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CONTENTS

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Foreword 13

Theft in the Rain 21

Voices in the Night 53

The Unknown Four 81

Blind Man’s Touch 107

Birthday Warning 137

The House of Beating Hearts 163

As a Man Speaks 193

Arm of Guilt 221

FOREWORD

DOGS WHO SET BLIND MEN FREE

In Morristown, New Jersey, there is what isprobably the most remarkable school in theworld—a school where dogs are educated toliberate physically the blind people of our country.This school is called The Seeing Eye and wasfounded in 1928 by a woman whose life and wealthhas been devoted to this remarkable cause; her nameis Mrs. Harrison Eustis.

Female German shepherd dogs are chosen forthis work because they are not easily distractedfrom the duties entrusted to them. It takes fromthree to five months to complete a dog’s education.The first few months are spent with her instructor:she learns to pick up whatever he drops; learns thatif she walks off a curb without first stopping, hestumbles and falls; that if she passes under a lowobstruction, he hits his head.

It is very hard to find men with sufficient patienceto learn how to educate these dogs and it is equallyas difficult to teach the blind how to rely upon anduse these dogs.

HOW THE DOG WORKS

The method by which the dog and man worktogether is simple. The dog guide does not takeher master to his destination without being toldwhere to go. It is not generally appreciated, butblind people develop an adequate mental picture oftheir own communities. All they need is a meansby which they may be guided around their picture.In a strange city they ask directions as anyone elsewould. It is simple to remember the blocks and toremember also when to go right or left. In familiarterritory people with eyesight do not look for thename of every street. The master directs his dog byoral commands of “right,” “left” or “forward.”But it is the dog that guides the master. By meansof the handle of the leather harness which he holdslightly in his left hand, she takes him around pedestrians,sidewalk obstructions, automobiles, anythingwhich may interfere with his safe progress.The pace is rapid, rather faster than that of theaverage pedestrian. Upo

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