The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-10

&. rur T.Ls OF i Doa Last Thursday eve.
ming, says, the Troy Press, Eddie Gerroh,i
AGED nine years, OF Newtonvssle, Q small ham,
lesIin the Interior Of w tersliet, went into
The weeds an the rear LOT lis father:s house
10 gather sonse nuts. He obtained 9 little.
oas from Ibis mother, Gt bis urgent. ye-s
Quest, TO put the nuts ia, and started ON 1o :,
the woods iii high giles. = Ats evening az.
yances he d{d NOT return, and his parenss be-
Icarae aEyioGs ana went IN search OF hsms'
hIit failed Ia find him. They continued their
search ain dsyFriias, snd on. the evening OF
FRAT dav returned hcCEe tired and foot-sore,
ana alnsosk gave the child up as lost. Shout
@ O'CLOCK on. Saturday mUruiDg, rs MOST or
The residents OF the hamlet were ia Mr.. ser
rold's house sympathizlng With the family IN
the loss OF their HAita, sc Jack Pa large New
foundland dog, tbat has been an attscbe Oh
Ethe Gersold family Snee hewas month oto,
entered, and seezRed uneasy, ana kep1
whining and barking at intervals
he was put outside the door iof uistu 70.
ling the samily, and, after remaining saefe ior
some time, be ran into Mrs. Scoviips nouse,
next door, and grasped a LOAF. OF oreao tnaI
| the ssady Of the house had put under tne
| stove, and ran off With 1t In MS mouth
| In the direction OF the wood. When Mr.
Scovjii returned his wife related the in
cident to him, ard he felt surprised,
40 Jack had always maintained char
acter for strict honesty. He in turn related
the incident 10 Mr.. Gerrold, and that gentle
msn felt pretty certain that the dog had some
| idea of where the child was, and new hope
| was inspired ia the family, and they waited
| impatiently for the dogs return. a.. !,
FINALLY, be did return in about an hour,
and exhibited the same uneasness that was
remarked, before. After trying various fuses
10 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
| mapys winding paths, until at last they
reached a chestnut grove, and there they
found the boy lying under a tree, with bis
Iieft leg broken. sa,i eli. Z. s,ls.: 70, Il. s
The bow himself told the facts of the case
| to our reporter substantially as follows: He
| was upon the tree, and shaking 1T with all
Ibis might to shake off the nuts, he lost his
hold and tumbled down, his leg striking the
ground with force. He tainted. and the first
thing that met bis gaze when he became
eocscious was the dog standing over him.
This was on Friday evening, and the DOG
never left bis side, but kept barking With all
| bis might until Saturday morning.
The paDgs OF munger tne pOy ieit pretty
keesly ut this time, and he made an attempt
| to reaek some nuts that lay ON the ground a
short distance from him. When the dog OBJ
served this be started off and returned in a
short time with the loaf In his mouth, which
he deposited In tie boy Is 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.
The boy was removed home and doctor SUM.
moned from Cohoes, who set the wounded
limb. gvyTlsg FvnT v4. Ereg,,l ir-.et r a..