The daily gazette., 1880-04-12
SECOND EDITION
An INCIDENT 10 the German war
07"' N Of 1896.
BY W. Q. M.


. io oaaaitiaa By W. 9. M. .gusr
Among the officers who fell in tn,
battle Of Langensalza, was one VIII,
owned a fine Scoth terrier, whicl
accompanied his master everywhere
and SO now had followed him into til,
battle. Here, unhappily, the office
met with an early death. Notwith
standing this the faithful animal die
not forsake him even then, but remain
ed at his side, moaning piteously whei
he saw the gaping wound and tn,
flowing blood, and heard the las
gaspinR Of his dying master. tA 3
3 He ran round and round him-bark
ed, howled-went away a few yards
to see If his master would get MP anc
follow him, and then always returned
sadly back again. He licked the
wound, smelt at and rubbed his nose
against the dying man on every side
and when he died the faithful anlma
lifted up his head, as if instinct had
told him the bitter truth, and looking
up to the blue sky howled in loud and
piteous tones, as if he was begging for
help from thence, or wished to carry
his complaint thither. ..
At last after hours of lamenting, he
lay down by the side of his dead mas
ter, his eyes and his head turned
toward him, and continued every now
and then to moan gently. In this
position he was found by the grave.
diggers who were sent out from the
tosn to take up the corpses, and inter
them in trenches dug for the purpose.
When they approached the body OF
the officer, his faithful guardian rush.
ed furiously upon them, and would
not allow them to touch it. Nothing
could be done but with spade and
shovel to make an attack upon the
angry animal, and to seize him by lay
ing hold of him ON both sides and in
this way the poor dog was made pris-
oner, and was placed in sack, SO that
the men might be secure from his bite.
A visitor ~ the fed of battle saw The
capture of the dog, and heard the story
Of his fidelity.
"Good people," said he to the grave
diggers, .give me the dog; L will pay you
for him." -..-..-'-.
They readily consented, and when they
brought the dog to his new master in the
evening he took him home with him. But
also the next morning the animal had
vanished. The reader will guess hth-
er he had fled-he bad gone back to the
place where his beloved master fell.
Poor dog your master is no longer there.
They have laid him TO rest with eight OF
his brave comrades beneath the green sod.
You will seek him in vain-Iou will
never see him againi
How diligently and perseveringly did
the faithful animsl search and smell at
every blade Of grass It was all in vain
his good master could nowhere be found
The unhappy dog was seen wandering
restlessly about the spot where bis matel
fe!l for several days; he even made bis
way into the wards of the hospitals, anC
gazed up wistfully ar the wounded mer
there with a sagacity almost human, ex.
aminiDg them with the sharp organ o.
scent. But at last, his instinct seemed
to have taught him the sad truth. He
returned mournfully back TO the meadow
to the spot where his master had fallen
and moaned as piteously, If not as
violently, as at the first,
In this manner the poor dog had for a
whole week mourned for his dead master.
The hospital attendants and other COM
passionate persons offered him food, and
tried to entice him away from the field;
but he only would take very little, and
always ran back again searching and
looking about everywhere like child
for its lost mother. +-..f.
One morning he had disappeared
wither no one knew. Several days
passed away; people amid more i'm
portant things such as the care of the
wounded men had forgotten about the
dog; then stranger appeared at the bath
house and inquired for the grave of his
only SOD who had fallen in this battle in
this neighborhood. He could not get the
information he wished. fr
"Well," said. the stranger, mournfully
TO the men who accompanied him, elf
cannot discover the grave of my beloved
son there Is one who will lead me to
the spot which drank in his blood, and
where he breathed out bis young life
this dog in my arms"
With these words he put the faithful
terrier on thh ground.
"Go on, my good dog, ''he said to him;
"go forward. and lead me to the place SO
sacred to q fathers heart. You have
come all this long way to me in my
distant home ard have now performed
the journey second time. Go on, good
dog; will follow.
Then the faithful animal; now grown
weak and emaciated, looked up at the
old gentleman, wagged his tail, Jumped
up at him, licked bis hand, and then
went slowly forward. In deep grief, the
old gentleman and a few sympathizing
persons followed. At last the animal
st )pped, and began to moan gently. He
b ID came to the spot where his young
master had died. 1'.
The deeply-afflicted father knelt
iown touched the earth with bis fore
head and lips, kissed the ground which
mad received bis sons blood, and prayed
or a long time. He then arose, and
vent hastily from the spot without look
ing round him. In q most painful state
Of selt-forgetfulness he arrived at the
yates of the town, and then he perceived
hat be was quite along-the, faithful
log had remained behind. He reproach-
ID himself bitterly for his selfishness.
The messenger he sent after him
oui.d the dog at the same spot in the
meadow, but dead. II might almost be |
aid that he had died of broken heart,
avinp mined aWay for the losa 0f his