Loss of Dog Mourned by Old Man...
The old dog is gone and he has
left a void, a vacancy that never
can be filled. The old man is
puzzled by the ultimate scheme
of things and wonders why one
should form such a strong at
tachment only to have it taken
away when there seems to be
no reason, no compensation, when
the grief poignant and memory
so perisitent. Perhaps it is the
enate longing for love that is in
all of us and the old dog gave
so fully and unstinted of his
affections,
striving always to
please and asking so little in
return, a pat on his head or a
word of approval with the brown
eyes of him searching your face
for the answer to the words he
could not understand—or did he?
One sometimes wonders if he
did not understand the workings
of nature better than we. Before
he left he seemed to be trying
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to say goodbye by licking a hand
and trying to tell us that every
thing would be all right bye and
bye.
When the mailman came, the
old man went out for the mail.
This morning he carried in the
paper himself. Always before it
was the old dog who carried in
the paper and laid it beside the
old mans’ chair. Then he lay
down beside it as was his privi
lege and right, for was he not
one of the family? Always, as
he unfolded the paper, the old
man reached down a hand to
stroke the sleek head or tweak
a silken ear; then the old dog
would rest his head on his paws
and sleep while the old man
read. Sometimes his sleep was
serene. Other times he dreamed.
He would twitch and his paws
would scratch on the floor and he
sometimes whimpered in his
slumbers.
One wondered what adventures
he found in dreamland. Was he
chasing the cottontail rabbit that
always escaped under the ever
green blackberry bush? But he
never really wanted to catch
him—it was all just a game. Or
was he herding back a recalci
trant hen that had escaped from
the chicken run, or was he fol
lowing the call of his forebears
on the trails of high adventures—
one wonders?
This morning, as he unfolded
the paper, the old man absently
reached down his hand to caress
the head that was not there.
Then he remembered and glanced
across at Ma to see if she had
noticed.
With her head bent
over her knitting, she pretended
not to have seen, but if you had
look«! closely, you would have
seen her brush a furtive tear
from her cheek. The old man
knew she did not want the old
dog to go; he knew she had pray
ed that he might stay.
The old man put down his
paper and started on his daily
walk to the lower pasture. As
he passed the old fir tree where
the pine squirrel lived, the squir
rel promptly ran out on a limb
and chattered a defiance as usual,
but -there was
no
answer
ing bark. He seemed puzzled, he
scolded louder than before, his
little tail vibrating with the
vigor of his endeavors. He even
ran down the trunk of the tree
to where there were the marks
of the old dog’s claws on the
bark, then he scurried up the
tree and was still.
When he
came to the blackberry bush the
cottontail rabbit scurried under
the briars, but when no dark,
barking form followed he came
out again and sat up, his nose
twitching as he looked inquiring
ly around. There are others the
old man ruminated who miss
him.
On his way back he stopped
and picked up a stick beside the
path; it was one that he used to
toss into the brush for the old
dog to retrieve and, when he
had found it, he would bring the
stick and lay it at his feet for
him to throw out again. The
marks of his teeth were still on
it and, as the old man agzed at
it, there came a flood of memo
ries. There came a tenseness, a
tightness in his throat and, some
how, his glasses seemed a bit
foggy.
When he reached the house
he opened the screen door to
the back porch and, as always
before, he stepped back and held
the door open but, when no dark
form bounded in. He remember
ed and looked around as if to
see if anyone had noticed. Those
old habits will be hard to over
come—it will take a long, long
THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE.
Child’s Letter to
Santa Proves Unusual
Children like to write letters
to Santa, but they don’t always
think of others when they do so,
as did Judith Strong, Washing
ton school second grader. Her
letter attracted attention over
others written here this year be
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sure to make other children
happy by remembering them.
Judith said in her letter:
“Dear Santa,
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Please send somthings over
seas to make the boys and girls
happy. Please send me just a
doll and my little brother wants
a toy gun. I hope you do not
work too hard. Christmas is a
lot of fun.
Thank you for all the nice
things.
Marry Christmas
Judith Strong"
time but maybe—bye and bye.
The old man went in and closed
the door very gently behind him.
He still held the stick in his
hand.
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