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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XXXVI
THE
IRISH
TERRIER
The
dare-devil
Irish
Terrier
has
most
certainly
made
his
home
in
our
bosom.
There
is
no
breed
of
dog
more
genuinely
loved
by
those
who
have
sufficient
experience
and
knowledge
to
make
the
comparison.
Other
dogs
have
a
larger
share
of
innate
wisdom,
others
are
most
aesthetically
beautiful,
others
more
peaceable;
but
our
rufous
friend
has
a
way
of
winning
into
his
owner's
heart
and
making
there
an
abiding
place
which
is
all
the
more
secure
because
it
is
gained
by
sincere
and
undemonstrative
devotion.
Perhaps
one
likes
him
equally
for
his
faults
as
for
his
merits.
His
very
failings
are
due
to
his
soldierly
faithfulness
and
loyalty,
to
his
too
ardent
vigilance
in
guarding
the
threshold,
to
his
officious
belligerence
towards
other
canines
who
offend
his
sense
of
proprietorship
in
his
master.
His
particular
stature
may
have
some
influence
in
his
success
as
a
chum.
He
is
just
tall
enough
to
rest
his
chin
upon
one's
knee
and
look
up
with
all
his
soul
into
one's
eyes.
Whatever
be
the
secret
of
his
attraction
'tis
certain
that
he
has
the
Hibernian
art
of
compelling
affection
and
forgiveness,
and
that
he
makes
one
value
him,
not
for
the
beauty
of
his
ruddy
raiment,
the
straightness
of
his
fore-legs,
the
set
of
his
eye
and
ear,
the
levelness
of
his
back,
or
his
ability
to
win
prizes,
but
rather
for
his
true
and
trusty
heart,
that
exacts
no
return
and
seeks
no
recompense.
He
may
be
but
an
indifferent
specimen
of
his
kind,
taken
in
as
a
stranger
at
the
gates;
but
when
at
length
the
inevitable
time
arrives,
as
it
does
all
too
soon
in
canine
nature,
one
then
discovers
how
surely
one
has
been
harbouring
an
angel
unawares.
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