The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-26

| Nothing appeals to the sympathies OF des
ert man like the sight Of some one or some
thing suffering from thirst, for every deser
man has had frightful experiences under the
blazing desert sun. Todd made haste to get
pan of water and 90 to meet the dog coming SC
painfully along among the sagebrush. but
while he was yet a hundred yards away the
dog gave up the struggle and stretched out on
| the snnd.
man.. bathcd it's mouth. tongue. and face
| trickled water down it's neck. and soaked the
np aTHut S hoa h ana Ges me trent
| soon able to stand UP nd drink.
Meantime number OF men had gathered
pretty soon one Of them said.
thi we we, hrPnEht the e, dog TO- don't you
There could DO / ut ono answer o that ques
ton in II desert camp; they were all ready to 90.
because the dog was not only sure to have an
owner. but 1t was certain he had fallen some-
where out on the desert for want of water as
the dog had done; and was perhaps dying ~
say. seemed to understand what they were
talking Ing about. for 10 became uneasy
lis % t trail "h ihs men 80 Got PACK bS SsSr
board with water and food and having fed the
dog meantime. started OF with the dos ahead
before the do: became SO lame that he could
ttave! no, further. and they wero about to
OF binding clothes over the dogs feet. This
was done. clean handkerchief. was cut into
tG ua, pieces, which wer" placed next to the
served to make pads to go over those pieces.
The animal seemed fully 10 understand tho
c3ntrivance. and walked off very well content
For five miles he led the, way. and then
| overhanEing cliff by IL cloud burst. In tho
shade there lay he body OF n man who had
apparently been dead at least two days: There
was part of u prospector'S kit beside him,
but neither food nor water in the outfit. Ged-
Dis says the dog no doubt remained by its
left that i might bring succor.
~ Naturally the dog became the property Of
straiChtway became ala favorite in ' the TOWN. "s
Everybody retted him. but no one seemed to
win very much regard from him except tho
prospectors and men doing assessment work
on the various clain among the gnlches near
the camp. The dog got IN the hal bit OF visit.
his raml ling disposition got chance to dis
ti1guish himself before tho summer was over.
BODY Vim an wiz" Ss 50 lying s
SHADE with cooling drinks close AT hand when
Curly came down the main street from the d.
rection OF Candeiaria. and. going to the town
pump: helped hi msell to Il liberal drink in tho
watering trough there. Then he got into tho
into tho store before which the pump stood.
Here he picked ura cnnteen, from a pile for
the counter laid Tie cnnteen down before the
The man at first thought tho dog wanted to
play. hut very soon saw that u cantcen Of
water WAS wanted. He accordingly got n can
teen that had been used and. filling it with
water gave it to the dog. who started off up
the road toward Cnndelaria. The merchant
and some others saw him Go up over tho mesa
for half !, mil 10 and then disappear IN u gulclI.
An hour later he came back with the ca nteen
empty and wanted it filled again This time Il
couple of men with u blackboard followed him.
and found among the hills man and woman
e eHe" niles to by co9 e roa Th.y hs Of
tried to make a short cut through tho
hills. however. and. getting lost. had
Curly found them. probably by accident.
though his owner AYERS that it was an instinct.
and tells of three other cases in which tho
Do: has carried relief to people perishing with
thirst-cases. except one. in which the incl
dents were very like this one. In the one in
o. Marietta. going by the way of Techs Marsh.
He failed to arrive on time. rs his friends
learned by mail from that camp. and Curly
with canteen OF water on the collar around
OF men followed with a blackboard. Tho
young fellow had wandered from the trail. hut
the dog found him and then came back AMI
piloted the blackboard to the srot
ono would SUPPOSE that Todd would have
valued tho dog too highly IL sell him and so
table wh"re Geddis was dealing and after
varying luck lost his las; coin. Then Cedds
offered n hundred-iollhr stack of chips for
Curly and got him. He also got tho stack Of |
chips.
Curly is getting very Old now. and tho last |
summer WAS har. ono for him. 1t Is not likely |
that he vii! 1.-Two through another. bu: he is |
not for salo. Geddis says that when he dies |
he snal! have grave NJ on tho mesa. where |
tho little white picket fences mark the last |
OF no camp who have not lived to strike it rich !
and 10 bQck to Gods country.