Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-06-13
Canine Anecdotes,

| ago, the late MI. d" possessed col
lie shepherd dog, which was very clever
at its duty until it had litter, one of
which was spared to it. After this all
the poor animals affections seemed to
be centred in her puppy, for she refused
or did most unwillingly the work she
had to do; which so vexed her master
that he cruelty drowned the puppy
before the mothers eyes, covering the
bucket in which he left the body with
sack. He then went round the fields
followed by the old dog, who from that
moment resumed her former useful
ness. On Mr.. H--'s return, after
having had his tea in the evening, he
bethought himself of the bucket. and
went to fetch it to empty the contents
into q hole he had made in the manure
heap; he found the bucket, covered as
he had left it, but on pouring out the
contents there was nothing but water.
He questioned his wife and her niece,
but neither knew anything about it.
The next morning Mrs. H was
struck with the piteous expression of
the poor animals face, and she said to
her: "Scottie, tell mo where you have
taken your puppy" The dog imme-
diately ran off distance of quite q
hundred yards to the kitchen garden,
jumped the fence, and went direct to
the farther end of the garden, to a spot
situated between two rows of beans.
There, where the earth had been appar-
emily recently moved, she sat, and as it
were, wept. Mrs. H went again
into the house, and without mentioning
what had occurred, said to her niece
ASK Scottie what she has done with
her puppy" The question was put,
and again the poor creature went
through the same performance. These
circumstances were mentioned to Mr..
H, who pooh hoohed at the idea of
their being anything out of the COM
mon; but to satisfy Lis wife, he went to
the spot, and dug down distance of
three feet, and there, sure enough, had
the faithful, fond mother carried and
buried her little one.
Some dogs. in their love and affection
for their masters, have at times equaled
human beings in their consistency, and
even surpassed them in the marvellous
intelligence with which they foresee
and avert approaching danger. The
following example related to us by a
lady, may prove interesting:
Two girls. daughters of an English
country doctor, were once out for
walk together. It was an autumn after.
noon, sunny and pleasant. They were
accompanied by their little dog. named
Jack, who was clever little terrier,
and more than once had proved his
he was, their protector while out
claim to be considered, as indeed
walking. Their father often said he
felt "quite happy when Jack was with
them he wGs sure no harm could come
to them"
The two girls pursued their walk
merrily. The fine afternoon tempted
them to 60 farther than they ought,
however, and by the time they turned.
the dusk had fallen, and they were
afraid they would be late to tea. One
Of them proposed to take short cut
through a wood with which they were
we'll acquainted, having often gathered
blackberries in it on a summer after
noon. The other agreed; and so they
arrived at the edge of the wood and pre-
pared to enter it.
"All the same am rather afraid"
said Dora, the younger of the two;
"there have been several robberies in
the neighborhood, and ! saw some very
odd looking men pass our door to-day
besides, / am wearing my new watch
which papa gave me on my birthday"
"Oh, nonsense !" her sister replied;
" it is nearly six o'clock now, and we
shall be late. Be sure no one will harm
u.s."
l wish / was as certain as you are.
But what's the matter with Jack ?"
Just as she had said this, Jack ad-
vanced towards them, and planting him
self in the middle of their path, sat
down and whined.
"That is odd" said Dora. 81 never
remember him doing that before"
The other girl derided her fears, and
attempted to pass the dog but he
caught her dress in his teeth, and held
her so firmly that she hardly dared to
set herself free. One more effort she
made, but Jack was resolute; so at last,
seeing how determined he was to pre-
vent their further progress, she gave
up trying.
Well, we'll, you stupid little BRUTE"
she said angrily, II suppose we must
go all that long way round"
So the two sisters abandoned the idea
of taking the short cut through the
wood, and went home by the safe high
road. When they arrived. how grateful,
how unutterably thankful, did they
feel to their little protector, whose IN
telligence had been so far superior to
theirs, and had saved them despite
themselves. A man had been found in
the wood shortly after they had left it,
murdered and robbed, it was conject-
ured, by the tramps who had passed
through the village in the morning.
Thus Jack had preserved his mistresses
from meeting, perhaps, a similar fate.
Their gratitude, it is needless to add,
was profound towards their little four.
footed protector, who, we are glad to
hear, lived to good old age.-Cham-
ber's Journal.
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