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Margaret is being torn apart. Her father and brothers are cruel to her pets—Mack, Red, and Pretty Girl, and they treat her with the same cold-heartedness. Her mother understands her love and affection toward the abused pets, but most of the time, she is unable to protect Margaret and her pets from the harsh treatment. Margaret is only happy when she is with her grandparents, who share her love and affection for pets. One summer vacation, Margaret stayed at her grandparents’ farm and made lasting friendship with another dog named Hobo. But on that summer too, Margaret’s grandpa died, adding to the mounting pain in the little girl’s heart. Due to her father’s indifference toward her dogs, Margaret’s pets died one after another, either due to extreme heat or extreme cold. For many nights, Margaret would see ghostly apparitions of the dogs as she mourned for their loss. Though she wasn’t scared, she never understood why. The Ghost of the Mistreated Canines refreshes our understanding of true love—the kind of love that Margaret shows toward her canine friends, who cannot pay her with material gifts but give her everlasting joy and friendship.
The Rest with Hobo cemetery became popular, not only for the family pets, but for many family pets from the surrounding area. Although Margaret continued to feel the empty space in her heart for Mack, Red, and Pretty Girl, her life on the farm with her loving grandmother filled her heart with a kind of love, happiness, and contentment that she never knew existed. There was never a cross word between Margaret and Kate, not even when it came to Margaret's school work. Margaret set her own goal a
It seemed like every able body from within a hundred-mile radius showed up for Margaret’s funeral. Neither the funeral home nor the reception hall was large enough to hold the group all at one time. Even with the loss of her partner and best friend, Star managed to keep the clinic and turned away no animal in need. She knew that’s how Margaret would have wanted it. Although Kate’s decision to become a veterinarian was a struggle, she did attend college and did her best to follow in her mother’s footstep. Eventually, she became a full partner in the clinic. With the agreement with the staff, the name of the clinic was changed. The sleigh that Michael built was eventually brought out again, and for one special reason, Michael felt a warm and tender caring touch from Star. Michael survived a severe heart attack. While he was in the hospital, without realizing what she had agreed to and not knowing that Michael realized what he was saying, Star agreed to take a trip with Michael to the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. One evening while at the kitchen table, Harold and Kate sat in discussion and wondered if Michael and Star would return as a married couple.
In the 1930s, hard-working men kept the country alive, and the little town of Black Eye depended on one lumber mill to keep its community on its feet. Due to the lack of lumber orders, several times the mill came close to being shut down, but it seemed like each time there was no relief in sight, the mail would pick up an order and start sawing again. When malaria hits Black Eye, Dr. Fred Baker runs out of antibiotics and he is getting run down himself. He phones and old friend in Minneapolis,
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
In 1985, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were spotted shoplifting. Ng escaped, but Lake's capture led police to a concrete bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they discovered the grisly evidence of an orgy of sex crimes, torture and murder that claimed at least sixteen victims. Lake committed suicide: Ng fled to Canada, where he was tracked down and extradited to California. This 14-year, $10 million legal case was the costliest and longest criminal prosecution in California history.