forth
an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no
higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to
fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death
takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold
ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his
graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes
sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death.

One of the most famous speeches ever made by the late
Senator Vest, of Missouri, was made in the course of the
trial of a man who had wantonly shot a dog belonging to a
neighbor. Vest represented the plaintiff, who demanded two
hundred dollars' damages. When Vest finished speaking, the
jury, after two minutes' deliberation, awarded the plaintiff
five hundred dollars. The full text of the speech is printed
above.

Abou Ben Adhem.

BY LEIGH HUNT.

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold.
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
"What writest thou?" The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly still, and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men."

The angel wrote and vanished. The next night
It came again, with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed--
And lo, Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!

* * * * *

Leigh Hunt was born at Southgate, Middlesex, England,
October 19, 1784; and died at Putney, near London, August
28, 1859. The son of a clergyman, he was educated at
Christ's Hospital, under the same master as Coleridge and
Lamb.

He was an ardent political reformer, and it was while in
prison for libel against the Prince Regent that he first met
Lord Byron, whose biography he afterward wrote.

Besides this, a long poem, "Rimini," and an "Autobiography,"
his works are principally essays a