Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 7, 1925 — page 11: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

VoL. CLXVI NUMBER 4 _ ' - ~ Se JN) oS IBEX UY - SO By RUFUS KING FOREWORD HE justification for this story lies in a speech made many years ago by the iate Senator Vest of Missouri in the course of the trial of a man who had wantonly shot a dog belonging to a neigh- bor. Delivered at a time when the dog perhaps held a greater place in the af- fections of men than he does fo-day, its philosophy and summation of a dog’s in- -stincts and character will be justly held by all dog lovers to be true for any age. In spite of the forensic bombast of the style, its force and truth are so great that one cannot read it without a mist coming before one’s eyes: ‘Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our cood name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when suc- cess is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud above our heads. The one absolutely 481 GOSY-ALLSTORY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1925 “Comichbooks:c