Klingensmith

But when she locked eyes with the mellow creature at Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter in Bozeman, Mont., two years ago, Klingensmith felt she was looking deep into the big heart of a dog that would be perfect — kind and sensitive with her husband, Verne, who was homebound, slowly dying of an incurable lung disease.

Pet Talk: Dogs pay it forward 2010

But when she locked eyes with the mellow creature at Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter in Bozeman, Mont., two years ago, Klingensmith felt she was looking deep into the big heart of a dog that would be perfect — kind and sensitive with her husband, Verne, who was homebound, slowly dying of an incurable lung disease.

Pet Talk: Dogs pay it forward 2010

And then, just a few weeks after joining the family, Holly woke Klingensmith from a deep sleep, nudging her, pacing anxiously.

Pet Talk: Dogs pay it forward 2010

And when he died in April last year, Klingensmith says, "Holly was at his side, bringing him comfort, as always."

Pet Talk: Dogs pay it forward 2010

And then, just a few weeks after joining the family, Holly woke Klingensmith from a deep sleep, nudging her, pacing anxiously.

Pet Talk: Dogs pay it forward 2010

And when he died in April last year, Klingensmith says, "Holly was at his side, bringing him comfort, as always."

Pet Talk: Dogs pay it forward 2010

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He was chosen, so said Klingensmith, for his plausible ways.

The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903

Klingensmith, that the train would be destroyed at once by the Indians, thus avoiding any call upon the militia; but the emigrants had behaved with such effectiveness that the Indians were unable to complete the task.

The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903

Klingensmith, too, had put the clothing taken from the bodies, blood-stained, shredded by bullets and knives, into the cellar of the tithing office at Cedar City.

The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903