The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-08
gOR OUR YOUNG FOLKR



That's splendid hook." exclaimed
my nephew Phil aS he closed the Lass
vo,nm. IL Src,t's Heart % Midlothian
i wish 1 could 20 q Edinburgh
myself and see all those places
won't ycu tell rs about u Aunt
Maigc?"
oh Dor Joined In Helen and Beth.
and. as smilingly a>sented. they All
drew up 10 the great wocd fire. which
was the more cheerful for the chilly
November storm which was bowling
outside
well Phil" ! began. Il saw the
very Heart itself in the pavement near
the old church Of ST. Giles but within
: stones throw there Was something
which interested me % much more
even than that that tonight ] think ]
will tell You about .Greyfriars Bobby
instead
..Not far from ST. Giles Is another
open square facing the old church and
graveyard 81 Grryfriar : In 'front.'
a the church ! saw = fountain. n
which many tired and thirsty men and
horses stopped 20 drink even while ]
stood near il. looking at the marble
statue Of shaggy. homely. insignifi-
cant little dog. which surmounted the
fountain
Il felt sure that thereby hung =
tale"
OH groaned Phil. ..r.af = puns
..And You may know that my curl
osity was well gratified when the old
sexton inside the graveyard told me
that the statue was Of none other than
Greyfriar's Bobby the most famous
dog on record for his extraordinary q
delisv TO his master memory
From the sexton and other sources
/ finally obtained this true story Of
Bobby's life:
I'm the year 1858 there came one day
20 Greyfriar's churchyari an humble
Scotch funeral A poor man named
GRAY was buried in . corner by the
/ church. and only few poorly clad
mourncrs watched the sexton - he
shoveied in the last spadefui Of earth
upon the newly-made grave A they
slowly left the spot no one Noticed =
little Scotch terrier. which crept pitt.
/ fully back and moaning sadly lay down
upon his masters grave Not until
the next morning when the sexton--ol
curator IS the Scotch call him
passed that way did he see the poor
little dog keeping guari over the newly
inside mound. lying o. the damp. col
earth As il 70 keep - close = ms mas
ter as possible Outside the gate q
the churchyard- in big black letters
was posted An order: No dogs ~
lowed Within So the curator drovs
poor Bobby away. and put him outsid'
the gate.
The next morning he Was agai'
found there and was driven away Il
che same manner The third mornin,
was cold and rainy. and when III
curator found the faithful dog still ~
ing shivering on the grave his hear
was touched. He gave him = litti'
food and left him % his trust in peace
From that day. way back in lass
until the day AZ his death in 1871. 10
fr<frs years and . kGif Bobby mere
sr,nf q singie nigH aray fro1 ~
masfsrs grarss Did ron ever hear Q
such devotion n thsf in poor dunn
creature. little insignificant dog lib
Bobby?
when the cold storms Of winter -
4 In and the nights were often bitterl
. raw and cold the old curator used .
sry 70 keep Bobby inside the hcuss
! where he could have warm and eou
, Portable shelter from the wet and chill
, but Bobby always howled dismall
, whenever such attempts were mad
! and no matter how rough the nigi
: persisted in clinging 70 the spot dear
} 70 him than any cther-his master
. grave
4 As the months and years passed b.
: the mound where poor Gray was burie
. became leveIed little By little gill q !.
Z there was almost nothing 20 distinguis
: Il from the surrounding ground. for q
' man had been too poor 60 have even
= small footsfone 20 mark IL; but Boil
: never forgot the spot and his devotit
= 70 his masters memory attracted mo
= attention than any costly monumen
q People Who came from far and near
- &c the famous Covenanter's stone -
: by. where. two hundred years ago. q
a old Covenanters signed their names
= blood. often took still more interest
y the little terrier which was now know
4 for miles around - 'GreyfriaI
a Bobby
= For : long time : weekly treat
- sseaks was furnished him by : eerta
Kindly Sergeant Scott. Of the city :
- gineerx Then for many years var
!. hearted restaurant keeper near
~ | named Trail. fed him regularly Bob
Il used 70 60 20 his house nesr
- ehurchyard. every day. Punesnaliy
il twelve. being guided by tho sound
q the Edinburgh time-gun. which = -
- every day ~ noon For six years
a. Was fed In this way. ill ons Day
~ kind restaurant keeper was ssmDon
- 20 court for not paying the deg-sax
". manLei II every mnn who sune
- xu~l- n-IL~s. s~tow~.trm~v -