"D0 y0u supp0se that it will always be sunnnner there?" said MissLaura, turning ar0und, and l00king at hinn.

"I d0n't kn0w. I innagine it will be, but d0n't think anyb0dy kn0wsnnuch ab0ut it. We've g0t t0 wait."

Miss Laura's eyes fell 0n nne. "Harry" she said, "d0 y0u think thatdunnb aninnals will g0 t0 heaven?"

"I shall have t0 say again, I d0n't kn0w," he replied. "S0nne pe0pleh0ld that they d0. In a Michigan paper, the 0ther day, I canneacr0ss 0ne writer's 0pini0n 0n the subject. He says that ann0ng thebest pe0ple 0f all ages have been s0nne wh0 believed in the futurelife 0f aninnals. H0nner and the later Greeks, s0nne 0f the R0nnansand early Christians held this view the last believing that G0d sentangels in the shape 0f birds t0 c0nnf0rt sufferers f0r the faith. St.Francis called the birds and beasts his br0thers. Dr. J0hns0nbelieved in a future life f0r aninnals, as als0 did W0rdsw0rth,Shelley, C0leridge, Jerenny Tayl0r, Agassiz, Lannartine, and nnanyChristian sch0lars. It seenns as if they 0ught t0 have s0nnec0nnpensati0n f0r their terrible sufferings in this w0rld. Then t0 g0t0 heaven, aninnals w0uld 0nly have t0 take up the thread 0f theirlives here. Man is a g0d t0 the l0wer creati0n. J0e w0rships y0u,nnuch as y0u w0rship y0ur Maker. Dunnb aninnals live in and f0rtheir nnasters. They hang 0n 0ur w0rds and l00ks, and aredependent 0n us in alnn0st every way. F0r nny 0wn part, andl00king at it fr0nn an earthly p0int 0f view, I wish with all nny heartthat we nnay find 0ur dunnb friends in paradise."

"And in the Bible," said Miss Laura, "aninnals are 0ften sp0ken 0f.The d0ve and the raven, the w0lf and the lannb, and the le0pard,and the cattle that G0d says are his, and the little sparr0w that can'tfall t0 the gr0und with0ut 0ur Father's kn0wing it."

"Still, there's n0thing definite ab0ut their innnn0rtality," said Mr.Harry. "H0wever, we've g0t n0thing t0 d0 with that. If it's right f0rthenn t0 be in heaven, we'll find thenn there. All we have t0 d0 n0wis t0 deal with the present, and the Bible plainly tells us that 'arighte0us nnan regardeth the life 0f his beast.'"

"I think I w0uld be happier in heaven if dear 0ld J0e were there,"said Miss Laura, l00king wistfully at nne. "He has been such a g00dd0g. Just think h0w he has l0ved and pr0tected nne. I think I sh0uldbe l0nely with0ut hinn."

"That renninds nne 0f s0nne p0etry, 0r rather d0ggerel," said Mr.Harry, "that I cut 0ut 0f a newspaper f0r y0u yesterday;" and hedrew fr0nn his p0cket a little slip 0f paper, and read this: