The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-30
A REMARkAeLs ANIMAL.
He was Only a Dog hut He Knew n Thing
or Two About Human Filtration.

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A contributor to the prize-dog story
department of the. New York Morning
journal tells this instance of sagacity
Of Newfoundland dog:
Two or three years ago friend Of
Mines very pretty young wife. was the
happy possessor of a fine Newfound-
land dog called Druid. The common
tricks OF fetching, CARRYING and seek
ing for hidden articles were rs child's
play 10 the magnificent brute. aud il
was not by such every day canine
tricks he had won his name for great
intelligence.
Every now and then he would dis
play such wonderful reasoning power
by the performance of some act un-
taught or unsnggested by any outside
influence that wonder as we'll rs adnira-
ton WAS excited.
There was one performance of
Druids which. unfortunately from the
nature of IT, could not be boa ted of bv
my friend Mrs. A. accept among her
most Intimate lady friends. aud the cir
cuuIstances of which are certainly
without parallel among canine acts of
intelligence.
Mrs. A., like several other Young
married LADIES OF a romantic turn of
mind. was es.rrying On a lively but
harmless Irritation with Young
bachelor In the same city. Halifax. Nova
Scotia.
Unknown to her husband. she used to
send aud receive letters every day TO
the young gentleman in question. and.
as the post could not be trusted, to pre-
vent discovery, Druid was pressed into
service.
Every morning he was sent of to the
house OF the young gentleman with u
letter safely tucked underneath his
collar. and in the course of an hour OF
two he would return with the reply
The letters were in themselves harm
less. though harm might have been
made out of them. especially by jeal-
Gus husband. which Mr. A. most as
suredly was. They consisted of mild
billets doux, making appointments TO
meet at the theater or party. and. on
receiving the reply. my friend would
persuade Mr.. A.. her husband. to take
her to the appointed rendezvous.
Druid evidently knew what he was
doing was not quite above board. aud
always watched his opportunity TO let
Mrs. A. take her letter from under
meath his collar when her husband was
not present. In the event of his pres
ence. the dog always laid quietly down
at respectful distance until the de-
! sired opportunity arrived.
/ One day when Druid had returned
T with his letter he came sedately walk
I ing across the lawn to where Mr.. A.,
/ his wife aud were sitting underneath
I the trees. aud noticing that his mistress
& was not alone. he sat down and awaited
developments.
After he had been waiting about hall
4 an hour MIR. A. who WAS "a seeptic as
/ 10 Druid's powers of reasoning. began
10 tickle his nose and ears with a straw,
4 and gradually woke the Newfoundland
from the doing state into which he
4 had fallen. The tickling at last proved
4 too much for Druid and. as he arose he
gave himself big shake. Just rs If he
had come out of the water. The shake
was good one. in fact too good. and
/ what was the horror of Mrs. A. to see
the letter fall from out its hiding-place
To the ground, fortunately with the adj
dressed side down.
She was lying in = hammock and
with terrified look. blushed a rosy
red, which. fortunately for her. Mr.. A
did not notice as he sprang up 10 gel
the note.
Quick as he was. Druid. however. wa.
quicker. as he snapped it up of the
ground and calmly chewed il up and
swallowed il, with look at his mis-
tress that said perfectly plain: Trust
TO me aud it viii be all right.
Druid. by his prompt action. saved
his mistress all explanation. as Mr.. A
could make nothing of the affair. nevel
for moment suspectiug that the lettel
was for his wife. aud contented himself
by remarking: Il wonder wha was il
that letter aud who il was FROM
My friend. however. got "A lesson and
cut short her Irritation. but used to sa,
that it WAS the first time dog hae
ever saved woman from a possibl,
divorce action and certain scoldin.
from her husband.