The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-06

ranging that the dogs should cease to
occupy portion of my bedroom, and
accordingly they were transferred to
other quarters; they seemed to under
stand the cause Of their discomfort. and
especially did the dog take quite an an
tipathy to my wife, which took long
while to overcome.
By dnt of kindness, however, they
learned to love her and soon came under
perfect control. In the course of events
we had daughter born to us, and the
female (the one you now see at once
took quite fancy to the baby, and in
very short time constituted herself the
baby's guardian. We were residing in
the South at this time and remained
there till our baby was fourteen months
old. During all this time the dog may
be said never to have left the baby for
an hour at time; she was her playmate,
and, though handled very roughly at
times, seemed only delighted to be in her
company.
When baby got old enough to walk, il
was amusing TO see her perambulatlng
around the house with the hound in her
wake, and l have often looked at the
chrome "Nip and Tuck" and thought OF
similar scenes in my own house. They
| were inseparable; did the girl take baby
| out in her little carriage the hound must
| accompany her, and most Of the time
| lay at her feet. Did she go TO bed, so
| did the hound; in fact, to see one unac-
companied by the other was rare
| thing. Ii stranger took the baby there
| was q row, and he or she must look out
4 tor their heels. She was as jealous as
| she could be, for on one occasion that l
remember, a neighbor called and brought
a little poodle with her, and baby just
put her hand on its head, when that
poodle thought there was no place like
home.
At the age of fourteen months our
little one died OF diptherIa, and was bu-
ried on the Sabbath. In our griet we
took very little or no notice of the dog.
My wiie's health being very poor, L coz
ciuded to take her to New York by
steamer, and made arrangements to do
so TWO weeks after our bereavement.
Among such articles as we would not
wish to be burdened with, and which l
concluded to dispose of one way and an
other, were the hounds, and l accord
ingly made them present 10 friend oil
ours, who also had a1ittle girl, and who
we knew would take good care OF them,
it being unders TODD that he should come
every day and see them, 80 as to become
acquainted.
them to his house and keep them as long
as they would stay, so that when they
were missed at home we sufnAfse ed that
they were getting acquainted at their
new home. The two weeks rolled rapid
ly away, and in the interim l had given
orders tor a railing to be put around the
grave and stone put over it. Being a
very rainy season, | had not visited the
ispot, and concluded to do SO the DAY be-
fore we lett; so on Sunday, just two
weeks from the day we buried our darl-
ing, took my vile in a buggy to take a
look at her resting place. On arriving
at the cemetery, the sexton, an old ne
gro, who knew me very well, opened the
gate for me, and at the same time asked
me II | owned white greyhound, to
which l replied in the Affirmative, ana
inquired why.
He said, to use his own language: 81
tink it was your dog, sir, or else L kill
him. He dere over by de grave, and he
cum dere ebery day sence yer baby
buried, and when / drive him away he
bite me two or tree times and tear M
trowsers," and he showed me where he
was bitten. Sure enough, when we ar.
rived at the grave there lay our hound
in hole that she had dug In the earth,
and when she saw us came bounding to-
ward us, and then ran back TO the grave
and commenced digging and whining.
petted her and took her with us i'll the
buggy, and my wife made me stop at our
| friends house on the way home to tell
him that we would have to keep the dog,
we could not give her up, ana here she
| is. We have had her ever since, and we
mean to keep her till she dies. L have
been offered very large sums for her
much larger than what you have just
offered me-but money is no inducement
| TO part with her.