The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
A WONDERFuL PIG.
How He Saved Little Girl From
Getting Drowned.

How He Saved Little Girl From
Getting Drowned.
Fort Smith (Arkl Special to GEobe-Democrat
''You think that you have seen smart
things done by dogs" said a farmer who
was in town yesterday with a load of hay.
He lives several miles beyond Van Buren,.
and is well known to many Of our citizens.
"T'll tell you" he went on, there's pig
on my place, about six months old reckon,
that feel pretty grateful to these days,
and don't reckon my feeling'll change
much as long as live. II was Just a COM
mon pig-no fine breed, butt come of aver
age good stock.
ave got little girl that's been delicate
pretty much all her life, and gave her this
pig when 1T wasn't much bigger'n your fist,
thinking it might amuse her. She raised
the pig, and always thought a lot of it, and
they We been playmates ever since, every day
that she was able to play out of doors.
Just of late, though, I've been trying to
wean her away from her pet. because it was
getting too big to follow her about. forgot
to tell you that whenever the pig lost sight
OF Nellie for moment, it would track her
equal to any dog. Funny, isn't it,
1.-THE other day was out In the field,
about o'clock in the evening, when heard
the horn sound at the house. | knew in a
minute soinething was wrong. just from the
way it sounded, and l dropped my work
and went running. When got there my
wife looked like she'd drop in her tracks,
and she says: %, Nathan, / can't find
Nellie anywhere. and the last | remember
seeing her was o'clock. She was playing
under that big tree by the gate 1t was a
whole minute before / could gather up my
senses, but when l could think you know
what did9 | went and lot that pig out
He ran around the yard minute and then
stopped to eat some crumbs of cake Nellie
had left under the big tree by the gate.
Il thought I'd 60 crazy at that, but all at
once away be went, with his nose to the
ground, running so fest that could not
keep up with him, though l am pretty
good runner. He turned out of the road
and plunged iuto the woods, and plunged
in after him. Along the ridge he went,
| gaining ground all the time, and at last he
turned suddenly TO the left and went racing
down the slope and out Of sight as though
the devil was after him. My heart went
right down into my boots. AT the bottom
| of the hill lay marsh covered with a
| green growth, and l almost knew that poor
little Nellie had walked into 1t somewhere
and was drowned.
81 went racing down the hill, but at first
didn't see anything of the pig. Around a
bend in the marsh, and what do you think
| sawl On the bank, with his feet firmly
braced, was the pig, holding Nellie up in the
water the best he could by her clothing.
thought at first that she was dead, and she
did come very near slipping away from us,
but we finally brought her around. think
the pig must have reached there inst after
she fell in, and If it had not been for this
humble pet OF hers she would have drowned
| right there, and it might have been days and
days before we found her body even. o,
that pig has all the liberty he wants now. II
he were to insist on coming in and sitting at
the table with US, don't believe we'd OBJ
ject."