Connecticut western news., 1875-11-12
A FAITHFUL FRIEND.
His Fidelity to his Wounded Young Master He Carries him a Loaf of Bread. and Lends to his Rescue.

His Fidelity to his Wounded Young Master
 He Carries him u Loaf of Bread, and Lends to his Rescue. ! On Thursday Eddie Gerrold, aged
 nine years, of Newtonville, small ham
 let in the interior of Wateryliet, N. r.,
 went into the woods in the rear of his
 fathers house to gather some nuts. He
 obtained a little bag from his mother at
 his urgent request to put the nuts in,
 and started off for the woods in high
 glee. As evening advanced he did not
 return, and his parents became anxious,
 and went ill search of him, but failed to
 find him. They continued their search
 all day Friday, and on the evening of
 that day returned home tired and foot
 sore, and almost gave the child up as
 lost. About nine o'clock on Saturday
 morning, as most of the residents of the
 hamlet were in Mir. .Gerrold's house
 sympathizing with the family in the loss
 of their child, "Jack," large New
 foundland dog, that has been an attache
 of the Gerrold family since he was a
 month old, entered and seemed uneasy,
 and dkept winning and barking at inter
 vals. He was put outside the door for
 disturbing the family, and after remain ing sthere for some time, he ran into q
 Mrs. Scovill's house next door, and
 grasped a loaf of bread that the lady of the house had put under the stove,9 and ran off with.it in his mouth in the direc- tion of the wood. n r.
 When MT. Scovill returned, his wife. related the incident to him and he felt surprised, as Jack had always maintained character for strict honesty. He, in turn related the incident to Mir. Gerrold, and that gentleman felt pretty certain that the dog had some idea of where the child was and new hope was in- spired in the family and they waited i'm patiently for the dogs return. Finally he did return in about an hour, and ex- hibited the same uneasiness that was marked before. After trying various ruses to attract the family to follow him to the wood. he finally started in that direction with more than half of the residents of the hamlet after him. He led them through many winding paths,~ until at last they reached a chestnut grove, and there they. found the boy ly- ing unoer tree with his left leg broken. The boy himself told the facts of the case to our reporter substantially as fol- lows: He was upon the tree, and shak-l ing it with all his might to shake off the nuts, and lost his hold and tumbled down, his leg striking the ground with force. He tainted, and the first thing that met his gaze when he became con scious, was the dog standing over him. This was on Friday evening, and the dog never left his side, but kept barking with all his might until Saturday morn ing. The bangs of hunger the boy felt l. 4
 an attempt to reach some nuts that lay on the ground short distance from him. When the dog observed this he started off and returned in short time with the loaf in his mouth, which he de- posted in the boys lap. He ate of it with relish, and then became lonesome and began to cry. The dog started off again and this time returned with his friends to him. z>s The boy was removed home and a doctor summoned, who set l the wounded limb.