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Excerpt from Jess: Bits of Wayside GospelIn two days Jess and I started out on our first tramp. We soon understood each other. I think the affection was mutual. We had not been on the road three hours before I discovered that she had adopted me as I had her. We rested each other often by my breaking the ride with long walks. I found that she needed no leading strings, faithful as a dog, she followed wherever I went. Hundreds of miles, during the four years of our summer'companionship, she followed me without word or bridle. Often in my musings I would forget all about my silent companion, suddenly recalling myself, i would look around, wondering whether she had resented the neglect and abandoned me, but always she was close at hand. Sometimes she, too, would be lost inrevery, would forget her surroundings, and would be found dreaming along, four, five, or more rods behind. Sometimes an occasional bush or bough would cause her to turn aside for a mouthful, but never would she so far forget her obligations as to stoop for a mouthful of grass, although she always might. But when I stopped, thus awak ening her to a consciousness of time and place, like a delinquent child she would quicken her step, hasten to me and place her head on my shoulder in gentle reconciliation. Jess had a timid nature, she was often afraid, always ap prehensive, but she seldom lost her self-control while on the road, and was always strengthened by my presence. In the country the big bould ers by the roadside were always uncanny mon strosities to her, but she never doubted my wisdom when driving or riding, and always trusted my leading when walking.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.