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This dog had saved him, and who knows how many other motorists.  Red selected a wrench from behind a seat, replaced the nut and prepared to leave the rest stop.Thanks, dog!  I've really got to go, now.The dog whined.  Red bent down.  She was using those big brown eyes of hers to her best advantage.You got a collar on?  Dog tag?  Maybe, we can find out who you belong to!

There was no tag, only an inch-wide turquoise nylon collar on which someone had taken time to hand embroidery a word in red, MERCY.Mercy!  Is that your name?Two barks.You look like you might be hungry, Mercy!  You hungry?Two more barks.Let me see if I've some hamburgers in the cab.  Are World Burgers all right with you?Mercy sat up before he even opened the door.  Red located a bag with three World-Burgers."They're kind of cold, Mercy.  You don't mind, do you?Mercy dropped down and whined, again.What?  You want me to put them into the microwave for thirty seconds before you get one?Woof!  Woof!Okay Mercy. One hot World-Burger coming right up. But, I get two of them. 

Understand?mmediately, Mercy's right paw shot forward. Woof!  Woof!  She agreed.Red never planned getting a dog.  A few long-haulers keep animals for company because it's illegal to transport human passengers.  Section 392.60 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations clearly reads: Unauthorized persons not to be transported.  Dogs, cats, even parrots or boa constrictors are not forbidden.  For Red Haring, the childhood memory of a car running over his dog had never been healed.  He'd sworn never to become attached to another animal.You must belong to a trucker, Mercy.  Okay!  Hop in!  You can ride with me a little ways.  We'll get on the CB and find out where your owner is.Red tried to find Mercy's owner. 

Three different truckers remembered a driver that used to travel with a yellow dog.  Had a turquoise collar.  He'd died on the highway, they'd heard.  The year before!  No mention of what became of his dog. The word would get passed along by CB radio for several days.  Meanwhile, Red agreed he'd take good care of the animal.  Within a week, Mercy would be inspecting Red's truck and supervising his road-hire employees.