stopped
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: short in his tracks at the side of Pep and
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: stood very still. The other dogs were straining at their leashes,
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: but the judge did not see them. His eyes were
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: all for Pep. Finally, he lifted his eyes to the
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: doctor's face and winked at him. Knowingly. The dog looked
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: down quickly, but he gave Pep a confidential shove with
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: his leg. Pep did not just understand this, but thought
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: it a good omen. After that, the judge did not
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: even glance at him, but went methodically about his work.
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: One by one, the dogs were led from the ring.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Each one took his cue from the dejected manner of
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: his master, so all went with tails drooping. Finally there
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: were only two left besides Pep. Then the judge stood
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: these two dogs upon a little platform at the center
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: of the ring and examined them carefully. Occasionally he would
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: stop and glance across at Pep. Pep saw that his
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: master was watching the judge intently, so he did the same.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: When the judge looked his way, he wagged his tail,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: for he felt sure that this was a man to
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: be cultivated. Finally, the judge got up with a deep sigh,
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: pat them both away. He said shortly, they are good dogs,
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: but they are not in the class of this one.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: And he came over and stroked Pep's head. Here's his
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: blue ribbon. Take him up to the free for all.
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  Speaker 1: It may not do any good, but I want to
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: see him lined up against the old champion, Lord Lonsdale.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: Somehow I can't keep my eyes off him, but I
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: presume he will look small enough beside the champion. The
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: doctor stooped down and hugged Pep, and he was very happy.
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: He felt sure that the man had liked him, and
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: that pleased his master. He loved to please his master
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: above all else, so they went back to bull terrier street,
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: Pep with his blue ribbon and his master looking very happy.
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: There they received the congratulations of the surly dog, who
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: had threatened to chew the Dandie's throat if he could
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: get at him, while the Dandies sulked in his corner.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: I liked you the first minute I saw you, said
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: the surly terrier, mellowing up and fairly smiling. You don't
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: put on airs. I can't stand airs in a dog,
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  Speaker 1: that is, unless he is a champion. Wait till he
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: goes up to meet the champion, whimpered the dandy bail'll
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: come back with his tail between his legs, or I
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: am a liar. You are a liar, all right, growled
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Pep's new friend. But he won't come back with his
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: tail between his legs. If he's licked, he'll take it
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  Speaker 1: like a thoroughbred. If the other dog's better than you,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: are admitted, and don't sulk as you are doing here.
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: The conversation was interrupted by a call for the winners
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: in each class to go up to the ring for
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: the finals. So Pep went with his master and both
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: were much excited. The judge did not so much as
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: look at him when he entered the ring, and poor
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: Pep thought it was all up. He felt sorry for
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: his master, who he at once saw felt the slight.
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  Speaker 1: Keep your head up, old Chap, whispered the master, and
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: Pep looked as haughty as he could, copying the manner
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: of the old Champion, who stood at the center of
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: the platform, his eyes half shut, gazing off into space,
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: just as though the whole show bored him to death,
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: and he would be glad when it was over. One
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: by one, the winners were placed on the platform by
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: the champion, but it needed only a glance at most
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: of them, and the judge said take him away. Then
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: master and dog would slink out of the ring. The
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: last dog who went on before Pep, lasted much longer
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: than his predecessors had. The judge looked him over for
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: several minutes and even held his head beside the champions
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: before pronouncing his doom. Then he turned about quickly. Where's
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: the doctor's dog, he said, He is the only dog
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: in the show that can give the old Champion anything
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: like a go. Bring him on. Pep mounted to the platform,
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: much excited, although he tried hard not to show it.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: The champion looked at him sleepily. Out of the corner
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: of his eye. Pep thought his manner, said so here's
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: another Well, they will soon take him away. The judge
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: stepped back several feet and looked at them very hard,
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: without saying a word. Then he scratched his head and said, well,
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: I'll be darned. I never expected to be up against
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: it like this. Then he went up and began feeling
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: the two dogs over very carefully. He passed his hand
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: along their backs and legs. He let their ears slip
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: gently through his fingers. He lifted up their paws, then
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: put them down. Pep watched him from the corner of
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: one eye. He could see that the judge was more
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: and more worried. Then he stood off and looked at
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: them again. He scratched his head and pulled his mustache,
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: then came back and went all over the handling process
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: once more. Finally, he held a muzzle in either palm
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: and laid their heads side by. His hand trembled, and
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: Pep felt that he was much excited. At last, he
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: stood up and heaved a deep sigh. I am very sorry,
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: he said, and stooped down and stroked the old champion's head.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: For Pep's heart stood still. He felt as though the
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: judge had struck him. He wanted to yelp with pain.
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: He knew it would disappoint his master, so but the
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: judge's next words fairly stunned him. Take away the old champion,
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: he said, he is outclassed this, and he laid his
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: hand caressingly on Pep's head. Is the better dog? I
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: never dreamed that I would live to see Lord Lansdale
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: d throned. Then a great shouting went up around the ring.
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Hurrah for Pepsin. Congratulations. Doctor. Let me stroke him, Let
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: me get inside and feel him over. Bring him out, doctor.
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: We want to take some photos of him for the press.
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: Pepsen was so astonished at all this fuss that at
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: first he thought he had done something bad and was
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: to be punished. But when his master caught him up
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: in his arms and hugged him joyously, his happiness was complete.
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: From that time on, as long as they stayed at
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: the show. He was a much petted and flattered dog.
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: If he had been a silly vein dog, it would
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: have turned his head. But he was a sensible fellow
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: and he took it as a matter of course. The
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: following day, when Pep and the Doctor were having a
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: fine time walking about the Great Hall along the main
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: street looking at the dogs, a boy in uniform with
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: a blue cap came over to his master and gave
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: him an envelope. Pep sat on his haunches and watched
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: the doctor very closely while he looked at the piece
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: of paper. Somehow he did not like these messengers with
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: their pieces of paper. They always upset things. This one
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: seemed to be even more disturbed than usual, for the
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: doctor put the telegram hurriedly into his pocket and they
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: started out of the building, not stopping to speak to anyone.
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: It's my call, Pep, he said, as they took a
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: taxi for the Grand Central. I'm off for the war
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: Old chap end of Chapter one, Chapter two, The Runaway.
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: Pep's master was very quiet all the way home, and
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: the wise dog knew intuitively that he was disturbed about something.
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: He tried several times by rubbing against him to get
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: him to notice his blue ribbon dog, but after several
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: futile attempts, he settled down at his end of the
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: seat and went to sleep with his muzzle on his
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: master's knee. He had often seen the doctor like this
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: when the studying on some perplexing case, so he wisely
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: left him to his thoughts. Occasionally he would wake up
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: and look at him out of the corner of one eye,
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: when he would find him studying the disturbing letter that
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: the messenger boy had geve eve. It was not until
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: they were almost home that the doctor aroused himself and
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: took the dog into his confidence. Peppo Boy, he said,
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: stroking his sleek sides, rubbing his nose, and pulling his
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: ears gently in a way he loved. We have got
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: a hard task ahead of us. I don't know what
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: the mistress will say. We have expected it for weeks,
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: but it will be a shock just the same. The
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: motor was waiting for them at the station, as the
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: doctor had telegraphed ahead, and they were soon whizzing through
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: the darkness towards Pop's kennel, which he considered the best
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: spot on earth. How did the mistress take it, Thompson
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: asked the physician as they bowled along. I did not
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: say what was up, but I imagined as she would guess.
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: You know, I had intended to stay the rest of
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: the week. She knew right off. She is bearing up well, sir,
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: but it is a great blow to us all. She's
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: a brave little woman, doctor, and won't show the white
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: feather the little woman referred to met them at the door.
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: She had a warm embraced the doctor and a pat
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: on the head for Pep, but she did not even
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: notice the blue ribbon, which showed how disturbed they were.
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: It's come at last, Betty, said the doctor briefly. As
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: he removed his overcoat. He handed her the hateful telegram
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: and stood watching as she read it. Pep watched both
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: his mistress and master narrowly, and his dog heart was troubled,
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: for he noticed that his mistress shivered as she took
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: the telegram. The little cry that escaped her as she
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: read it made him whimper and go to her, Standing
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: on his hind legs and putting his paws on her knees.
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: She reached down and stroked his glossy head, and a
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: tear fell on his upturned muzzle. I wouldn't have you
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: miss it for the world, John, she finally managed to say.
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: It's a man's part, and you are every inch a man.
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: But it has come so Suddenly you are a brave woman, Betty,
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: the doctor returned chokingly. I thank you for making it
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: so easy for me. It is just as hard for
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: me to go as it is for you to have me.
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: There is little danger to a surgeon. I will come back,
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: all right. Look at Pep, Patty. He wants you to
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: see his blue ribbon. He is a blue ribbon dog.
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: Now he'll take care of you while I am gone,
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: won't you? Old sport. The mistress admired the trophy as
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: much as Pep could have wished, but somehow it did
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: not satisfy him. He knew instinctively the house was filled
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: with tragedy, and what was a blue ribbon more or
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: less when such things were happening. For the next two hours,
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: everyone hurried frantically to and fro such confusion Pep had
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: never seen in the well ordered house. The mistress would
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: suffer no hands but her own to finally pack the
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: doctor's suit case. Others might hand things to her, but
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: her hands must stuck them away for him. Pep followed
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: disconsolately from room to room, keeping out of the way
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: as well as he could. He finally took up his
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: position by the front door and waited. This was the
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: door through which his master always left when he went
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: on important missions. He determined not to be left behind.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: If it made his mistress feel so badly to have
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: master go away, he would go with him. Then she
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: would know he would be safe. Of course, all this
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: packing meant his master was going away. He had seen
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: it many times before. But why they hurried so and
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: why everyone's heart ached, he could not imagine. At last
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: everything was ready, and Thompson and the motor were at
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: the door. The doctor came into the office. Pep saw
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: that his face was very white. The mistress came in
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: also and stood close to him. Her face also was white,
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  Speaker 1: and she was trembling. Neither spoke for several seconds. Then
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: the doctor took her in his arms and held her
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: tight for at least a minute. Then, still without speaking,
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: he set her gently down in the large easy chair,
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: and with a sudden motion, slipped out of the front
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: door with his suit case. He went so suddenly that
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: the cry of the mistress and the bang of the
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: door sounded almost together. The closing door missed Pep's muzzle
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: by barely an inch. He leaped at it and whined
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: frantically and whimpered as the motor rolled away. Then, like
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: the faithful companion and sympathetic friend that he was, leaped
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: into his mistress's lap to kiss away her tears and
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: comfort her. She hugged him to her heart and poured
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: out her grief in his sympathetic ears. Of course, he
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: did not know just what made her feel so badly,
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: but he snuffled in unison with her and told her
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: as plainly as a dog could, that he felt just
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: as badly as she did, and that they were fellow sufferers. Finally,
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: the mistress dried her eyes and went to straighten out
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: the house. Pep lay down upon his favorite rug to think.
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: He did not intend to submit tamely to being left
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: behind in this unceremonious manner. He thought to such good
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: advantage that when Thompson came back with the motor, he
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: had fully made up his mind. When the chauffeur at
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: last came in after putting up the car, Pep was
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: waiting for him at the front door. He had his
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: muscle close to the crack so as to be ready.
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: Thompson had barely opened the door and squeezed partly through,
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: for he had been warned to look out for Pep
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: when the terriers shot between his legs, and with a
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: scurry of feet along the walk, he was gone into
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: the darkness. A second later he was out on the street,
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: running frantically for the depot. Thompson and the mistress whistled
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: and shouted, but he paid no attention to them, and
• 41:31
  Speaker 1: they saw him disappear twenty rods away around a corner,
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: running like the wind. He's gone after the doctor. The
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: little cuss has gone to war, cried Thompson. What shall
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: we do? The doctor told me half a dozen times
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: to night to keep an eye on him, take the
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: motor and follow to the station. He can't go further
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: than that, So for the second time that night, the
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: doctor's machine whizzed away to the depot. Thompson had to
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: put some gasoline in the car before he could follow,
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: so Pep reached the depot five minutes ahead of the machine.
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: Instead of finding the train puffing away on the tracks
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: as he had expected, the rails were clear. His master
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: had gone. He was too late. He sniffed frantically up
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: and down the platform to find the scent, but there
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: was none that he could recognize. Then he remembered the track,
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: the two shining sticks that the train always ran upon.
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: He knew which way his master had gone, the one
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: way to New York. He looked up at the station
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: platform and away into the darkness. Then Thompson and the
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: motor whizzed up. That decided him. He turned his nose
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: towards New York and galloped frantically down the track. Meanwhile,
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: the Doctor sat in the smoking car, chewing savagely on
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: the end of his cigar and looking gloomily out of
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: the window. His home and his wife had hitherto been
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: all and all to him. Now his country had called him.
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: He found, to his surprise that there had been all
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: the time a deep sense of love of country lying
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: dormant in his nature. A newsboy on the train was
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: selling small silk flags. The Doctor purchased one and placed
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: it in his button hole. His fingers now fondled lovingly
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: as he mused. All that he loved here in the
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: homeland was dropping further and further behind. This new strange
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: passion for country was taking him far from home, wife
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: and friends, to what hardships and struggles he knew not.
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: It did not matter, though, as long as he came
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: through safe and sound. At this point in his reflection,
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: a shiver ran through the train. At first it was
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: only a tremor, but immediately it grew into a crashing, grating,
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: grinding sound. The train buckled in the middle, raising three
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: cars fairly from the track. Others swayed this way, and
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: that There was the sound of breaking car floors, of
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: shattered glass and grinding car frames, together with the more
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: frightful sound of the ripping of rails and the breaking
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: of ties. But shot through all these mighty sounds of destruction,
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: there was the frantic screams of women, and the hoarse
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: cries of men who fought and struggled as they felt
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: themselves hurled to doom. It was only a broken axle
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: that had caused all this destruction of life and property,
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: so the superintendent's report said. A few days later, the
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: car in which the doctor was writing fared better than
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: many of the others, and merely toppled on its side
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: after being butted off the track. The physician was thrown
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: across the aisle, but not injured. Almost before the rest
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: of the passengers knew what had happened, he was on
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: his feet and breaking his way out through a window.
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: Five minutes later he was going from point to point,
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: attending the injured, organizing relief, and giving what aid he
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: could with the limited means at hand. Meanwhile, Pep was
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: galloping frantically after the express train. He had not dreamed
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: such a long way to New York. It had always
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: seemed like a very short ride to him, while sitting
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: on a car seat looking out of the window. Surely
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: the great snorting thing which drew the train had long
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: legs and ran very fast. For an hour, the terrier
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: galloped at his best pace, but the straight and level
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: way stretched on just as straight and unending as it
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: had been when he started. By this time, he was
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: getting tired, so he slowed down and began to wonder
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: if he should ever reach the great city where he
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: had been so recently to the dog show. Perhaps he
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: had not done right to come. He knew well that
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: Thompson and his mistress had called him, He had heard
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: them plainly. Perhaps his master would not even be glad
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: to see him. Maybe he would rather he had remained
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: at home to guard the place while he was gone.
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: His thoughts were not probably quite as definite as this,
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: but he began to have misgivings about running away. Now
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: a bright light boomed up in the distance. It was
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: the train. No, it could not be. It was coming
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: towards him. On it came like a terrible demon, rushing
• 46:09
  Speaker 1: straight at him. He bolted down the embankment to safety
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: just as the train swept by. It was on one
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: of the other tracks and would not have harmed him,
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: but it was just as well not to take any chances.
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: He had seen a careless dog cut in two once
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: at his home town station. Again, Pep took to the
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: rails and galloped on for another fifteen minutes. Then his
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: patience was rewarded, for he saw a light ahead, not one,
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: but several. There were men running hurriedly about. The train
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: had stopped. It must be the doctor's train, for it
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: was on the right track. He would find his beloved
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: master soon. Almost The first person that Pep saw as
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: he galloped up to the wreck was the doctor. He
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: was kneeling beside a man lying on the ground. The
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: man was groaning, and the physician was doing something for him.
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: Pep was a doctor's dog and quite well versed in
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: the ways of doctors. He had often sat on his
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: favorite rug in the office during a serious consultation. He
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: did not notice that his master was trying to replace
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: a dislocated shoulder, or he never would have jumped and
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: pulled his coat tail as he did to the doctor.
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: At this critical time, all dogs were alike, so without
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: even looking around, he kicked at the intruder who was
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: disturbing his work. The kick, though slight, caught Pep under
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: the jaw and made him yelp, but it hurt his
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: feelings mightily. Here he had nearly run his legs off
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: to catch up with the train, and his master did
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: not even look around when he barked. Also, an unheard
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: of thing had happened. He had kicked him. So he
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: retired to the edge of the circle of light that
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: surrounded the wreck and sat on his haunches, watching the
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: doctor work. Presently, the shoulder snapped back into place, and
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: the surgeon passed on to other unfortunates. Pep followed at
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: a distance, always keeping on the rim of light at
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: the edge of darkness. For half an hour, he dodged about,
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: keeping himself half in the shadow. Watching. Then a wrecking
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: train came up, and a score of doctors and nurses descended.
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: At about the same time, the forward part of the
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: wrecked train, which had not left the rails, was made
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: ready for completing the run to New York. The conductor
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: went up and down, calling for everyone to get aboard
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: with genuine alarm. Pep saw his master climb into the
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: car nearest the engine, but he did not dare to
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: follow him. He was probably very angry and would not
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: like to see him at all. He saw the conductor
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: wave his arm at the engineer, who was leaning out
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: of the cab window. Then the locomotive began to puff
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: and the train to move while two cars went past him.
• 48:53
  Speaker 1: Pep stood uncertain. Then, with a scramble and a glad
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: to bark, he sprang upon the rear platform of the
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: third and last car. He went with such a rush
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: that he nearly slid off on the other side, but
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: he finally gained his footing and crouched down beside the door. Presently,
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: the train got up speed. The car swayed from side
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: to side, and he slipped and slid on the smooth floor.
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: The train also made a great noise, which terrified him.
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: He was lonesome also, as there was no one to
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: notice him out there alone in the dark. There certainly
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: was a difference between traveling and a warm coach with
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: one master and slipping and sliding about on the rear
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: platform stealing a ride like an ordinary tramp. After about
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: half an hour, which seemed much longer to Pep, the
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: train entered the long, dark underground passage which he had
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: always noticed just before they reached the Great City. They
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: were almost there when the train at last stopped. Pep
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: slid down from his platform and ran along towards the engine,
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: but Master was too quick for him. When he reached
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: the car where he had seen him enter, he was
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: walking rapidly down the platform, almost running. In fact, a
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: taxi driver was carrying his master's suitcase, and they seemed
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: much excited. The official at the gate saw they were
• 50:16
  Speaker 1: in a great hurry, so did not detain them, and
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: Pep slipped through between his legs while he was looking
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: at the ticket of a passenger who was just entering.
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: Pep had all he could do to keep his master's
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: legs in sight and not confuse them with some other
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: man's legs. To him, the place was all legs, legs
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: and skirts, hurrying this way and that, electric gongs were ringing,
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: Men and women were calling to one another. The megaphone
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: man was shouting out. The trains and engines were thundering
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: in the train sheds. We've got just forty minutes to
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: make the boat, said Pep's master, as he scrambled into
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: the taxi and the driver hurled the suitcase in after him.
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: Can you make it? The man's reply was lost by
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: the slamming of the door, but he sprang into the
• 51:02
  Speaker 1: driver's seat and the motor started. Pep had not been
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: allowed to follow the doctor's car at home, but this
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: was different. His master had gone off and left him.
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: He had not dared even make himself known for a second.
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: He hesitated, then fell in behind the motor and began
• 51:20
  Speaker 1: a wild race for the wharf. Such a bedlam he
• 51:24
  Speaker 1: had not even dreamed of as that which filled his ears.
• 51:27
  Speaker 1: Once they were fairly out on Broadway, machines whizzed by
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: at every rod. He kept close to the taxi so
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: as not to be run down by some passing machine.
• 51:37
  Speaker 1: Several times the taxi almost stopped, and once the doctor
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: shouted to the driver that they must hurry out, and
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: in they twisted, breaking many traffic rules. But always making
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: sure and steady progress towards the wharf. At last they
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: whizzed down into the great noisy thoroughfare leading to the waterway.
• 51:56
  Speaker 1: Finally the machine stopped, The driver snatched the suit case,
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: and the doctor fairly ran after him. As they hurried
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: towards a strong gate that was constantly opening and closing
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: with a loud bang. Even before they reached it, Pep
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: made up his mind that if his master got through
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: without seeing him, he would lose him. So as the
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: gate opened, he sprang upon the physician with a glad bart.
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: The doctor turned and looked down at him. Then Pep
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: leaped full in his arms and planted a dog kiss
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: on his cheek. For Heaven's sake, Pep exclaimed the astonished physician,
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: is that you Where in the world did you drop from?
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: I must find someone to take you back home. You'll
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: have to hurry, mister, shouted the taxi driver. What can
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: I do with this dog, cried the perplexed physician. I
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: don't know how he ever got here, but I can't
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: leave him alone. You are going to miss the boat.
• 52:50
  Speaker 1: You can't wait another minute. Take him along. You can
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: ship him back on the boat or find someone to
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: take care of him. On the other side, Pep stood
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: on his hind legs, looking up into his master's face.
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: The doctor was dazed and uncertain. The taximan shouted again,
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: I tell you the boat will sail in just one minute.
• 53:09
  Speaker 1: Take him along or miss the boat? All right, opalell,
• 53:12
  Speaker 1: it's us for Europe. With these words, the doctor stooped
• 53:16
  Speaker 1: down and gathered Pep up in his arms, partially covering
• 53:19
  Speaker 1: him with his overcoat to shield him from fussy officials,
• 53:24
  Speaker 1: and followed the excited taxi driver into the elevator, up
• 53:28
  Speaker 1: the shot, and then along the gangplanks to the Great
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: Floating Palace, which was to be Pep's home for the
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: next ten days. About ten seconds later, the tug began
• 53:38
  Speaker 1: straining at the Hauser, working the great boat out of
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: her slip. The adventure had fairly begun. Dog and master
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: were upon their way across the Atlantic to take part
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: in the Great Struggle against the hun end of chapter two,
• 54:00
  Speaker 1: three and four of Pep The Story of a Brave
• 54:03
  Speaker 1: Dog by Clarence Hawks. This LibriVox recording is in the
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: public domain. Chapter three the crossing, noticing that several of
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: the ship's officers, whom they passed eyed pep askance. The
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: doctor singled out the most affable looking one and went
• 54:18
  Speaker 1: straight to the point. What about dogs, he asked. My
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: dog followed me to the very gangplank, and I had
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: to bring him along or miss the boat. He is
• 54:26
  Speaker 1: a very valuable dog. I wouldn't have anything happen to
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: him for the world. He is a blue ribbon dog.
• 54:33
  Speaker 1: The officer looked at the dog. Doubtfully. If you really
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: value him, he said, you had better not let the
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: first mate see him. He is death on dogs. Why
• 54:43
  Speaker 1: the last trip across he had four thrown overboard. They
• 54:46
  Speaker 1: were pets of wounded soldiers too. It made the crew
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: as mad as march hares. There wasn't any sense in
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: it either. At this the doctor looked troubled, but he
• 54:56
  Speaker 1: was a diplomat and a man of quick action. He
• 54:59
  Speaker 1: knew that there was many a way of circumventing unjust
• 55:02
  Speaker 1: regulations like this. Here is a five dollar bill, he said,
• 55:06
  Speaker 1: slipping the green back into the hand of the officer.
• 55:09
  Speaker 1: You introduce me to the official who is the most
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: of a dog lover. Oh that's the old man, said
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: the official. Doubtfully. I wouldn't dare to approach him, but
• 55:18
  Speaker 1: you might appeal to him if the worst came. He
• 55:21
  Speaker 1: is the captain of the ship, but we call him
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: the old man. The head steward keeps a little dog
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: in his cabin. Perhaps he might accommodate you. So they
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: went to the chief Steward's cabin, where they found that
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: necessary official, swearing at his associates. Another dog. He snorted
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: when the proposition had been put up to him. Well,
• 55:42
  Speaker 1: I guess not. Ginger worries me nearly to death. He
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: is a blue ribbon dog, explained the doctor. They would
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: keep each other company. Take a look at him. He
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: held Pep up for inspection. The steward gave Papa a
• 55:55
  Speaker 1: hurried glance, then came nearer to get a better view.
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: He stroked his sleek head and tweaked his ears fondly.
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: The very picture of my old Sally. Why I sailed
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: fifteen years with that dog. She was better company than
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: half the folks. Why yes, I can make a place
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: for him here. Ginger, Come here and take a whiff
• 56:14
  Speaker 1: of your shipmate. The doctor set Pep down on the floor,
• 56:18
  Speaker 1: and the small black and tan dog approached gingerly as
• 56:21
  Speaker 1: suited his name, but Pep gave him just one disdainful glance,
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: then looked the other way. They'll be all right when
• 56:29
  Speaker 1: they get acquainted, said the doctor. You see, Pep is
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: rather exclusive. Finally, the dogs touched noses and were friends.
• 56:37
  Speaker 1: Pep was given an old southwester to lie upon, and
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: the steward promised to keep an eye on him while
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: the doctor went to look for his cabin. Although the
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: doctor visited Pep twice that evening and he seemed snug
• 56:51
  Speaker 1: and comfortable, yet he could not forget the horrible picture
• 56:54
  Speaker 1: of the first mates having the pets of the wounded
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: soldiers thrown overboard. So he determined to have it out
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: with the old man, as they called him, the very
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: next day. All that night, the great ship plowed her
• 57:07
  Speaker 1: way through the darkness. Her lights were all out, but
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: half a mile to the north and half a mile
• 57:13
  Speaker 1: to the south, a long Rakish torpedo boat ran parallel
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: with her. These were her escort. No one knew at
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: what moment a submarine might appear, so every precaution was
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: taken against those devils of the deep. The following morning
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: was bright and beautiful, with a stiff wind blowing at
• 57:31
  Speaker 1: the ship's bow. Everyone was in the best of spirits,
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: and all danger was forgotten. In the middle of the forenoon,
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: the doctor discovered the ship's captain standing near the wheel.
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: He had been talking with the man at the wheel,
• 57:45
  Speaker 1: but he was not busy. Then the moment seemed auspicious,
• 57:49
  Speaker 1: and the doctor approached him without delay. Sir, he said, saluting,
• 57:53
  Speaker 1: I understand you like dogs. The captain was a man
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: of sixty, but he looked much older. His was wrinkled
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: and weather beaten, but a smile shone through his weather
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: stained visage. Who told you that? He asked? It wasn't
• 58:07
  Speaker 1: the first mate, No, sir, returned the doctor. It wasn't
• 58:11
  Speaker 1: the first mate, But you do like dogs rather, said
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: the captain, looking off across the broad expanse of blue
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: rolling sea. Would you like to see the champion of
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: the recent New York dog show. He is a gentleman
• 58:25
  Speaker 1: an English bull terrier. There isn't any such animal aboard,
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: returned the captain. Oh, yes, there is, replied the doctor.
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  Speaker 1: If you have a few minutes, come with me and
• 58:36
  Speaker 1: I will show him to you. The captain followed, incredulous
• 58:40
  Speaker 1: and excited. If there really was a blue ribbon English
• 58:43
  Speaker 1: bull terrier aboard. He wanted to know it. It would
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: never do to risk such a prize with his present mate,
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: the dog hater. They found Pap waiting for them and
• 58:53
  Speaker 1: straining at his leash. The doctor picked him up that
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: the captain might better admire him. For several second seconds,
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: he looked him over in silence, then put out his
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: hand and stroked his sleek head. He's a blue ribbon dog,
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: sure enough, he said. At last, I'll speak to the
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: mate about him. We don't want him swimming for his
• 59:12
  Speaker 1: life in the Atlantic. That mate is a strange man.
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: There's something wrong about him, but he is a good officer.
• 59:19
  Speaker 1: Pep is to be a regular passenger with all the
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: privileges of the ship. Sir Pep became a prime favorite
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: with several of the passengers once he was permitted to
• 59:29
  Speaker 1: come out of hiding. Although the first mate glowered at
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: him and muttered ominously, he did not dare lay hands
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: on him, since the old man had said he was
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: a regular passenger with all the privileges of the ship.
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: One little girl, in particular, Hilda Converse, the daughter of
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: an importer who was going across in the interests of
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: his firm, fairly worshiped Pep. Hilda had just lost her mother,
• 59:55
  Speaker 1: and that was why her father was taking her with
• 59:57
  Speaker 1: him under such dangerous circums stances. Hilda and Pep were inseparable.
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: Once she had found her way to his warm dog heart.
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: The morning of the fifth day out dawned dark and stormy.
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 1: The wind had picked up a great sea, and the
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: mighty swells rolled mountain high. Finally, the wind increased to
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: the dimensions of a hurricane, and all but the most
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: hearty sought their cabins. The doctor, however, liked to stay
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: out in the open, where he could watch the storm.
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: The winds fairly shrieked in the rigging and about the
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: tall smokestacks. The sea hissed and seethed, and the winds
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: whipped it and beat upon it until the air was
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: filled with flying spray. Finally, such a yeast was kicked
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 1: up that one could gather hands full of the feathery
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: foam from the air. Sky and water seemed to me
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 1: and the mighty ship and its human freight were at
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: the very heart of this terrible storm. So far as
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 1: they could see or feel, this was all there was
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 1: to the world. World of wind and foam, all turbulence
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 1: and frightfulness. One of the ship's boats was broken loose
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: by a mighty sea and swept away. It rose upon
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: the top of a great swell, then sank into the
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: trough and was seen no more. The doctor watched the
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 1: ship's crew narrowly as they worked. They worked like soldiers,
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: each doing his part with despatch and decision. The captain
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: stood on the bridge, the mastermind the ship. The crew
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 1: all obeyed him implicitly. He was the will of the ship,
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 1: and an iron will at that. Finally, the fury of
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 1: the storm spent itself and the skies cleared, but the
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 1: effect of the hurricane was still manifest in the sea.
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: Great foam covered swells rolled by, many of them breaking
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: over the lower deck. But they were rhythmic, and one
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 1: always knew when to expect the next one. This was
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 1: all right as long as the waves ran at the
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 1: regulation height. But the combers were quite different. In them
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 1: is an element of danger that no seamanship can guard against,
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 1: no matter how skillful it may be. A comba is
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 1: a wave twice or three times as high as its fellows.
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 1: It is the king of waves, riding head and shoulders
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: above its fellows, and often carrying death and destruction in
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: its wake. Commers sixty feet high have been observed by
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: trustworthy witnesses. The ship had experienced several commers about five o'clock,
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 1: none of which did any damage, although they drenched the
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 1: lower deck and sent hogsheads of water into the cabin.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: The sun had come out and many of the passengers
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: had reappeared on deck. Little Hilda had gone down into
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: the steerage to visit another girl with whom she had
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 1: become acquainted. They were standing by the rail, chattering away
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 1: excitedly about the storm, when the father of all combers
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 1: reared its foam covered crest close to the ship. The
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: ship's officers had seen it coming, but had not appreciated
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 1: how tall it was because the seas were running so high.
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 1: It struck the side of the ship with a noise
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 1: like heaviest thunder, and submerged the lower deck three feet
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: deep with hissing water. It fairly covered the two little girls,
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 1: but would have done no special harm had not. The
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 1: return impulse of the wave picked Hilda up and carried
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 1: her over the rail into the boiling sea. The doctor
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: and the second mate, who were standing on the hurricane
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 1: deck saw the frightful accident and gave the alarm. Although
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: the sea was still running mountains high, and it was
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 1: doubtful if a boat could live in it, Yet a
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: crew sprang to the nearest lifeboat and began slowly lowering it.
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: The doctor strained his eyes to see if Hilda came
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: up on the crest of the next wave, for she
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: had immediately disappeared in the trough. To his great joy,
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 1: the red dress appeared on the very crest. My God,
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 1: cried the mate. There she is. If there was only
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 1: something or somebody to keep her afloat until the boat
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 1: could reach her. But no man could swim in that sea.
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: Pep was whimpering at his master's legs, trying to climb
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 1: up that he might see over the rail. He knew
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: instinctively that something terrible had happened. He read his master's
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 1: thought like an open book. His sharp yelp of excitement
• 1:04:22
  Speaker 1: called the doctor's attention to him. The surgeon stooped down
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 1: and lifted him to the rail, and in that moment
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 1: a sudden inspiration came to him, Pep, see Hilda. Bring Hilda.
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 1: One of the tricks the doctor had taught him was
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: to retrieve, and now the accomplishment stood them all in
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: good stead. Could he reach the girl? Should he send him?
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 1: The chance looked slim, but in his profession, human life
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 1: was always set above animal life, so he repeated, look, Pep, Hilda. Bring.
• 1:04:54
  Speaker 1: With these words, he raised the dog above the rail
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: and pitched him into the raging sea. It was a
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 1: good fifty feet down to the water, but the dog
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 1: landed right side up and did not seem to mind
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: the plunge, for he began swimming directly towards the girl,
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 1: whom he had recognized from his perch on the rail.
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 1: The minute following was a tense one for all concerned.
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 1: There was the raging sea on one hand, trying to
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 1: suck up the little human life, and there was the
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 1: brave dog and the boat battling for her life. A
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 1: great shout went up from the ship as Pep reached
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 1: his playmate and fastened his teeth firmly in her dress.
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: The first part of the battle against the elements had
• 1:05:35
  Speaker 1: been won. Could the faithful dog hold on till the
• 1:05:38
  Speaker 1: boat reached them? All held their breath as the dog
• 1:05:42
  Speaker 1: struggled to keep his place above the wave. While the
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 1: life boat fought its way toward them. Could they hold out?
• 1:05:48
  Speaker 1: Would the bot be able to reach them? These were
• 1:05:51
  Speaker 1: the questions on all lips. The minute seemed like an hour,
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 1: so tense it was. But all minutes come to an end,
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: and this one did with glorious victory. Not victory for
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 1: the sea, but victory for the dog and the boat.
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 1: For at last the watchers saw the boat reach them,
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 1: and the strong arm of a sailor reach out and
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 1: drag them both to safety. Then they fought their way
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 1: back to the ship while the passengers cheered themselves. Horse
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 1: Hilda was unconscious when they placed her in her father's arms,
• 1:06:24
  Speaker 1: and Pep was so weak he could hardly stand, but
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 1: his eye was full of fight, and he could still
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 1: wag his tail in appreciation of the petting. He received
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 1: a warm bed and a restorative soon set Hilda aright,
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 1: and Pep only needed rest, but he had gained his
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 1: place among the crew and the passengers as a hero.
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 1: If he had not been a sensible dog, they would
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 1: have spoiled him with petting during the remainder of the trip.
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 1: Four days later, the ship came close to the Irish
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 1: coast and precautions were redoubled. This was the submarine zone,
• 1:07:00
  Speaker 1: and no one knew at what moment those devils of
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 1: the deep might appear. It was nearly midnight. The ship
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: was creeping along through the darkness with all lights out,
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 1: closely guarded by two torpedo boats. The doctor was sleeping
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 1: soundly in his bunk, and Pep was dreaming of home
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: in the cook's cabin when there came a mighty explosion
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 1: which shook the great ship from bow to stern. There
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: had been no warning, It had come like a sudden
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: clap of thunder, yet everyone knew instinctively that they had
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 1: been struck by a torpedo. Immediately, all was confusion. Passengers
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 1: came hurriedly on deck, dressing as they came. For a
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: few seconds, two powerful searchlights played upon the water about
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 1: the ship to discover the submarine if possible, and the
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: guns at the bow and the stern were made ready
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 1: for instant action. But the murderous devilfish had departed as
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 1: suddenly as it had appeared. The ship was sting badly
• 1:08:01
  Speaker 1: and the hole was fast filling, so the boats were
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 1: made ready. The doctor did not know whether he would
• 1:08:07
  Speaker 1: be allowed to take Pep with him or not, but
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 1: he went to the cook's cabin for the dog. The
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: crew worked silently and like soldiers, so rapidly they performed
• 1:08:17
  Speaker 1: their tasks that when the doctor reappeared with Pep, the
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 1: first boat load was pulling away from the ship. Soon
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: the doctor's unit was called, and he went around to
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 1: the other side of the ship, where a boat was
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: already nearly loaded. Can I take the dog with me,
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 1: asked the doctor doubtfully. As he reached the rail, a
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 1: ship's officer stood at the rail with drawn revolver. Not
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 1: by a damn sight, he growled. Look at that boat,
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 1: The doctor looked. The lifeboat was crowded to the gunwale. Hurry,
• 1:08:45
  Speaker 1: commanded the officer. The boat is waiting. But what shall
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 1: I do with my dog? Pleaded the doctor, though he
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 1: saw that Pep's case was hopeless. Hurry, I tell you,
• 1:08:53
  Speaker 1: it's no time to be haggling about the life of
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 1: a dog. Get in, or I will give the signal
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: for the boat to pull off. All right, said the doctor.
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 1: Give it. I won't leave Pep here here, doctor growled
• 1:09:05
  Speaker 1: a stern visaged colonel coming up behind them. You are
• 1:09:08
  Speaker 1: under military orders. Get into that boat. Give the dog
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: to me. He snatched the growling dog from his master's
• 1:09:15
  Speaker 1: arm and threw him upon the deck, and then fairly
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: shoved the doctor over the rail and down into the boat.
• 1:09:22
  Speaker 1: The doctor heard a dismal howl from Pep as he
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: was left behind, and then he felt the boat lowering
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: towards the water officer. He called to the man at
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 1: the rail, shoot the dog. I can't leave him in
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 1: that way, But instead of shooting him, the officer kicked
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 1: at Pep, who was trying desperately to climb over the rail.
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: The doctor sat huddled in the corner of the lifeboat,
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 1: his head in his hands, as they pulled away from
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: the ship. It seemed strange to the other passengers that,
• 1:09:49
  Speaker 1: with death all around them, a strong man should feel
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 1: so deeply the loss of a dog. But only dog
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: lovers understand these things. No one but a dog lover
• 1:09:58
  Speaker 1: knows the comfort of that saw tongue on your cheek
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: or the muzzle in your hand. Presently, the doctor was
• 1:10:05
  Speaker 1: aroused from his grief by a wild yelp. He looked
• 1:10:09
  Speaker 1: back toward the ship, and in the darkness he could
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 1: just see Pep balancing himself on the rail, and a
• 1:10:15
  Speaker 1: second later he sprang into the sea. At the sight,
• 1:10:19
  Speaker 1: hope welled up in the physician's heart. If it was
• 1:10:22
  Speaker 1: not more than five miles to the shore, perhaps the
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: dog could swim. Soon, the white head appeared close to
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 1: the boat, and the dog whimpered to be taken aboard.
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 1: But his master could not even do that much for him.
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: The law of the ship was like the laws of
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 1: the Persians, irrevocable. But he talked to Pep and encouraged
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 1: him as he swam behind. Half an hour passed and
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 1: the dog swam steadily. They must have covered two miles.
• 1:10:49
  Speaker 1: Another half hour went by, and Pep began to weaken
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 1: and to lag behind. Occasionally he stopped to tread water.
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 1: The doctor's heart sank within him. It was going to
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 1: be a losing fight for brave Pep after all. But
• 1:11:04
  Speaker 1: at this point the boat stopped to determine, if possible,
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 1: their direction, and by a mighty effort, Pep regained the gunwale.
• 1:11:12
  Speaker 1: Then a bright idea came to the doctor, and he
• 1:11:14
  Speaker 1: cursed his stupidity for not having thought of it before.
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 1: He unlaced his shoes and tied the strings together. Then
• 1:11:21
  Speaker 1: he coaked Pep close to the boat and tied the
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 1: shoe string in his collar. With that done, he breathed
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 1: a great sigh of relief. The dog was now as
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 1: safe as the rest of them. If the boat made shore,
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 1: he would. Two hours later, the lifeboat grounded on the beach,
• 1:11:38
  Speaker 1: and the physician dragged his nearly senseless bull terrier after
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 1: him to the shore. He was quite spent, but could
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 1: still wag his tail and lick his master's hands, and
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 1: the doctor knew that rest was all he needed. Good stuff,
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 1: old pal, he said, tweaking the dog's ears as he
• 1:11:56
  Speaker 1: set him down on the beach. It takes more than
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 1: a submarine to put you in me out of commission.
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 1: We shall get even with the Bosh for this, to
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: which Pep responded with a sigh of deep satisfaction. End
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: of Chapter three, Chapter four the Hospital. Pep and his
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 1: master were finally assigned to duty in the Great Hospital
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 1: at Brest, and life went on there quite to the
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 1: dog's liking. The hospital was composed of a number of long,
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 1: low buildings, all cool, clean and quiet. There were so
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 1: many buildings and wards for different ailments that Pep wondered
• 1:12:33
  Speaker 1: how his master could ever remember where all his patients were.
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 1: When the doctor was too busy to have him around,
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 1: Pep spent his time in the dispensary, where he was
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 1: a prime favorite with Captain Everts, who had charge of
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 1: this important portion of the hospital. The captain was also
• 1:12:49
  Speaker 1: a doctor, so sometimes his friends called him Doc and
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: sometimes Cap, but all were very respectful. There was a
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 1: fine soft rug under a great table, and here Pep
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 1: would lie for hours, watching the doctors and nurses come
• 1:13:04
  Speaker 1: and go. Some of them spoke to him and some
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 1: did not. For some of them he would grin and
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 1: wag his tail, but the majority he hardly deigned to notice.
• 1:13:14
  Speaker 1: He usually went with the doctor for his morning rounds
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 1: through the wards. He would follow sedately at his master's
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 1: heels from ward to ward. When his masters stopped to
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 1: examine a patient, Pep stopped and watched proceedings narrowly. There
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 1: were several things that he noticed his master always did. First,
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 1: he would say, good morning, and how are you this
• 1:13:35
  Speaker 1: fine day? The doctor always said that no matter if
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 1: it was raining, buckets full, and it was either raining
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: or cloudy most of the time. Then the doctor would
• 1:13:45
  Speaker 1: go to the paper which they called a chart at
• 1:13:47
  Speaker 1: the head of the bed and study it intently. Pep
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: could usually tell whether or not his master was pleased
• 1:13:53
  Speaker 1: with what he saw on the chart. When he was
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 1: not pleased, the doctor would take out his watch and
• 1:13:59
  Speaker 1: hold them ann's wrist. He would also sometimes look at
• 1:14:02
  Speaker 1: the patient's tongue, but usually the surgeon spent his time
• 1:14:06
  Speaker 1: putting on bandages, changing dressings, and doing other needful things
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 1: for the poor wounded soldiers. Some of the men would
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: speak to Pep, and for some of them he would
• 1:14:16
  Speaker 1: stand on his hind legs and let them stroke his head.
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: If he liked the soldier, he would lick his hand.
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 1: So it happened that many of the soldiers came to
• 1:14:24
  Speaker 1: look for Pep's morning visit as much as they did
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 1: for the doctor's. He would often visit at the convalescence
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 1: ward on his own account. There the men were up,
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: walking around or sitting in chairs. Usually they would be
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: playing cards, reading, or writing letters home. They often took
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 1: Pep into their confidence and told him about their sweethearts
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 1: at home, or that he reminded them of a dog
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 1: they once knew. Several of the soldiers in this ward
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: became very fond of Pep, and he of them. He
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: would allow himself to be stroked and petted a great
• 1:14:56
  Speaker 1: deal by his favorites. He felt in some way that
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 1: it helped the soldiers to pet him. He knew that
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 1: he and his master were here to help the soldiers,
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: so he would gladly sacrifice his dignity in the same cause.
• 1:15:08
  Speaker 1: He would sit gravely listening for half an hour at
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 1: a time while the soldiers talked excitedly about the battles
• 1:15:15
  Speaker 1: they had been in. He noted that their faces always
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 1: grew grave or angry when they mentioned the word bosh.
• 1:15:22
  Speaker 1: So he finally decided, in his dog way, which was
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 1: not quite clear as to the reasons why that bosh
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 1: meant something bad, It was probably the enemy, the thing
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 1: that they were all out here to fight. Finally, one
• 1:15:35
  Speaker 1: of the men, who was fond of dogs and had
• 1:15:37
  Speaker 1: a trick dog at home, taught pet to growl at
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 1: the mention of the bosh, and this accomplishment greatly pleased
• 1:15:44
  Speaker 1: the soldiers. Every two or three days, the activities at
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 1: the hospital would be doubled, and then Pap would often
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 1: hear the word battle. That meant that the number of
• 1:15:53
  Speaker 1: ambulances arriving that day would be greatly increased. At such times,
• 1:15:58
  Speaker 1: he was always out in the great quadrane go before
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 1: the main building, watching the ambulances come and go, and
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 1: the nurses and doctors unload the wounded men. It was
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: a serious time. No one laughed or joked here as
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 1: they did in the dispensary. At such times. His master
• 1:16:15
  Speaker 1: would not even notice him when he rubbed against his
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 1: leg to attract his attention. Pep slept on his fine
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: rug under the table. In the dispensary, someone was always
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 1: on duty, and nurses were coming and going all night.
• 1:16:28
  Speaker 1: In fact, the hospital was almost as busy during the
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: night as it was in the daytime. One night, when
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 1: he had been there about three weeks, he was awakened
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 1: by the most terrible thunder storm that he had ever heard,
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 1: or at least that was what he thought it. The
• 1:16:42
  Speaker 1: thunderclaps came one after another in quick succession, only they
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 1: were much more staccato than thunder, more like giant firecrackers.
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: Nurses and doctors were hurrying to and fro, and the
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: orderly hospital was turned into pandemonium. Pep came hurriedly out
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: of place of hiding under the table to discover what
• 1:17:02
  Speaker 1: was the matter, and soon heard the word a bosche.
• 1:17:05
  Speaker 1: Everyone was so angry that he decided the boshe must
• 1:17:08
  Speaker 1: have something to do with a thunder storm, but just
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 1: what he could not imagine. He was trotting about after
• 1:17:15
  Speaker 1: the captain, growling softly to himself, when a thunderbolt much
• 1:17:19
  Speaker 1: louder than the rest, exploded right in their midst Pep
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 1: heard the sound of breaking glass all around him. Some
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: of the pieces stuck in his skin, and the air
• 1:17:28
  Speaker 1: was filled with a punge a liquid that drenched PEF's back.
• 1:17:32
  Speaker 1: He growled savagely, but his growls changed to yelps when
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 1: the liquid began eating into his skin. With yelps of pain,
• 1:17:40
  Speaker 1: he fled from the dispensary out into the open air.
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 1: This did not help much, however, as the liquid still
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 1: burned fiercely. All was excitement outside. The thunder had ceased,
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 1: but broken glass was everywhere, while in many places there
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 1: were bricks and timbers and splintered boards thrown about in
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 1: a Finally, in orderly notice Pep's distress and examined him.
• 1:18:04
  Speaker 1: He brought ointment and rubbed the dog's back till the
• 1:18:07
  Speaker 1: burning almost ceased. But in the morning it was seen
• 1:18:10
  Speaker 1: that he had lost a large patch of hair just
• 1:18:13
  Speaker 1: back of his shoulders. This was his first wound at
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 1: the hands of the Bosch, but not his last. The
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 1: terrible thunderstorm which Pep had been through was a Bosch
• 1:18:23
  Speaker 1: bombing expedition which had the base hospital as its mark.
• 1:18:28
  Speaker 1: So Pep learned that there were devils in the deep
• 1:18:30
  Speaker 1: and devils in the sky, and he knew from what
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 1: was said about them that they were all Bosches. After
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 1: that night he growled louder than ever at the word Bosche.
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 1: One day, about a week after the night bombing expedition,
• 1:18:45
  Speaker 1: Pep's master came into the dispensary. Pep was lying under
• 1:18:49
  Speaker 1: the table on his favorite rug, asleep, but he roused
• 1:18:52
  Speaker 1: himself at the familiar step. Hello, old sport, said the physician,
• 1:18:57
  Speaker 1: tossing a stick of cinnamon candy under the table to
• 1:18:59
  Speaker 1: tick the dog. Pep was very fond of candy, especially
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 1: of cinnamon. His master, who was something of a joker,
• 1:19:07
  Speaker 1: said it was because of the bark in it. The
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 1: terrier wagged his tail in appreciation, swallowed the candy after
• 1:19:13
  Speaker 1: two or three crunches, and came out to greet his master.
• 1:19:17
  Speaker 1: The doctor sat down heavily in the easy chair by
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 1: the table and motioned for Pep to come up into
• 1:19:23
  Speaker 1: his lap. This was a privilege for special occasions, and
• 1:19:26
  Speaker 1: the dog complied with alacrity. The doctor looked about the
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: room wearily. He had just come off duty after eighteen
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 1: hours and was very tired. The large room was nearly empty,
• 1:19:38
  Speaker 1: the only other occupant being a young man who sat
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: at a typewriter clicking away for dear life at the
• 1:19:44
  Speaker 1: other end of the room. It's just you and I, Pep,
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 1: said the man, running the dog's silky ears through his
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 1: fingers in a way the terrier loved. We can have
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 1: a good visit, Pep. I'm lonesome, old chap. I want
• 1:19:56
  Speaker 1: you to comfort me. I am thinking of the dear
• 1:19:59
  Speaker 1: old home and mistress. What do you suppose the little
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 1: woman is doing today? I'll bet you another stick of
• 1:20:05
  Speaker 1: candy against three wags of your tail, that she is
• 1:20:08
  Speaker 1: thinking of us. I am sure of that, old sport.
• 1:20:11
  Speaker 1: The dog took the proffered candy gingerly in his teeth
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: and then dropped it disdainfully on the floor. His master
• 1:20:20
  Speaker 1: was incredulous, so stooped and picked up the candy and
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 1: offered it again. Pep was usually ravenous for candy, but
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 1: he again dropped it on the floor, then sat up
• 1:20:30
  Speaker 1: very straight and looked hard into his master's face. His
• 1:20:34
  Speaker 1: ears were cocked, his expression was inquiring. There was something afoot,
• 1:20:39
  Speaker 1: something in the wind that he did not like. No
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: candy for him until his master smiled or looked more cheerful.
• 1:20:47
  Speaker 1: The look that the dog fastened on his face was
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 1: so intent that the master's gaze fell before that of
• 1:20:52
  Speaker 1: his inquisitor. He pulled the dog's ear to distract him,
• 1:20:56
  Speaker 1: but he would not be distracted. Instead, he put his
• 1:21:00
  Speaker 1: paws on the man's shoulders and looked fairly into his face.
• 1:21:04
  Speaker 1: The man stooped down and kissed him on the top
• 1:21:06
  Speaker 1: of the head. You are all I have to kiss now, Pep,
• 1:21:10
  Speaker 1: he said, I'd rather kiss you than some folks. I'm
• 1:21:13
  Speaker 1: thinking of home, Old Chap. The dog heaved a deep sigh.
• 1:21:17
  Speaker 1: He knew that his master was sad, and he was
• 1:21:20
  Speaker 1: a sort of Aeolian heart that always responded to his
• 1:21:23
  Speaker 1: master's moods with sympathetic chords. Pep said the doctor sternly,
• 1:21:28
  Speaker 1: sit down in my lap and listen and want to
• 1:21:30
  Speaker 1: talk to you. I am going away. The dog sat
• 1:21:34
  Speaker 1: on his haunches in the man's lap and listened intently,
• 1:21:38
  Speaker 1: his head on one side as though to catch each word,
• 1:21:41
  Speaker 1: a sad, wistful look on his face. The doctor had
• 1:21:45
  Speaker 1: sometimes used that tone to him before, when he was
• 1:21:48
  Speaker 1: going away to New York for several days. Then it
• 1:21:52
  Speaker 1: had met loneliness and dog heart ached, so Pep was
• 1:21:55
  Speaker 1: rightfully depressed. I'm going away, Pep. It is to the front.
• 1:21:59
  Speaker 1: I going where the wounded men come from. And you
• 1:22:02
  Speaker 1: must be a good dog and stay here and not
• 1:22:05
  Speaker 1: run away. Do you understand you must be a good dog.
• 1:22:09
  Speaker 1: Pep knew the tone was that of her proof and admonishment,
• 1:22:12
  Speaker 1: so he dropped his ears and looked very meek. The
• 1:22:16
  Speaker 1: last time I left you, you ran away and made
• 1:22:18
  Speaker 1: me lots of trouble. This time you must be good.
• 1:22:22
  Speaker 1: The dog wagged his tail and whimpered he would be good.
• 1:22:26
  Speaker 1: The doctor felt of his collar. It was very heavy
• 1:22:29
  Speaker 1: and studded with brass rivets. It's strong enough, he said,
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 1: you can't break that. Then he tried it to see
• 1:22:36
  Speaker 1: if he could slip it over Pep's head. It was
• 1:22:38
  Speaker 1: rather loose, so for luck, he took it up a hole. There.
• 1:22:42
  Speaker 1: Now I'll get a good strong chain, and I guess
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 1: you'll be all right. Of course you'll be lonesome and
• 1:22:48
  Speaker 1: make a great fuss, but these are hard times for
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: us all, and you will have to be a good
• 1:22:53
  Speaker 1: soldier like the rest of us. Pep had seen the
• 1:22:56
  Speaker 1: doctor try his collar before when he was to be
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 1: tied up. His freedom was very dear to him. He
• 1:23:02
  Speaker 1: loved to roam about the hospital. They were going to
• 1:23:05
  Speaker 1: tie him up. He crawled up and licked his master's
• 1:23:08
  Speaker 1: face eagerly and pleaded in his dog way. It isn't
• 1:23:13
  Speaker 1: any use, old chap, you have got to be tied up. Sadly,
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 1: the terrier sank down in his master's lap, a look
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 1: of utter dejection on his face. The doctor laughed, it
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: isn't as bad as that, old sport. If I come back,
• 1:23:27
  Speaker 1: we'll have good times. Yet if I don't, I'll tell
• 1:23:30
  Speaker 1: them to send you home to the mistress. If I
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 1: don't come back, you take good care of the mistress.
• 1:23:35
  Speaker 1: Here come my orders, old chum, said the physician, giving
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 1: Pep a final hug, as an orderly came in and
• 1:23:42
  Speaker 1: put a telegram in the surgeon's hand. The doctor read
• 1:23:45
  Speaker 1: the letter hurriedly and put it into his pocket. He
• 1:23:48
  Speaker 1: then brought a heavy dog chain and snapped it into
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 1: Pep's collar, and let him out of the dispensary to
• 1:23:53
  Speaker 1: a store room where he sometimes slept at night. He
• 1:23:56
  Speaker 1: fastened the chain securely to a staple in the wall, and,
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 1: after giving Pep a parting hug, departed hurriedly, unmindful of
• 1:24:04
  Speaker 1: his whimpers and angry arts. Half an hour later, the
• 1:24:08
  Speaker 1: doctor was on a train speeding away to the front,
• 1:24:11
  Speaker 1: while Pep sulked stolefully in the storeroom. Pep seemed to
• 1:24:15
  Speaker 1: know instinctively that his master had gone for a long time.
• 1:24:19
  Speaker 1: The doctor had left him several times before, for half
• 1:24:22
  Speaker 1: a day since they had been in France, but now
• 1:24:25
  Speaker 1: it was different. That long confidential talk in the dispensary
• 1:24:29
  Speaker 1: and the affection at hugs and lavish petting foretold to
• 1:24:32
  Speaker 1: his dog's mind a long separation. That night, Pep howled
• 1:24:38
  Speaker 1: so persistently that his friend, the captain finally came into
• 1:24:42
  Speaker 1: the storeroom and gave him a sound thrashing. After this,
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: he was silent except for occasional half stifled whimpers and
• 1:24:50
  Speaker 1: sobs of grief. But though he seemed to take his
• 1:24:53
  Speaker 1: hard fate. Stoically, he was not reconciled. The captain led
• 1:24:58
  Speaker 1: him each day on the bad leash into the dispensary
• 1:25:01
  Speaker 1: and chained him to the length of the table. He
• 1:25:04
  Speaker 1: watched the movements of every one who came in, and
• 1:25:07
  Speaker 1: if anyone spoke to him, he at once told them
• 1:25:10
  Speaker 1: in as plain language as a dog could use, to
• 1:25:13
  Speaker 1: unsnap his chain and let him go. But the captain
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 1: warned each newcomer that Pep was to be kept strictly
• 1:25:20
  Speaker 1: on the chain until his master's return. In the daytime
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 1: he was not so lonesome or inconsolable, but in the
• 1:25:27
  Speaker 1: night he often lay awake, whimpering for his master, or
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 1: working at his chain and collar trying to get loose.
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 1: He would spend hours tugging at the chain, pulling at
• 1:25:37
  Speaker 1: the staple with his teeth, or trying to get at
• 1:25:40
  Speaker 1: his collar, until he lay down utterly exhausted. So it
• 1:25:44
  Speaker 1: fared with Pep for two weeks until finally, one night,
• 1:25:48
  Speaker 1: when he had tugged and strained even more violently than usual,
• 1:25:52
  Speaker 1: one of the lengths in his chain, which had been
• 1:25:55
  Speaker 1: only partly welded, broke, and he was free free from
• 1:25:59
  Speaker 1: the chain. But not free from the hospital. He knew
• 1:26:03
  Speaker 1: well that if any one discovered that he was loose,
• 1:26:05
  Speaker 1: he would be tied up again. So he crouched in
• 1:26:08
  Speaker 1: a corner of the room behind a packing box and
• 1:26:11
  Speaker 1: awaited his chance. Nurses often came to the storeroom in
• 1:26:15
  Speaker 1: the night for supplies. After about half an hour, the
• 1:26:18
  Speaker 1: door opened quickly and someone came in hurriedly. The door
• 1:26:23
  Speaker 1: was left half ajar, so Pep slipped out and ran
• 1:26:26
  Speaker 1: into the main corridor leading to the great quadrangle in
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 1: front of the hospital. Here he slipped behind a door
• 1:26:32
  Speaker 1: and waited for the next door to open. Locke was
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 1: with him. The telephone was constantly ringing, and soon nurses
• 1:26:40
  Speaker 1: and doctors were hurrying to and fro. Presently he learned
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: the reason why, for they began bringing in an endless
• 1:26:47
  Speaker 1: procession of wounded men. The quadrangle was filled with ambulances.
• 1:26:52
  Speaker 1: He could hear the motors puffing away from his hiding place.
• 1:26:55
  Speaker 1: When wounded and dying men are arriving faster than they
• 1:26:59
  Speaker 1: can be cared for. Men do not think much about dogs,
• 1:27:02
  Speaker 1: so it was easy enough for Pep to slip out
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 1: through the quadrangle and into the boulevard. He brushed against
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 1: the leg of his friend, the captain, who did not
• 1:27:11
  Speaker 1: even notice him. Once out on the broad street, he
• 1:27:14
  Speaker 1: turned his nose northward and galloped away like the wind.
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: Something away to the northeast was calling, calling, calling, a mine,
• 1:27:24
  Speaker 1: and a soul that was stronger than his own dog
• 1:27:27
  Speaker 1: mind was pulling him, pulling, pulling, So why should he
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 1: not know which way to go? This sense or instinct,
• 1:27:35
  Speaker 1: which some of the dumb animals have, is called orientation.
• 1:27:40
  Speaker 1: Dogs and horses have it to a marked degree, and
• 1:27:43
  Speaker 1: homing pigeons and seals even more. Thomson Seaton tells of how,
• 1:27:48
  Speaker 1: when hopelessly lost in the Rocky Mountains a dozen miles
• 1:27:52
  Speaker 1: from home, his horse carried him straight to camp when
• 1:27:55
  Speaker 1: he gave him his head. My own small dog, a
• 1:27:58
  Speaker 1: clever beagle, has an almost uncanny sense of my whereabouts,
• 1:28:03
  Speaker 1: a sense that transcends mind. When I rise in the
• 1:28:07
  Speaker 1: morning and go from my bedroom to the bathroom, he
• 1:28:10
  Speaker 1: may be playing with some other dogs twenty rods away,
• 1:28:13
  Speaker 1: But as soon as I opened my bedroom door, as
• 1:28:16
  Speaker 1: though I had touched a hidden spring, and as dog intellect,
• 1:28:20
  Speaker 1: he will turn and gallop for the house and be
• 1:28:23
  Speaker 1: whining at the front door to be let in when
• 1:28:25
  Speaker 1: I come downstairs. These lesser minds are to our stronger
• 1:28:30
  Speaker 1: minds as filings to the magnet. We call and they come,
• 1:28:34
  Speaker 1: though no word is spoken, and our command may only
• 1:28:37
  Speaker 1: be expressed in a great longing. So Pep galloped and galloped,
• 1:28:42
  Speaker 1: and knew not why. Only something was calling and calling,
• 1:28:46
  Speaker 1: and he could but obey. He did not need a
• 1:28:49
  Speaker 1: map or a compass. His dog instinct supplied both. The
• 1:28:54
  Speaker 1: reason for his galloping was this. His master, who was
• 1:28:58
  Speaker 1: also his god, lay in a narrow gulch at the
• 1:29:01
  Speaker 1: edge of the Argonne Forest, close to a little brook,
• 1:29:04
  Speaker 1: in a popular thicket, shot through the hips, and nearly
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 1: dead from thirst and loss of blood. End of chapter four,
• 1:29:19
  Speaker 1: Chapters five and six of Pep The Story of a
• 1:29:22
  Speaker 1: Brave Dog by Clarence Hawks. This LibriVox recording is in
• 1:29:26
  Speaker 1: the public domain. Chapter five the battlefield, So fast do
• 1:29:32
  Speaker 1: events move at the front with the wonderfully organized war
• 1:29:35
  Speaker 1: machine that six hours after the Doctor's unit finally detrained
• 1:29:39
  Speaker 1: at a little station somewhere in France near the Argonne Forest,
• 1:29:44
  Speaker 1: they found themselves closely following up an American regiment. The
• 1:29:48
  Speaker 1: regiment was engaged in that most nerve racking and hazardous
• 1:29:51
  Speaker 1: undertaking of rooting out machine gun nests in a heavily
• 1:29:55
  Speaker 1: wooded sector. Even before they left the train, they could
• 1:29:59
  Speaker 1: hear the continuous cannonading away to the northeast. It was
• 1:30:02
  Speaker 1: like the constant rolling of heaviest thunder dotted with many
• 1:30:07
  Speaker 1: quake staccato explosions. The fire from the heavy artillery was
• 1:30:11
  Speaker 1: also visible along the horizon. At first they went forward
• 1:30:15
  Speaker 1: through open country, undulating and broken, but soon entered intermittent
• 1:30:20
  Speaker 1: woods with deep ravines and sharp ridges, just the sort
• 1:30:23
  Speaker 1: of country for hard fighting. Much of this region was
• 1:30:27
  Speaker 1: so rough that the ambulances could not penetrate it, and
• 1:30:30
  Speaker 1: the wounded had to be brought out for leagues on stretchers,
• 1:30:34
  Speaker 1: but most of them lay where they fell, and the
• 1:30:36
  Speaker 1: surgeons and Red crossmen gave them first aid there and
• 1:30:40
  Speaker 1: trusted to luck to get them out later. The region
• 1:30:44
  Speaker 1: had been the scene of heavy fighting for two days,
• 1:30:47
  Speaker 1: and the signs of war's horrible devastation were on every hand.
• 1:30:51
  Speaker 1: Shrapnel had stripped the trees of much of their foliage.
• 1:30:54
  Speaker 1: Many of them were down, while others were torn and broken,
• 1:30:58
  Speaker 1: with limbs hanging or strewed on the ground. The whole
• 1:31:02
  Speaker 1: face of nature was scarred and furrowed, seamed and made
• 1:31:05
  Speaker 1: hideous by the passing of the hurricane of battle. How
• 1:31:09
  Speaker 1: beautiful was the fair face of France in peace, yet
• 1:31:13
  Speaker 1: how terrible in war. But now the heaviest fighting had
• 1:31:16
  Speaker 1: rolled away to the north, and the immediate work was
• 1:31:19
  Speaker 1: that of the regiment in front of them, which was
• 1:31:21
  Speaker 1: clearing out the hornet's nest of machine guns that de
• 1:31:24
  Speaker 1: Boche had left behind. But the doctor was a man
• 1:31:27
  Speaker 1: of courage, deeply absorbed in his profession, and he soon
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: found himself cutting out proud flesh and bandaging up gaping wounds,
• 1:31:36
  Speaker 1: with the bullets whistling through the tree tops above him,
• 1:31:39
  Speaker 1: just as unconcerned as though he were still in the hospital.
• 1:31:42
  Speaker 1: At breast. From point to point, these brave men followed
• 1:31:46
  Speaker 1: in the wake of battle, here and there, snatching a
• 1:31:49
  Speaker 1: desperately wounded man from the very mouth of hell. No
• 1:31:53
  Speaker 1: bands played to divert them. There was no glitter of
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: uniform or bright flag to inspire them, only the call
• 1:32:00
  Speaker 1: of duty and the pathetic gratitude of the poor fellows
• 1:32:03
  Speaker 1: whom they succored. Just at dusk, the doctor found himself
• 1:32:07
  Speaker 1: alone in a narrow gulch. Deep shade was overhead, and
• 1:32:11
  Speaker 1: a little brook babbled softly through the gulch, But now
• 1:32:14
  Speaker 1: its cool waters were red with blood and roiled with
• 1:32:18
  Speaker 1: the passing of many feet. In this gulch, the surgeon
• 1:32:21
  Speaker 1: found several dead and wounded men, and it was while
• 1:32:25
  Speaker 1: binding up the wounds of a Tennessee mountaineer who had
• 1:32:28
  Speaker 1: been shot through the hip, that a stray bullet found
• 1:32:31
  Speaker 1: the surgeon and stretched him beside the man whom he
• 1:32:34
  Speaker 1: was trying to save. At first he was not in
• 1:32:37
  Speaker 1: great pain, only paralyzed. But as the hours passed and
• 1:32:42
  Speaker 1: the stars appeared up among the tops of the trees,
• 1:32:45
  Speaker 1: fever mounted in his veins, and finally delirium seized him,
• 1:32:49
  Speaker 1: and he talked incoherently to a dead man beside him
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 1: of home and friends far away. Meanwhile, faithful Pep still
• 1:32:58
  Speaker 1: galloped on to the north northeast, obedient to the strong
• 1:33:02
  Speaker 1: magnet that pulled him, the call of his master's heart,
• 1:33:05
  Speaker 1: to his own loving dog heart, which knew but this
• 1:33:09
  Speaker 1: one strong passion. All through that night he galloped, only
• 1:33:13
  Speaker 1: occasionally slowing down for a few kilometers to rest. He
• 1:33:17
  Speaker 1: did not know to what place he was going, or
• 1:33:20
  Speaker 1: what it would be like when he arrived. But he
• 1:33:23
  Speaker 1: did know that at the end of the long road
• 1:33:25
  Speaker 1: his master was calling for him. By noon of the
• 1:33:29
  Speaker 1: day following his escape from the hospital, he was so
• 1:33:32
  Speaker 1: footsore he sometimes had to stop to lick his paws.
• 1:33:36
  Speaker 1: They were stone bruised and bleeding at the roots of
• 1:33:39
  Speaker 1: the nails. But he did not pause for long. He
• 1:33:42
  Speaker 1: could not with his master calling. By evening, he had
• 1:33:46
  Speaker 1: reached the small station where his master had deployed with
• 1:33:49
  Speaker 1: his unit at noon the day before. He immediately struck
• 1:33:53
  Speaker 1: into the partly wooded, undulating country. The side of trees
• 1:33:57
  Speaker 1: and woods pleased Pep all He had been fearful that
• 1:34:01
  Speaker 1: someone would catch him and carry him back to the
• 1:34:04
  Speaker 1: hospital before he could find his master. In the woods,
• 1:34:08
  Speaker 1: he felt more secure, for here he could hide. Besides,
• 1:34:11
  Speaker 1: something told him that somewhere here in the forest he
• 1:34:15
  Speaker 1: would find the doctor. It was now ten o'clock at night,
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 1: and the wash had decided that they did not want
• 1:34:21
  Speaker 1: the enemy to bring up fresh troops and occupy the woods,
• 1:34:25
  Speaker 1: so they were sweeping the thickets and gulches with shrapnel
• 1:34:28
  Speaker 1: and shells. Pep was terrified with a deafening noise, and
• 1:34:32
  Speaker 1: the bright flashes all about him. Occasionally he would stop
• 1:34:36
  Speaker 1: and whimper and crouch close to the ground. The earth
• 1:34:40
  Speaker 1: was friendly, it would not let these fierce bolts of
• 1:34:43
  Speaker 1: lightning or the terrible thunder get him. Occasionally he would
• 1:34:48
  Speaker 1: stand uncertain for several seconds and whimper softly. Instinctively, he
• 1:34:53
  Speaker 1: knew that these sounds were full of danger to himself.
• 1:34:56
  Speaker 1: He had seen what desolation such sounds could make the
• 1:35:00
  Speaker 1: night the Bosche bombed the hospital. He wanted to go back,
• 1:35:04
  Speaker 1: but he could not, for his master was still calling
• 1:35:08
  Speaker 1: to him. There was but one law, and that was
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 1: obedience to the voice, which he loved. So after a
• 1:35:13
  Speaker 1: short time he would again creep forward. At last, after
• 1:35:18
  Speaker 1: a more fearful explosion than usual, which rained small particles
• 1:35:22
  Speaker 1: all round him, he found himself in the narrow gulch
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 1: by the little stream near which his master lay. He
• 1:35:30
  Speaker 1: stopped for a moment to cool his burning feet in
• 1:35:32
  Speaker 1: the water and to lick up some of the refreshing liquid. Then,
• 1:35:37
  Speaker 1: joy of joys, he discovered the doctor's footprints in the
• 1:35:41
  Speaker 1: sand close to the brook. He sniffed excitedly, and then
• 1:35:45
  Speaker 1: with a glad Yelp sprang forward eagerly, keeping his nose
• 1:35:49
  Speaker 1: close to the ground in order not to miss the trail.
• 1:35:53
  Speaker 1: It wound in and out for several rods. Once it
• 1:35:56
  Speaker 1: stopped by the side of a dead soldiers. Lift at
• 1:36:00
  Speaker 1: the man's cold face, then hurried on would his master
• 1:36:04
  Speaker 1: be like that? When he found him. He missed the
• 1:36:07
  Speaker 1: trail for a few feet where the doctor had stepped
• 1:36:10
  Speaker 1: on some stones, but he soon recovered it again. Then,
• 1:36:14
  Speaker 1: joy unyelpable, he took the body sent and abandoned the trail.
• 1:36:19
  Speaker 1: Three or four bounds carried him to the spot where
• 1:36:22
  Speaker 1: the surgeon lay prone upon the ground and very still.
• 1:36:26
  Speaker 1: Pep sniffed at his master's face eagerly. It was not
• 1:36:30
  Speaker 1: cold like the soldier's. He licked the face frantically and
• 1:36:33
  Speaker 1: whimpered pitifully. He sought the hand and thrust his muzzle
• 1:36:37
  Speaker 1: into it. That too, was warm, but very limp. Again,
• 1:36:42
  Speaker 1: Pep began washing the dear face, and something in the
• 1:36:45
  Speaker 1: familiar touch penetrated to the surgeon's slumbering consciousness, bringing him
• 1:36:50
  Speaker 1: partly out of his swoon. Pep noted with delight that
• 1:36:55
  Speaker 1: the limp fingers closed gently over his muzzle and he
• 1:36:58
  Speaker 1: registered his joy with the glad bark. Had his master
• 1:37:02
  Speaker 1: been fully possessed of his senses, he would have warned
• 1:37:05
  Speaker 1: him that it was very dangerous to bark in the
• 1:37:07
  Speaker 1: enemy's country. But the doctor was only partly conscious. The
• 1:37:12
  Speaker 1: gentle pressure did not mean as much as the dog imagined.
• 1:37:16
  Speaker 1: It was partly an involuntary movement. He was so used
• 1:37:20
  Speaker 1: to squeezing the dog's muzzle that it was something that
• 1:37:23
  Speaker 1: he did instinctively. Then the hand lay still for a
• 1:37:27
  Speaker 1: long time, and the faithful watcher became very anxious. He
• 1:37:31
  Speaker 1: returned to the face and showered it with dog kisses,
• 1:37:34
  Speaker 1: but his master did not respond, so he went back
• 1:37:37
  Speaker 1: to the hand. Here, after a long time, he was
• 1:37:41
  Speaker 1: again rewarded for the fingers tweaked his ears gently. This
• 1:37:45
  Speaker 1: was an old love token of his master's, and the
• 1:37:48
  Speaker 1: dog was delighted. From this time on he went from
• 1:37:52
  Speaker 1: hand to face, licking and encouraging his master. It is
• 1:37:56
  Speaker 1: quite possible that these gentle ministrations did much to revive
• 1:38:01
  Speaker 1: the fainting man. They at least gave him something to
• 1:38:04
  Speaker 1: hold on to. They formed an objective, something towards which
• 1:38:08
  Speaker 1: he might struggle, just as a gleam of light affords
• 1:38:11
  Speaker 1: the needed clue in the darkness. At last, the physician
• 1:38:15
  Speaker 1: came to himself enough to speak the dog's name in
• 1:38:18
  Speaker 1: a thick, strange voice, but it was unmistakable, and the
• 1:38:22
  Speaker 1: frantic terrier was overjoyed. Then the man lapsed into silence
• 1:38:27
  Speaker 1: and was very still for another long time. Finally, to
• 1:38:32
  Speaker 1: the great relief of the agonized dog, the hand began
• 1:38:36
  Speaker 1: fumbling about, and the man to talk incoherently. I'm shot
• 1:38:40
  Speaker 1: through the hips. It is dark. I was lost, and
• 1:38:44
  Speaker 1: faithful Pep came and found me. He's a good dog,
• 1:38:47
  Speaker 1: faithful old Pep. At the sound of his name, Pep
• 1:38:51
  Speaker 1: renewed his frantic kissing of his master's face. Pep, he
• 1:38:55
  Speaker 1: sticks by me. He is a good dog. God, how
• 1:38:59
  Speaker 1: weak I am? I am burning up? If I only
• 1:39:02
  Speaker 1: had a drop of water. His hand went instinctively to
• 1:39:06
  Speaker 1: his canteen with a great effort. After many trials, he
• 1:39:10
  Speaker 1: found it, but the hand was too weak to carry
• 1:39:13
  Speaker 1: it to his lips. Pep watched these feeble efforts with dismay.
• 1:39:18
  Speaker 1: His master was usually so strong and decided in his movements.
• 1:39:22
  Speaker 1: He had seen men in the hospital act just like this.
• 1:39:26
  Speaker 1: His master must be sick indeed again, The doctor rested,
• 1:39:31
  Speaker 1: and the Pep waited, not knowing what to do. Finally,
• 1:39:35
  Speaker 1: with a deep sigh, the physician raised the canteen slowly
• 1:39:38
  Speaker 1: to his lips. He was at least a minute in
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 1: performing this simple act, but when his fevered, parched lips
• 1:39:46
  Speaker 1: closed over the nozzle, the canteen was found to be
• 1:39:50
  Speaker 1: entirely empty. With a groan, he let it fall and
• 1:39:54
  Speaker 1: sank back. Discouraged, Pep was quick to notice the distress
• 1:39:59
  Speaker 1: in his master's voice when he again addressed him. Pep, O, comrade,
• 1:40:03
  Speaker 1: I am dying for the want of a little water. Water, Pep,
• 1:40:07
  Speaker 1: I want some water. The dog listened intently, but could
• 1:40:12
  Speaker 1: not catch the man's meaning, so he gave him another
• 1:40:16
  Speaker 1: score of dog kisses. The doctor reached down and lifted
• 1:40:20
  Speaker 1: up the empty canteen. See here, Pap, O, comrade, I
• 1:40:23
  Speaker 1: want water. I'm dying for water. Pep whimpered softly, echoing
• 1:40:29
  Speaker 1: his master's agonized tones. Then the gleam of a wonderful
• 1:40:33
  Speaker 1: idea shot through the doctor's brain. It was an inspiration,
• 1:40:38
  Speaker 1: a thought the good God who watched over all his children,
• 1:40:41
  Speaker 1: had given him. He laughed as he considered it. Dazedly.
• 1:40:46
  Speaker 1: It seemed feasible. Anyhow, it was his only hope. He
• 1:40:49
  Speaker 1: would try it. Pep, he said, lifting the canteen feebly
• 1:40:54
  Speaker 1: and tossing it a few feet away. Bring Pep, bring
• 1:40:58
  Speaker 1: the dog. At once sprang to the canteen and brought
• 1:41:01
  Speaker 1: it in his mouth to his master. Good dog, We'll
• 1:41:05
  Speaker 1: try again. This time, he tossed it toward the brook,
• 1:41:08
  Speaker 1: which was about twenty feet away. Again, Pep retrieved the canteen.
• 1:41:14
  Speaker 1: Then the doctor threw the canteen as far towards the
• 1:41:17
  Speaker 1: brook as he could, having first removed the top. It
• 1:41:20
  Speaker 1: fell just a little short, but Pep brought it to him,
• 1:41:24
  Speaker 1: thinking it a fine game. The next time, the physician
• 1:41:28
  Speaker 1: had the satisfaction of hearing it drop in the water.
• 1:41:32
  Speaker 1: Pep was after it in a flash. This was great
• 1:41:35
  Speaker 1: fun to the doctor's discuss. There was only a few
• 1:41:39
  Speaker 1: drops of water in the canteen when the dog returned
• 1:41:42
  Speaker 1: with it, as he had held it on its side,
• 1:41:46
  Speaker 1: but even these few drops were most grateful to the
• 1:41:49
  Speaker 1: parched tongue. The next time they had much better luck. Pep,
• 1:41:54
  Speaker 1: by accident, held it by the nozzle, and the doctor
• 1:41:57
  Speaker 1: found the canteen half full of water. He seized it
• 1:42:00
  Speaker 1: with delight and drank long and deep. Then he petted
• 1:42:04
  Speaker 1: and praised Pep generously, and with a deep sye of satisfaction,
• 1:42:09
  Speaker 1: lay down to rest. You stay here, old comrade, and
• 1:42:13
  Speaker 1: watch while I sleep. I'm just about all in. When
• 1:42:16
  Speaker 1: I have rested, we will see if we can get
• 1:42:18
  Speaker 1: out of this soon. His beloved master was so quiet
• 1:42:22
  Speaker 1: that Pep was once more alarmed lest he become like
• 1:42:25
  Speaker 1: the dead soldier he had seen beside the brook a
• 1:42:28
  Speaker 1: few rods back. For a long time, he sat on
• 1:42:31
  Speaker 1: his haunches, watching. Occasionally he would steal close to the
• 1:42:36
  Speaker 1: man and lick his hand or face. Then he would
• 1:42:38
  Speaker 1: return to his silent vigil. In the bushes. Near by,
• 1:42:42
  Speaker 1: he could hear a wounded soldier groaning and moaning, talking
• 1:42:46
  Speaker 1: in his delirium. In another direction, he could hear some
• 1:42:50
  Speaker 1: one breathing deeply. The doctor could have told him that
• 1:42:53
  Speaker 1: this man was dying, but Pep did not know this.
• 1:42:57
  Speaker 1: All about them in the woods, shells were burnt. Sting
• 1:43:00
  Speaker 1: shrapnel was making the woods hideous, stripping the foliage and
• 1:43:04
  Speaker 1: green branches from the already partly denuded trees. Through open spaces,
• 1:43:10
  Speaker 1: Pep could see strange lights to the north. These were
• 1:43:13
  Speaker 1: signal rockets. Pep was very tired and footsore. He did
• 1:43:18
  Speaker 1: not feel sleepy, but very wide awake. There was a
• 1:43:21
  Speaker 1: glad joy in his faithful dog heart, for he had
• 1:43:24
  Speaker 1: found his master. But all was not well with them
• 1:43:28
  Speaker 1: yet his master wanted to sleep and sleep. It was
• 1:43:32
  Speaker 1: not like him. They were far from the hospital. These
• 1:43:36
  Speaker 1: frightful noises were not good for either men or dogs.
• 1:43:39
  Speaker 1: But he could do nothing else but just watch and wait. Again,
• 1:43:44
  Speaker 1: his master awoke and began talking to him strangely. He
• 1:43:47
  Speaker 1: first threw the canteen and drank from it twice, but
• 1:43:51
  Speaker 1: he did not seem to get relief. The truth was
• 1:43:54
  Speaker 1: his fever was mounting, and he was even weaker than
• 1:43:57
  Speaker 1: he had been before both of them. These facts finally
• 1:44:01
  Speaker 1: filtered into his consciousness. Something must be done at once.
• 1:44:06
  Speaker 1: He must have medical aid immediately. Somebody or something must
• 1:44:11
  Speaker 1: come to them shortly, or it would be too late. Again,
• 1:44:15
  Speaker 1: he drowsed and considered the facts in the case vaguely.
• 1:44:19
  Speaker 1: Once more, he had a bright idea which was another inspiration.
• 1:44:23
  Speaker 1: He must manage in some way to get Pep to
• 1:44:26
  Speaker 1: go for help. This was his only chance. He could
• 1:44:30
  Speaker 1: not tell the dog what he wanted, but he could
• 1:44:32
  Speaker 1: send him away. Perhaps he could find a red crossman
• 1:44:36
  Speaker 1: somewhere in this inferno of a woods and bring him back.
• 1:44:40
  Speaker 1: So he summoned all of his remaining strength for this attempt.
• 1:44:44
  Speaker 1: Here Pep O comrade, come up close and listen. Pep
• 1:44:47
  Speaker 1: crowded a little closer and cocked his ears, alert and
• 1:44:51
  Speaker 1: eager to do his master's bidding. You must go for help.
• 1:44:55
  Speaker 1: I can't tell you so you will understand, But go home,
• 1:44:59
  Speaker 1: Go home. He struck the dog feebly on the shoulder
• 1:45:03
  Speaker 1: and repeated the words go home. The blow, slight as
• 1:45:08
  Speaker 1: it was, hurt Pep keenly, but he listened. The doctor
• 1:45:13
  Speaker 1: repeated the blow and the admonition. The dog knew well
• 1:45:17
  Speaker 1: what those words meant. They were the most hateful words
• 1:45:21
  Speaker 1: in his dog vocabulary, which was not large. How many
• 1:45:25
  Speaker 1: times his master had turned when Pep wanted so much
• 1:45:28
  Speaker 1: to follow, and said sternly go home. He waited. Surely
• 1:45:33
  Speaker 1: his master could not mean it this time. Here he
• 1:45:37
  Speaker 1: was alone and sick away in the dark woods. Surely
• 1:45:41
  Speaker 1: he wanted his dog to stay with him. But again
• 1:45:44
  Speaker 1: the master struck him and said, sternly, go home. Sadly reluctantly,
• 1:45:50
  Speaker 1: he turned, whimpering as he went, and trotted off into
• 1:45:54
  Speaker 1: the darkness, occasionally looking back over his shoulder to see
• 1:45:58
  Speaker 1: if his master had not reaped. The Doctor heard him
• 1:46:01
  Speaker 1: splash into the brook to cross it. Then he sank
• 1:46:05
  Speaker 1: down wearily, a great drowsiness creeping over him. For a while,
• 1:46:09
  Speaker 1: he fought it, but finally yielded and sank into deep oblivion.
• 1:46:16
  Speaker 1: End of chapter five, Chapter six, the Rescue. As Pep
• 1:46:22
  Speaker 1: trotted away into the shell raked woods, he was probably
• 1:46:25
  Speaker 1: the most heartbroken dog that ever slunk away to do
• 1:46:28
  Speaker 1: his master's bidding. He had traveled so far to find
• 1:46:31
  Speaker 1: his beloved master. His feet had been sore and his
• 1:46:35
  Speaker 1: tongue parched with the long journey, and he had watched
• 1:46:38
  Speaker 1: so faithfully by the Doctor's side all through the long night,
• 1:46:42
  Speaker 1: and now his master had sent him away. He knew
• 1:46:46
  Speaker 1: that his master needed him also, for he was so
• 1:46:49
  Speaker 1: weak he could not even bring his canteen with water
• 1:46:52
  Speaker 1: or hold up his head to drink. The blow on
• 1:46:56
  Speaker 1: his shoulder had been a very light one, but it
• 1:46:58
  Speaker 1: had wounded Pep more than any blow he had ever
• 1:47:02
  Speaker 1: received before. Why did his master send him away? He
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 1: had been a faithful dog. What could he do? Where
• 1:47:09
  Speaker 1: should he go? He was not quite sure of the
• 1:47:12
  Speaker 1: way back to the hospital. The woods were full of
• 1:47:15
  Speaker 1: frightful sounds, full of lightning and thunder, the kind that
• 1:47:19
  Speaker 1: tore the limbs from great trees, stripped the leaves from
• 1:47:22
  Speaker 1: their branches, and plowed holes in the ground, holes so
• 1:47:26
  Speaker 1: deep that if he ever fell into one of them,
• 1:47:29
  Speaker 1: he might not be able to get out again. For
• 1:47:31
  Speaker 1: several seconds, he stood whimpering under a bush, uncertain, But
• 1:47:36
  Speaker 1: his terrier fighting blood soon asserted itself, and he began
• 1:47:39
  Speaker 1: picking his way slowly forward in the direction which he
• 1:47:42
  Speaker 1: thought would take him back to the road that led
• 1:47:44
  Speaker 1: to the hospital. For fifteen minutes he went forward, managing
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 1: by his clever dog instinct to keep going in the
• 1:47:52
  Speaker 1: same direction where a human being might have gone round
• 1:47:55
  Speaker 1: and round in a circle. Then something happened that quite
• 1:47:59
  Speaker 1: changed his It came so suddenly that he did not
• 1:48:02
  Speaker 1: know where it came from. He only realized in a
• 1:48:06
  Speaker 1: dim way that it was a part of this terrible night,
• 1:48:09
  Speaker 1: more of the frightfulness that was all about him. Only
• 1:48:12
  Speaker 1: this time it nearly got him. Suddenly, and without any warning,
• 1:48:17
  Speaker 1: there was a bright flash of light over among the bushes.
• 1:48:21
  Speaker 1: The air was filled with broken limbs and flying leaves
• 1:48:25
  Speaker 1: and dust, and hundreds of small missiles. And one of these,
• 1:48:29
  Speaker 1: which was really a fragment of shrapnel, caught Pep in
• 1:48:33
  Speaker 1: his hind leg and left that member lemp and broken,
• 1:48:37
  Speaker 1: as useless as a stick. He was so stunned and shaken,
• 1:48:42
  Speaker 1: and the breath was so knocked out of him, that
• 1:48:45
  Speaker 1: he lay still for several minutes. But finally he dragged
• 1:48:49
  Speaker 1: himself up on three legs and tried to discover what
• 1:48:52
  Speaker 1: had happened to him and where he was. There was
• 1:48:55
  Speaker 1: such a tangle of brush about him that it was
• 1:48:58
  Speaker 1: difficult to extricate himself, but finally he dug his way out.
• 1:49:02
  Speaker 1: Then it was that he discovered the accident to his leg.
• 1:49:06
  Speaker 1: It pained him frightfully, and the blow had partially paralyzed
• 1:49:10
  Speaker 1: his back, so it was many minutes before he could
• 1:49:13
  Speaker 1: even drag himself forward a few feet at a time.
• 1:49:17
  Speaker 1: Soon his tongue came out, and he was panting and lolling,
• 1:49:21
  Speaker 1: as though it had been noonday in summer instead of
• 1:49:25
  Speaker 1: the cool of the morning. It was now so hard
• 1:49:28
  Speaker 1: to travel that he did not think he could even
• 1:49:30
  Speaker 1: reach the smooth road, for he had to lie down
• 1:49:33
  Speaker 1: and rest every few rods. Once he found a cool,
• 1:49:37
  Speaker 1: green spot under a great tree where war had not
• 1:49:40
  Speaker 1: devastated nature. Here he lay for half an hour, resting,
• 1:49:45
  Speaker 1: and then, feeling better, he went forward faster. He had
• 1:49:49
  Speaker 1: come almost to the edge of the woods when he
• 1:49:52
  Speaker 1: heard men's voices. He listened eagerly. Perhaps they were friends.
• 1:49:56
  Speaker 1: If they were, he would go to them soon. He
• 1:49:59
  Speaker 1: made out the voices plainly. They were not far away,
• 1:50:03
  Speaker 1: so he crept forward eagerly. At last he made them out.
• 1:50:07
  Speaker 1: They were friends. They wore uniforms like the men at
• 1:50:11
  Speaker 1: the hospital. He wagged his tail frantically and crept still closer.
• 1:50:15
  Speaker 1: He would make sure. There were so many things to
• 1:50:18
  Speaker 1: be afraid of here in this strange land to which
• 1:50:21
  Speaker 1: he and his master had come. Presently, the men came
• 1:50:25
  Speaker 1: so close that he could see them plainly. They were
• 1:50:28
  Speaker 1: talking in low voices. They were two Red crossmen carrying
• 1:50:32
  Speaker 1: a wounded soldier on a litter. He was very sure
• 1:50:35
  Speaker 1: they were good men, for their dress was just like
• 1:50:39
  Speaker 1: that of the men who unloaded the ambulances at the hospital.
• 1:50:42
  Speaker 1: With a glad yelp pep leant forward. He felt very
• 1:50:47
  Speaker 1: sure they would be good to him. The Red crossmen
• 1:50:49
  Speaker 1: had often petted him at the hospital. The men were
• 1:50:52
  Speaker 1: so busy with the wounded soldier that they did not
• 1:50:55
  Speaker 1: notice him until he rubbed against the leg of one
• 1:50:58
  Speaker 1: of them. That made them man and stop and cry out.
• 1:51:01
  Speaker 1: His companion laughed, Emore Belle. He heard the other man
• 1:51:05
  Speaker 1: say he did the more wounded bull terrier. He came
• 1:51:09
  Speaker 1: out of the bush. The two men laid down the
• 1:51:11
  Speaker 1: stretcher to rest, and one of them called Pep to him,
• 1:51:15
  Speaker 1: Poor Purpy, say you've got it in your on leg. Boys,
• 1:51:19
  Speaker 1: ow all right, ol dog. Pep assented and licked the
• 1:51:24
  Speaker 1: man's hand. There was something he wanted the man to do.
• 1:51:27
  Speaker 1: He could not think what it was, but the man's
• 1:51:29
  Speaker 1: next words reminded him, where's your master, old sport? You're lost?
• 1:51:34
  Speaker 1: Who dog? Are ye? Purp? Anyhow, it was not so
• 1:51:37
  Speaker 1: much the words as the way the man said them,
• 1:51:40
  Speaker 1: and the way he rubbed Pet's muzzle that really reminded
• 1:51:43
  Speaker 1: him of his master. Wounded and weak away off in
• 1:51:47
  Speaker 1: the terrible woods. Pep whimpered and sniffed, and the man
• 1:51:52
  Speaker 1: who loved dogs saw that he had struck a sympathetic chord.
• 1:51:56
  Speaker 1: Watch your name, Perp, you look like a glock flatten
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  Speaker 1: English bull terrier. You're all right, you're a thoroughbred or
• 1:52:02
  Speaker 1: ain't no judge of doorgs. Pep whimpered again and turned
• 1:52:06
  Speaker 1: and licked his flank as I see your head though?
• 1:52:10
  Speaker 1: Is this poor devil and his ear stretcher? Come, Bill,
• 1:52:13
  Speaker 1: we mus get him out of this together. They took
• 1:52:16
  Speaker 1: up the stretcher and started forward. Pep was frantic. He
• 1:52:20
  Speaker 1: caught at the man's pant leg and pulled backward. They
• 1:52:23
  Speaker 1: must not leave his master in the woods. They must
• 1:52:26
  Speaker 1: go for him too. The man kicked at him. What
• 1:52:29
  Speaker 1: the girl want, Bill? He growled, I guess he don't
• 1:52:33
  Speaker 1: know what he does want. He had luntome and hurt
• 1:52:35
  Speaker 1: and frayed and sit on a whole durned war, just
• 1:52:39
  Speaker 1: like you and me. When they stopped to rest again,
• 1:52:43
  Speaker 1: Pep went up to the friendly man and nuzzled his
• 1:52:45
  Speaker 1: hand and licked it. Then he turned and trotted a
• 1:52:48
  Speaker 1: few rods away and stopped and looked back at them,
• 1:52:52
  Speaker 1: whimpering and whining for them to follow. Why him magahem?
• 1:52:56
  Speaker 1: Bill anyway, asked the surly man by gun cried, the
• 1:53:00
  Speaker 1: bell springing up. I have it he wants us to
• 1:53:03
  Speaker 1: follow him. He's found some one off Yonder's wounded, and
• 1:53:06
  Speaker 1: he wants us to go at him. Perhaps it is
• 1:53:08
  Speaker 1: his master. Pep barked and wagged his tail. When the
• 1:53:12
  Speaker 1: man got up to follow him, he was delighted. Dear bell,
• 1:53:16
  Speaker 1: you can't leave this here one. We have got to
• 1:53:18
  Speaker 1: get him out first. But luck was with Pep for
• 1:53:21
  Speaker 1: another red cross man came along and took Bill's place
• 1:53:25
  Speaker 1: at the stretcher, and his new friend was free to
• 1:53:28
  Speaker 1: follow him now, for said the Bill comfortingly. He must
• 1:53:32
  Speaker 1: lead the way. And if there's anything in this ear
• 1:53:34
  Speaker 1: woods you want me to know about, I'm your man.
• 1:53:37
  Speaker 1: Pep went forward eagerly, absolutely sure of the way. He
• 1:53:42
  Speaker 1: no longer thought of his broken leg or the terrors
• 1:53:45
  Speaker 1: of the woods. He was bringing aid to his master.
• 1:53:49
  Speaker 1: Twenty minutes later he led the way into the ravine,
• 1:53:52
  Speaker 1: and there they found the doctor. He was lying very still,
• 1:53:55
  Speaker 1: with one hand across his face. The Red Crossman thought
• 1:53:59
  Speaker 1: that he was but Pep smelled the beloved hand and
• 1:54:02
  Speaker 1: saw that it was warm. The Red Crossman felt for
• 1:54:06
  Speaker 1: the pulse. It was fairly strong all right over he
• 1:54:10
  Speaker 1: said in a whisper, he still alive. Perhaps we'll save him. Yet.
• 1:54:14
  Speaker 1: You just watch here and I'll go after another hand
• 1:54:17
  Speaker 1: and a stretcher. So, for the second time that night,
• 1:54:20
  Speaker 1: Pep took up his vigil by his master's side on
• 1:54:23
  Speaker 1: the edge of the Ragonne forest. It greatly worried Pep
• 1:54:27
  Speaker 1: to have his master lie so still. He covered his
• 1:54:30
  Speaker 1: face with dog kisses and nuzzled his hand, but the
• 1:54:33
  Speaker 1: hand would not move. He seized the canteen in his mouth,
• 1:54:37
  Speaker 1: hoping that the doctor would throw it that he might
• 1:54:40
  Speaker 1: bring it to him, as he had done earlier in
• 1:54:42
  Speaker 1: the night, But his master made no sign. So finally
• 1:54:46
  Speaker 1: the faithful dog lay down to watch. He felt sure
• 1:54:50
  Speaker 1: that the good man would come back. Something in his
• 1:54:52
  Speaker 1: voice had reassured Pep. At last, after about half an hour,
• 1:54:56
  Speaker 1: he heard footsteps, and soon to his great allow light,
• 1:55:00
  Speaker 1: two men appeared with an empty stretcher. Silently, they laid
• 1:55:04
  Speaker 1: the wounded physician on the stretcher, then lifted their burden
• 1:55:07
  Speaker 1: and began slowly carrying it through the thick woods. Pep
• 1:55:11
  Speaker 1: limped after them, overjoyed that help had come at last.
• 1:55:15
  Speaker 1: For half an hour they crept forward often stopping to rest.
• 1:55:19
  Speaker 1: At such times, Pep would crowd up close and put
• 1:55:22
  Speaker 1: a kiss on his master's cheek. Now that the responsibility
• 1:55:26
  Speaker 1: had been partly taken from him, Pep noticed his own
• 1:55:29
  Speaker 1: wound more and more. His broken leg was swelling badly,
• 1:55:33
  Speaker 1: and once when he caught it in the underbrush, it
• 1:55:36
  Speaker 1: made him yelp with pain. Finally, when they had been
• 1:55:40
  Speaker 1: traveling slowly for about an hour, he sank down with
• 1:55:44
  Speaker 1: a doleful howl and could go no further. What's the
• 1:55:48
  Speaker 1: matter with the dog, Bill asked the man ahead. He
• 1:55:51
  Speaker 1: seemed to go limp. I guess he's all in, returned Bill.
• 1:55:55
  Speaker 1: Juts a down the stretcher, and I'll go back for him.
• 1:55:58
  Speaker 1: So Bill went back for Pet and took him up
• 1:56:01
  Speaker 1: tenderly in his arms. What you gotta do with him
• 1:56:04
  Speaker 1: now you've resced him, asked the other He's going in
• 1:56:07
  Speaker 1: the stretcher, returned Bill decidedly. His companion grumbled and expostulated
• 1:56:12
  Speaker 1: against carrying a dog, But Bill was determined, and as usual,
• 1:56:16
  Speaker 1: he had his own way. Why if he had not
• 1:56:19
  Speaker 1: been for him, we would not have found the doctor
• 1:56:21
  Speaker 1: at all. So it came about that Pep had the
• 1:56:24
  Speaker 1: honor of riding in a stretcher just like any other
• 1:56:28
  Speaker 1: wounded soldier, and that with his beloved master. He knuckled
• 1:56:32
  Speaker 1: down under the man's arm and watched the boughs above
• 1:56:35
  Speaker 1: brush by. He was so tired and exhausted that for
• 1:56:39
  Speaker 1: once he forgot he was a little soldier on guard,
• 1:56:41
  Speaker 1: and fell asleep and did not awake until they reached
• 1:56:45
  Speaker 1: the road. It's all right, oh Pup, said his friend Bill. Oh,
• 1:56:49
  Speaker 1: you have got to the ambulance. It was the last
• 1:56:51
  Speaker 1: straw that nearly broke our backs. I'm glad we took you.
• 1:56:54
  Speaker 1: You're well worth saving. Bill took his seat in the ambulance,
• 1:56:59
  Speaker 1: close to Pep's massster's head. The motor began purring, and
• 1:57:02
  Speaker 1: they were off for the long run to breast. Bill
• 1:57:06
  Speaker 1: did what he could for the doctor, wetting his parched
• 1:57:08
  Speaker 1: lips and forcing brandy between his teeth. And at last,
• 1:57:12
  Speaker 1: to the delight of both man and dog, they saw
• 1:57:15
  Speaker 1: the surgeon slowly come to himself. Where am I? He whispered,
• 1:57:21
  Speaker 1: You are all right and safe and sound here in
• 1:57:23
  Speaker 1: the ambulance. We will be at the hospital in an
• 1:57:25
  Speaker 1: hour or two. The dog showed us where you were.
• 1:57:29
  Speaker 1: The doctor smiled and whispered Pep's name. He drew the
• 1:57:33
  Speaker 1: dog close to him and his hand held one of
• 1:57:36
  Speaker 1: the terrier's ears gently. Thus, with a deep sigh of satisfaction,
• 1:57:41
  Speaker 1: Pep again dozed and did not awake until they reached
• 1:57:45
  Speaker 1: their journey's end end of chapter six chapter seven of Pep,
• 1:57:57
  Speaker 1: The Story of a Brave Dog by Clarence Hawks. This
• 1:58:00
  Speaker 1: Lirivox recording is in the public domain. Chapter seven homeward Bound,
• 1:58:06
  Speaker 1: thanks to the restore it is given him and the
• 1:58:09
  Speaker 1: nursing he received while on the journey. The doctor recovered
• 1:58:12
  Speaker 1: consciousness before they reached the hospital. He did not seem
• 1:58:16
  Speaker 1: to care about himself, but gave very minute directions regarding Pep.
• 1:58:21
  Speaker 1: He stuck by me like a brother and saved my life.
• 1:58:24
  Speaker 1: And I want him to have every care that any
• 1:58:26
  Speaker 1: wounded soldier would get. I want his leg put in
• 1:58:29
  Speaker 1: splens and the best surgeon in the hospital to dress
• 1:58:32
  Speaker 1: it every day. You may think he is nothing but
• 1:58:35
  Speaker 1: a dog, but I tell you he is a soldier
• 1:58:37
  Speaker 1: and deserves a soldier's care. After that, the doctor lapsed
• 1:58:42
  Speaker 1: into silence and let things take their course. He knew
• 1:58:45
  Speaker 1: instinctively that everything would be done for him but he
• 1:58:48
  Speaker 1: was not so sure about Pep. Some people appreciated dogs
• 1:58:52
  Speaker 1: and some didn't. He did not want any slight put
• 1:58:55
  Speaker 1: on his little chum now that they had been through
• 1:58:58
  Speaker 1: so much together, So it was finally arranged that they
• 1:59:01
  Speaker 1: should occupy the same ward. Or rather, Pep was given
• 1:59:05
  Speaker 1: a rug to lie on under a small table at
• 1:59:07
  Speaker 1: the head of the doctor's bed. He was very comfortable
• 1:59:10
  Speaker 1: here so near his beloved master. The doctor, as he
• 1:59:15
  Speaker 1: lay drowsing, would often hear the dog give deep size
• 1:59:19
  Speaker 1: of content. As he settled down in a more comfortable
• 1:59:22
  Speaker 1: position on his rug, the slightest movement on the part
• 1:59:25
  Speaker 1: of the doctor would set the dog's tail wagging. Every
• 1:59:28
  Speaker 1: hour or so he would go to the bedside and
• 1:59:31
  Speaker 1: reach his head up for a little petting. Then he
• 1:59:33
  Speaker 1: would kiss his master's hand, and they would tell each
• 1:59:37
  Speaker 1: other in dog and man language, which was half signed
• 1:59:40
  Speaker 1: and half speech, how much they loved each other. Every morning,
• 1:59:44
  Speaker 1: when the surgeon made his rounds, he would speak to
• 1:59:47
  Speaker 1: Pep and attend to his splints in the presence of
• 1:59:50
  Speaker 1: his master. If Pep was feeling especially good, he would
• 1:59:53
  Speaker 1: consent to follow the surgeon on his visit down the ward,
• 1:59:57
  Speaker 1: stopping critically at the bedside of each patient and watching
• 2:00:01
  Speaker 1: proceedings narrowly. But he always returned quickly to his master's
• 2:00:05
  Speaker 1: bedside once the surgeon had made his rounds. Pep seemed
• 2:00:08
  Speaker 1: to think it was a part of his duty to
• 2:00:10
  Speaker 1: look out for the poor soldiers now that his master
• 2:00:13
  Speaker 1: could not. It was a joyous day for Pep when
• 2:00:17
  Speaker 1: his master could finally hobble about the hospital on two canes.
• 2:00:21
  Speaker 1: They went from ward to ward, talking and joking with
• 2:00:24
  Speaker 1: the men. Everywhere they were greeted as heroes. The doctor
• 2:00:28
  Speaker 1: always had to tell the story of Pep's long, faithful
• 2:00:31
  Speaker 1: vigil in the woods on that hideous night. This would
• 2:00:35
  Speaker 1: make the soldiers look hard at Pep and stroke his
• 2:00:37
  Speaker 1: head and tell him that he was a good old
• 2:00:39
  Speaker 1: sport and that they were proud of him. One day,
• 2:00:42
  Speaker 1: about three weeks after they had returned to the hospital,
• 2:00:45
  Speaker 1: the doctor received a letter from home, and he and
• 2:00:48
  Speaker 1: Pap retired to a quiet room to read it together. Here, O, Pal,
• 2:00:52
  Speaker 1: you climb up on my lap. Be careful and now
• 2:00:55
  Speaker 1: hurt my leg. I've got a letter. It's from the
• 2:00:58
  Speaker 1: little woman. When he had opened the missive and spread
• 2:01:01
  Speaker 1: it out, the doctor let Pep smell it, and from
• 2:01:04
  Speaker 1: the delighted wags of his tail and a glad bark
• 2:01:07
  Speaker 1: that he gave, the physician was sure that he recognized
• 2:01:10
  Speaker 1: the scent of his mistress's hand on the paper. It
• 2:01:14
  Speaker 1: nearly broke her heart, exclaimed the doctor, to know that
• 2:01:17
  Speaker 1: both her soldiers were wounded. It has taken a great
• 2:01:21
  Speaker 1: load from her to receive the second cable, saying that
• 2:01:24
  Speaker 1: I am out of danger. She doesn't mind if we
• 2:01:26
  Speaker 1: are lame and crippled, if she can only get us back.
• 2:01:29
  Speaker 1: Pet the dog was so excited about the letter that
• 2:01:32
  Speaker 1: he constantly nosed and sniffed at it, so that it
• 2:01:35
  Speaker 1: was difficult for his master to read it. But finally
• 2:01:38
  Speaker 1: the end, with whirls of love for them both, was reached.
• 2:01:43
  Speaker 1: It was strange, thought the doctor, as he folded the
• 2:01:45
  Speaker 1: letter and put it away, how this bit of paper
• 2:01:48
  Speaker 1: had moved him. He had been through so much since
• 2:01:51
  Speaker 1: coming to France that he was not quite himself. But
• 2:01:55
  Speaker 1: there was another consideration also. He had come so near
• 2:01:59
  Speaker 1: to losing every thing there in the Argonne Forest that
• 2:02:02
  Speaker 1: life and home and the loved ones had become doubly dear.
• 2:02:06
  Speaker 1: He had often seen strong men weep like babies when
• 2:02:10
  Speaker 1: they received letters from home. It had seemed strange to
• 2:02:14
  Speaker 1: him that they should be so moved, but now he understood.
• 2:02:18
  Speaker 1: Two weeks more at the hospital went by, and both
• 2:02:21
  Speaker 1: master and dog improved rapidly. Finally the doctor was able
• 2:02:25
  Speaker 1: to give up one cane, while Pep had his splin removed,
• 2:02:30
  Speaker 1: and his master declared that he would soon be as
• 2:02:32
  Speaker 1: good as new. It was about that time the Division
• 2:02:36
  Speaker 1: General visited the hospital. He brought with him the government's
• 2:02:39
  Speaker 1: reward for bravery. In the presence of the superintendent of
• 2:02:43
  Speaker 1: the hospital, he penned a cross for distinguished service on
• 2:02:47
  Speaker 1: Pep's master's coat. I wouldn't be here at all to
• 2:02:51
  Speaker 1: receive the cross, general, said the delighted surgeon, if had
• 2:02:55
  Speaker 1: not been for that dog. The General asked for Pep's story,
• 2:02:58
  Speaker 1: and the doctor told wish I had a handful of
• 2:03:02
  Speaker 1: crosses for dogs, said the General, at the conclusion of
• 2:03:05
  Speaker 1: the story, I would certainly give him one. Here is
• 2:03:08
  Speaker 1: some money, get him the finest caller that money can buy,
• 2:03:11
  Speaker 1: and mark it from General Blank as a mark of
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 1: his appreciation of distinguished service. With these words, the General
• 2:03:19
  Speaker 1: shook the doctor's hand, and after stroking Pep's head went
• 2:03:22
  Speaker 1: on his way, carrying cheer to the deserving soldiers in
• 2:03:26
  Speaker 1: the hospital. As he went from ward to ward, he
• 2:03:29
  Speaker 1: felt that all were deserving of the little crosses, but
• 2:03:33
  Speaker 1: some were luckier than others. The next day, the doctor
• 2:03:36
  Speaker 1: and Pep went out shopping and bought the best caller
• 2:03:39
  Speaker 1: to be found in the city, and had it engraved
• 2:03:42
  Speaker 1: as the General had directed. When they returned, Pep went
• 2:03:46
  Speaker 1: through the wards exhibiting his caller. He was a very
• 2:03:49
  Speaker 1: proud dog. Of course, he did not just know what
• 2:03:52
  Speaker 1: it was all about, but he felt quite sure that
• 2:03:54
  Speaker 1: he had done something fine, and that these good men
• 2:03:58
  Speaker 1: all knew it. So if wagging of his tail would
• 2:04:00
  Speaker 1: show his appreciation, he certainly expressed his own feeling on
• 2:04:04
  Speaker 1: the whole matter. After two more pleasant weeks at the hospital,
• 2:04:08
  Speaker 1: they were discharged, and the doctor packed up his earthly belongings,
• 2:04:12
  Speaker 1: which were few, and made ready to sail. The great
• 2:04:16
  Speaker 1: ship on which they had come across was loading in
• 2:04:19
  Speaker 1: the harbor, and they did not intend to get left.
• 2:04:23
  Speaker 1: So one evening they made a final round of the
• 2:04:25
  Speaker 1: wards and said goodbye to all their friends. Then they
• 2:04:28
  Speaker 1: were spirited away to the wharf in a taxi cab.
• 2:04:32
  Speaker 1: They should have gone like heroes, with bands playing and
• 2:04:35
  Speaker 1: flags flying, but the ejudencies of war for bad such publicity. Instead,
• 2:04:41
  Speaker 1: they went in the dead of night, with lights all out,
• 2:04:44
  Speaker 1: so that they could not even see Old Glory at
• 2:04:47
  Speaker 1: the mast head. Thus they slipped out of the harbor
• 2:04:50
  Speaker 1: into the broad Atlantic. When the sun came up the
• 2:04:53
  Speaker 1: following morning, the great ship was far out at sea.
• 2:04:56
  Speaker 1: It was a wonderful morning of blue sky and rolling
• 2:04:59
  Speaker 1: billow and fresh wind. The entire scene suggested nothing but peace,
• 2:05:05
  Speaker 1: and best of all, the ship was homeward bound Home, Home, Home,
• 2:05:09
  Speaker 1: sang the waves as they slipped under the bow, and
• 2:05:12
  Speaker 1: the winds sang home in the rigging, But the weary
• 2:05:16
  Speaker 1: hearts of the passengers sang home louder than the winds
• 2:05:19
  Speaker 1: or the waves. Probably the two most entirely happy passengers
• 2:05:23
  Speaker 1: on the ship were Pep and the Doctor, as they
• 2:05:26
  Speaker 1: walked on the hurricane deck and watched the waves and
• 2:05:29
  Speaker 1: the sky. There were no other passengers on the deck,
• 2:05:32
  Speaker 1: and the doctor talked to Pep as was his wont
• 2:05:35
  Speaker 1: when they were alone, and the dog, delighted with his confidence,
• 2:05:39
  Speaker 1: cocked his ears and listened intently to catch every word.
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 1: It's a great thing, peples sport to be alive after
• 2:05:46
  Speaker 1: what we've gone through. Well that's so, wagged Pep. Those
• 2:05:50
  Speaker 1: boshs nearly got us both O pow, but we finally
• 2:05:53
  Speaker 1: gave him the slip, so we did. Sniffed the dog.
• 2:05:57
  Speaker 1: Do you know we're going home to the little woman.
• 2:06:00
  Speaker 1: Pep home, Pep home, We're going home. The dog saw
• 2:06:04
  Speaker 1: that a climax in their joy had been reached, so
• 2:06:07
  Speaker 1: he barked gladly, at which the doctor laughed like a boy.
• 2:06:11
  Speaker 1: It was just at this point in their confidential conversation
• 2:06:14
  Speaker 1: that Hilda and her father came on deck. The doctor,
• 2:06:18
  Speaker 1: who had not known that they were aboard, greeted them joyously,
• 2:06:21
  Speaker 1: while Pep fairly wagged his tail off at the side
• 2:06:24
  Speaker 1: of his little playmate. Soon the two were racing up
• 2:06:28
  Speaker 1: and down the deck in the finest kind of a rump.
• 2:06:30
  Speaker 1: This was after Hilda had heard the story of Pep's
• 2:06:33
  Speaker 1: bravery and spelled out the inscription on its new collar. Come, Pep, said, Hilda.
• 2:06:38
  Speaker 1: Let you and I sit here in this steamer rug
• 2:06:41
  Speaker 1: and visit while our fathers talk and smoke. I mean,
• 2:06:45
  Speaker 1: while my father and your master visit. I haven't hurt
• 2:06:48
  Speaker 1: your feelings by saying he was not your father? Have?
• 2:06:51
  Speaker 1: I inquired Hilda, I wouldn't hurt the feelings of such
• 2:06:54
  Speaker 1: a brave dog for the whole world. Pep assured her,
• 2:06:57
  Speaker 1: with several warm dog kisses upon the lips that his
• 2:07:01
  Speaker 1: feelings were not hurt, and she once more read the
• 2:07:04
  Speaker 1: inscription on the collar. I'm awfully proud of you, Pep,
• 2:07:08
  Speaker 1: said Hilda. You are as brave as a soldier. Do
• 2:07:12
  Speaker 1: you know I always remember you in my prayers. That
• 2:07:15
  Speaker 1: is because you saved my life. I say, please God,
• 2:07:18
  Speaker 1: keep Pep and give him lot the bones to eat.
• 2:07:22
  Speaker 1: The terrier wagged his appreciation. Of course, he did not
• 2:07:26
  Speaker 1: know what she was saying, but he knew it was
• 2:07:28
  Speaker 1: something good, and he must remember his manners and be appreciative.
• 2:07:33
  Speaker 1: So he wagged and kissed and rubbed his cheek against hers.
• 2:07:37
  Speaker 1: I think this is the very best morning I ever saw,
• 2:07:40
  Speaker 1: said Hilda, with a sigh of perfect rapture. So do,
• 2:07:44
  Speaker 1: I agreed Pep with a short glad bark. Let's be
• 2:07:48
  Speaker 1: friends always, said Hilda, hugging the dog to her breast.
• 2:07:52
  Speaker 1: All right, sniffed Pep, showering her face with dog kisses
• 2:07:56
  Speaker 1: forever and forever, and of chapter seven end of PEP
• 2:08:02
  Speaker 1: The Story of a Brave Dog by Clarence Hawkes.