The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-06-25
A HERO, IF ONLY A DOG.
STORY OF A REMARKABLE ST.
BERIAN DEER-HOUND.
His Name IL Bruce and He Was Bought
for a Monkey-saved Four Lives
and Travelled Thousands OF
Miles On the Ocean.

Charles dymes W Cau lt"n
Call reporter recently pointing to
bic. grayish- brown. long-eared dog
rhe animal seemed at once to know
that he was the subject OF the con-
versation. for he regarded the speaker
and the visitor closely with his large
and intelligent eyes. i
This dog has saved four lives ana
travelled many thousand miles. he
has history which. II he could only
tell It. would make interesting read
ing" Mr.. Hymes continued. when
asked to substitute the dogs lack OF
language by telling the story himself
he assented by telling the following
tale:
More than ten years ago an
American sea-captain met a Russian
skipper In the port OF Vladivostock.
The Yankees name was Colin Sal
mond. and he had on board his ship
trained pet monkey which he had
picked up somewhere In the Southern
sea
What the Russians name was
don't know. and 1t cuts no figure In
the story. nor does no either. only for
the fact that he had beautiful speci-
men OF the Siberian deerhound In his
possession which pleased Captain
Salmond so much that he offered to
trade his monkey for it. The offer
was accepted. and this dog here was
put for the first time on American
ground when he was transferred from
the Russian to the American ship
,c,.He was then little over year
old and very ferocious beast The
Russians had given him some I'M
pronounceable name. but Captain
Salmond named him Bruce and COM
menced to tame him. BY judicious
use of kindness and the whip as the
case required. Bruce soon became not
only quite tractable but developed a
high degree OF brute intelligence.
Every body on board Of the ship be-
came fond of him and. from the
Captain down. the whole crew petted
Bruce and taught him TRICKS
1T was about year after Bruce
had become Americanized that he first
distinguished himself as a saver OF
human life He had by that time be-
come a familiar friend to every man
in the cabin and in the forecastle. One
day he was summing himself lazily on
a hatchway aft. The ship was near
the japanese coast and the sea was
perfectly calm. One OF the sailors
was cleaning or painting something on
the stern. occupying seat on stage
| which was swung to the railing The
man could not be seen by those on
| deck, but Bruce was near the stern
| railing and when one OF the ropes
which held the stage snapped. drop
ping the sailor into the ocean. he at
once realized the danger and ran Ia
the wheel-house to attract the attsE
ton OF the men on watch.
They quickly saw that something
was wrong. and on investigating dis
covered the unfortunate sailor'n pre-
dicament A boat was lowered and he
was rescued from the very brink OF
the grave.
.Of course. Bruce after this was
petted more than ever. and when, two
years later. he jumped from wharf
at San Diego to assist a sailor who
had fallen overheard his fame as q
life-saver spread from ship to ship.
and he was talked about by Jack tars
in every port
Captain Salmond later on aban-
doned the life OF sailor to settle per-
manently in this city; and Bruce. also.
as a matter OF necessity, became 9
landiubber Shore life. however. did
not suit the captain. and Bruce die
not relish it either So when Cap.
tain Salmond became master OF the
collier Wellington. plying between
British Columbia and this port Bruce
was once more happy dog. for he
was transferred 10 tho steamer
Five years ago drunken fireman
fell one dark night of gang plank.
while endeavoring to 60 aboard the
Wellington at the dock In Nanaimo.
The night Waterman. who was tn,
only person awake at the time. neve
knew that man was drowning unit
Bruce by his frantic barking. CAV,
notice that something had happened
The man was found clinging to pill,
and was picked up more dead thar
alive. lie is still employed on tn,
steamer and calls on the preserves
OF his life every time he comes int
port.
shortly afterward Captain Sal
p,ond turned the old dog over to me
if. order that he may pass his old day
) comfortably on shore and he has BEEF
ever since the pet OF our household.
Mr.. Hymes was about to conclud
ais narrative when the reporter calle
! siis attention to the fact that he ha,
started out to say the dog had save
3 four lives. while he had related onl
: three such incidents.
5 We'll that Is So" said no in re
sponsc
, Il came near forgetting the mo:
: remarkable OF all OF Bruce exploits
: and one that concerns me PERSONAL
more than all others 1t Is now neal
r " three years since Bruce saved m
l little niece, Jennie Watson. frvl
I bleeding to death. Jennie was abot
e 10 years old. and used to be gret
4 friend OF the dog. They were play
s ing together in the yard one afternoo
when she girl tripped over some rul
hish end fell. receiving an ugly gas
!, | ovar har loft tenn nle from n rusty mn