My Gentleman

Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 March 1917, Page 3

My Gentleman

+ — I own a dog who is a gentleman. By birth most surely, since the creature can Boast of a pedigree the like of which Holds not a Howard or a Mettemieli. By breeding. Since the walks of life he trod, He never wagged an unkind tail abroad He never snubbed a nameless cur because Without a friend or credit card he was. By pride. He look you squarely in the face Unshrinking, land without :a sinlgle trace Of either diffidence or arrogant /Assertion such as upstarts often flaunt.

!By tenderness. The littlest girl may tear With absolute impunity his hair, And pinch hie silken, flowing ears the while He smiles upon her—yes, I've seen him smile. By loyalty. No truer friend than he Has come to prove his friendship's worth to me. He does not fear the master—knows no fear— But loves the man who is his .master here. By countenance. If there be nobler eyes, More full of honor and of honesties, in finer head, on ibroader shoulders found— Then have I never met the man or hound. Here is the motto on my lifeboat's log: "God grant I may be worthy of my dog!" From N. Orleans Times-Democrat.