Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-02-01

guardianship. And those pats do not in
any way upset the balance OF the good
faithful fellow; for at the hour of duty
he goes quietly to his post again.
This will not be very much unlike you
II you gain love for duty-doing as you
emerge from irresponsible puppydom
into clean manhood 1t is the emerging
time that is hard, for you to have to learn
new standards Of conduct, and some pretty
sharp knocksare needed at times to make
you follow to heel Of duty But let me
tell you that the clearer the vision you
have Of duty. and the clearer the way you
tread the more you will be admired by
women OF the nober sort. 1t is worth
much to you to be with good women, and
their praise need not upset you; for it will
not be OF the gushing, gurgling, bumble-
bee buzzing, sentimental kind that turns
man away from purpose-but it will be
an evidence of supreme trust in a mans
character that will make you go out into
the world afterwards feeling more than
ever man because the sanctity of inn
plicit confidence rests upon You as a thing
worth while being worthy of.
When you come to think of it. there is a
strangeness in the faithfuness OF a watch
dog 1t is a weird idea, that though the
master may be absent, the dog IN charge
of affairs, instead of becoming less vigil
liant, grows more so 1t is not to be ex
planned on the supposition that he is alert
because he is paid for it by scraps that fall
from his masters table 1t is deeper than
stomach love-though we do mockingly
say that the way to dog hea t is through
his stomach 1t endures even when the
master is neglectful and cruel 1t glows
warm even when the ehills of frost cover
the faithful creature and he lies out there
under the night instantly ready either to
greet his master with a CHEEKY wag, or to
drive the trespasser off o the public road
where no man tres passes and whose rights
even fierce dogs seem to underst nd
Equally strange and equally estimable
is the influence that makes man faithful
to his trust, though no mans eye be upon
him 1t is an outrage upon human nature
to explain every worthy human action as
having selfish origin
Something in the heart of man rests
upon the deepest principles of the world
OF morals and keeps him steadily plodding
at task How grand that there should
be such an impulse within us! For it
would make life seem quite too petty to
i've II we were forever measuring out
our deeds so that they exactly balanced
another mans dole. Some poet expresses
the thought like this though l cannot
confirm the quotation:
'High heaven di-regar,is the store
OF nicely balanced less or more"
Dogs and men from an untraceabe
source get satisfaction from doing thing
because it is right, even though no ap
proving voice sounds out to praise the
right when it is done Big souied men,
mark you, are not looking for approval
here, there and yon They know what
they ought to do, and do it. That ends it
with them
And some dogs cheerfully die for the
sake OF duty Only by stepping over their
faithful bodies can the outrage be per-
petrated 1t seems to force home the con
viction that for such dear companions OF
men there must be place where even
dogs get their dues. But a truce to that
theorizing write to the living this prob
lem. We say in our hunger and in our
anxiety, and oftentimes in palliation of a
departure from the path that is straight
"Well, man must live" II so what
about the dog? tell you, when it comes
to choice between the right and the
wrong, man would better die and wait
fn" dues hereafter, than live to be out
claSsed nv his baast