The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-19
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sVeritable Romance.
As rule railroad men are about as hard.
harted as the average army Of sawboIes,
says the Los Angeles Times. and it takes
something out of the ordinary run to bring
tears to their eyes, but whole crew on one
of the Southern Pacific's local trains went
bitter tears early yesterday morning, and a
NANCY, little black dog without friend in
the world was at the bottom OF their grief
The Cotton local had just passed little
station called Nahant, when the engineer
saw a man lying full length on the track
only a few hundred yards in front of his
engine.
The usual danger signal was given, but
the man, who appeared to be quietly Sleep
ing, did not move and the train was brought
TO a standstill few feet from him.
A glance at the body from close range
showed the engineer that the poor fellow
was stone dead. In few minutes the con-
ductor, engineer and trainmen were stand.
ing around the body.
Up to this time they had not observed the
presence Of a little black dog, but as soon as
they approached within a couple Of feet of
his master he made dash for the nearest
man, and for a few seconds he fought with
all his puny strength TO keep the men away.
They were there for the purpose of exam
lining the body, however, to see what could
be done, and the little dog was rudely kicked
to one side. He did not howl with pain as a
dog generally does when kicked. He sim
ply gathered himself up aud quietly made
his way between the meas legs until he
reached his dead masters head, when he
placed his ugly little face by the side of his
masters, and after looking at the intruders
few seconds he began TO whine, and big
tears were noticed running down his nose
81 have often heard" said one of the
witnesses, that dogs have been known to
shed tears, but | never believed it until to-
day, and have lots more respect for the
dog family than | ever before had When |
looked around at my companions there was
not dry eye 10 be seen. and | must con-
fess that l have not wept as | welt this
morning since was youngster. For fully
five minutes we stood there in the hot sun
with our heads barred, for, if you believe
me, every one of those rough men DOTTED
their hats as soon as they saw tears in the
dogs eyes, and if we did not really pray we
came nearer TO it than we have for years.
The old man, who was probably Next
can section hand, was removed from the
track with mere care than Is usually dis
played in such cases. HIS blankets were
carefully spread, and his remains were
handled as gently as mother would have
done, and all on account of the tears in that
little dogs eyes. AS soon as the dog dis
covered that our roughness had disappeared
he became quite friendly, and seemed to
appreciate what we were doing for his mas
ter, but we could not Induce him to leave
his dead friend, and when the train pulled
out he was still sitting at the head of the old
man."
The old man was probably walking down
the track during the night when a train
came along and ran over him. its whole
length must have passed over his body, but,
strange as it may seem, there were only
few bruises about the head, and not single
bone was broken. He had been de, d sew
eral hours when found, for he was perfectly
stiff