Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-11-24
A NEW DOG STORY.
His Fidelity to His Wounded Young Master
lie Carries Him n Loaf of Bread and
Leads to His Rescue.

His Fidelity to His Wounded Young Master
He Carries Him a Loaf of Bread and
Leads to His Rescue.
The Troy Press says: On a recent
evening Eddie Gerrold, aged nine
years, of Newtonwille, small hamlet
in the interior of Wate1vliet, went into
the woods in the rear of his fathers
house to gather some nuts. He obtain
ed 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 in search of him,
but failed to find him. They con-
tinued their search all day Friday, and
on the evening of that day returned
home tired and footsore, and almost
gave the child up as lost. About 9
o'clock on Saturday morning, as most of
the residents of the hamlet were in Mr..
Gerrold's house sympat izing with the
family in the loss of their child, Jack, a
large Newfoundland dog, that has been
an attache of the Gerrold family since
he was month old, entered and seemed
uneasy, and kept whining and barking
at intervals. He was put outside the
door for disturbing the family, and after
remaining there for some time he ran
into a Mrs. Scovills house, next door.
and grasped loaf of bread that the
lady of the house had put IN
der the stove, and ran off with it
in his mouth in the direction Of the
wood. When Mr.. Scovil returned his
wife related the incident to him. and he
felt surprised, as Jack had always main
tanned character for strict honesty.
He in turn related the incident to Mr..
Gerrold, and that gentlemen felt pretty
certain That the dog had some idea of
where the child was, and new hope was
inspired in the family, and they waited
impatiently for the dogs return. Final
~ he did return in about an hour, and
exhibited the same uneasiness that was
remarked 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 res
idents of the hamlet after him.
He led them through many wind.
ing paths, until at last they
reached chestnut grove, and there
they found the boy lying under tree
with his left leg broken. The boy him
self told the facts of the case to our re-
porter substantially as follows: He
was upon the tree, and shaking it with
all his might to shake Off nuts, and lost
his hold and tumbled down, his leg
striking on the ground with force. He
tainted, and the first thing that met his
gaze when he became conscious 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 morning.
The pangs of hunger the boy felt
pretty keenly at this time, and he made
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
deposited in the boys lap. He ate it
with relish, and then became lone
some and began to cry. The dog start
ed off again and this time returned with
his friends to him. The boy was taken
home and doctor summoned from Co
hoes, who set the wounded limb.