OUR FRIEND
THE DOG
BY
MAURICE MAETERLINCK
Author of "THE LIFE OF THE BEE," etc.
Translated by
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTTOS
Illustrated by
CECIL ALDEN
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1913

Copyright, 1903, by
The Century Co.
Copyright, 1904, by
Dodd, Mead & Company
Published, October, 1913


OUR FRIEND THE DOG

I

I have lost, within these last few days, a little bull-dog. He had just completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He had no history. His intelligent eyes opened to look out upon the world, to love mankind, then closed again on the cruel secrets of death.