The sun., 1879-02-23
POOR ~ CK PARKER
The ora settlers story OF the DsR TINT wns
Faithful Uats Dcnth.

FhNhtui Uato Dcntn.
HoNRsDAhB, Pa, Feb 2O.-" Yes" said the
Old Settler. {" | do that dog a watehfn' Of
his MASTER grave on Long Island. My gram
dartor read'tto me out N THE Sun. But Isay.
thar ain't nOthin' curiouser 'bo0ut that n thar
is 'bcout adog t KIN reecomembor. over in
| Derwar Kgounty."
The old settler is Tunis ST. John OF Preston
llo Is eighty years old. and remembers when
tho inhabitants Of Wayne. pike. Monroe. North
ampton. and Carbon counties were too few to
have Stats senator.
" It's sixty year ago. cnsy. senoe which Pm
goin' tell y happened. but 'taint none the less
true 5 gospel. FIR all oithm.
Yes. say. b hockey, it's list sixty year ago.
i'r twas tn year fore they gethr'd up the bones
O. tn Mnisnk Volunteers which tn Injun
Brant massycreed in 1873. on the mcountings
deown nigh tn mouth o. tn Lnckawach They
gcihered them bones up in 1920. and tuck 'cm
{ Goshen N planted 'cm under u monnyment.
Y see Braut tn Iniun Chief. killed most ev'ry
one they was at NTnisink, Orange 'Keounty. N
then skinned cout n madefrih' Dcpwar walley.
lot O crnay militia started { pcrseyew him,
'n-but. say. y mus a hccrd o all this sonny,
I aint no nyews in these parts.
| Thar was drover named Hank Parker
lived over in Delwar Kcourty. lie had family
o one shep'rd dog. n wife. N two children. TIL
dogs name was Jack. That dog was $ kcutc t
thhr's snyin' in tn keounb yit t'f mans
lcetlc smarter n tffe giner'i run o. his neigh
b'rs, they say. Cuss'd 'fhe don't know 8 much
s Jack Parkerl
"nnt. La In ,ho,, dova IN, oniy roiIro,ds
we had was blazcd paths thr'yew tn woods n
! few turnpikes yer n thar = want much botter
! N tol'blo wood road is these days. Kingst'n.
| on tn Hudson. was tn pint whar we k'nsder'd
| tn sun riz n sot. Tn sight OF n skeuncr on tn
Itnda,r ,,,,. s,,,,,ir, :, ,or,o hun, IN ,,u w.
,i"uSo, ~"s su '"lm 'orno nun, .,u 'on
body else went n SEQ one.
| "It,,,l. porkor mai, ,hroo ,rira n ,onr :,
q, i" ~ ~ NJ n'""u ""iOo "P' " wv"
h'nestn with cattle lie always tuck his dog
,no,,or ~, ,,o,,. on,,i, III hod lot doo
i,''''o, ,,uo" ,r in"n' ,,u ''"s
Jack ii 90 thr'yow IN drove n kcount noses.
,F,hor or, shcr, ho,d tnorr,, 81 hoct bs,J
CO. ' m Hank "1 XIV wouldn't o see S him asin IN he
come back with tn missin' steer r Ecow; II |
s.v ,ha, Soe, - ,,a,, - to,,, uant,s hoots
But | say. This time I'm speakin' oi
prtick'er Hank was on his way back from
| rta.,, ~ -, = - - - ia
moro n tyew theousn dollars in his saddle
bag. Thar want no wnggins in them ar days.
man tuiuht nave no moss 70 orluo shouiuereu
his traps and walked. no matter I he was goin'
When Hunk left Kingst'n. thar was k'nsldble
| huuabRoo 'hcout n mnd dog = hid been hitin'
cattle n dogs in IN vicinity but he didn't think
| nothin' 'beout / then, Jack wgls with him o.
course, N knowel list hcow many cattle Hank
ii sold what he'd got fr 'em. n all 'bcout tn
| cnsh in M sandle hays I'll be consarned \
| don't think Z Z thar'd been keountrilt ftp
in them bngs that dog wudn't let Hank left
iur "T.' I. >" '' '''',' ",''
| But, say. sonny. Hank Parker done q
hns,sned his dyin' day. snra y spring makes
bark peel N I scattered Hanks family fr'm
stonk ieft i'm th nun keounty, I ever got track
Of anyhow
" Hank was gcttin' purity nigh hum. n Jack
was jocgin' long with him. sometimes squar
skippin' 'l6nssido o him n sometimes pran.
was I'nerattylatin' his master 'cnuse they was
so cluss 4 hum ag'in. They got on tn brow u
deoTn k in H. valley. not % more'n a milo ahead.
He know'd heow glad his wife n children n be
t see him. n he knowd 1.-THE young nns u be
Jest MS glad Z see old Jack = they wud him.
But | say. frgott tell y I Jack didn't
have only one .eyo; Hanks young nns uset
git away firm tn house n tOddle OF into tn
woods. of which thar want much o anything
else in them days, Old Jack always kkep near
'om. though. n Hank nor his wife didn't have
no fear. One day Hanks youngest boy-he
want more n three wear old,-ww ssttin TN
root OF an Gla pine tree a-mekiH ena'n ovi y
cuss 'longside O. him. All OF n suddint JACK
jumps up an mekesa spring into n laurel bush
onds him n n russcd big painter was rasselin'
'rround thar { see who had IN best rEht TO a
fulhot on this mundane spear. ,,
Wal Jack was moro II enough rth painter !;
but he didn't come out n that hgbt Without u
Chawln n tearln laid him up Tor good TWO
months. one O. his eyes was skeuped rout :
clean = n nycw tin whistle. MS hide had
{ he sew'd up with WaN-eends Keep I II m
fallln on o him.
But, say, he saved the young un
While Hnnk was goin deown N ineounttnR
not thinSln' q anything but gum mum old
Jack kmenced 1 bark n bite I th hoss's heels
Hank looked deown at him, n holler q at him
keep still, Bnt. say, JACK wudnt Keep sul,
n k'mencd I Jump up n snap Z Hanks legs
! Then I iash'd into Hanks head 'beout tn mad
dog I Kingston. He looked poor jack, which
was n barkin' n snappin'. lust I IN hoss n
then Z his master. 1900
3" Good Godl said Hank, Old jack Is
madn
Then Hank drawcd his legs up n got on
| his knees on the hoss's back. SO . JACK cudnt
bite him. He coaxed the dog. n scoded him
n tricd all sorts O. ways [ make him be sti
But. say, old Jack KEEP on whinin. n barkin
n hitin. Hank sad nrterwds I almost druv
him crazy { hear tn poor feller. SO Hank said
himself TN never do { take Jack hum, for
he,l bite the young uns, n we'll al Ky mad
Hank carried a big pistol in his coat pocket
so 3 L have Z handy in case o need. He
drawedi i eQut While the biz tears rolled deown
his checks no tuck aim ola JACK, got head
front O. his fOreShOulder. n lrad. Jack
A aal xyl IA all 4 Hank =