The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-27
a FAwN DYING OF ualEr.
Unusual Affection Between Pet Deer
and Young OK.

Unusual Affection Between Pet Dee
and y Young OK.
Four years ago Horace F. Albright
OF Knob Mountains Pennsylvania
caught a male fawn in the Compton
woods and petted 1t until II followe,
him to his homo moro than two mile
distant The little animal soon an
swered to the name of Dick. and in /
few weeks became very much attached
to one OF Albright's calves At frs
the calf was shy OF the fawn. bu
Dick chased 1t AROUND the pasture
cornered 1t up and licked It on the
head until 1t became fond OF him. ano
after that they were almost constantly
together Dick didn't pay the slight
est attention to the other calves on
the place. and during the summer
and iall Dick and the calf fed and
played together in the fields and
woods near by.
When the cattle were 'yarded" In
the winter Dick stuck close to the
calf and lay down in the straw with
it and IL any OF the other animals
came near his chosen companion while
they were resting under the she'd
Dick would bristle up and drive them
away. The calf grew to be a steer.
says the New York Sun. and year
ago Mr.. Albright began to work him
with mate. He was driven on the
off side, and Dick walked by him
whenever the team was at work. He
licked the steer on the head and neck.
ard the steer did the same thing to
him.
II Dick happened to wander away
in the woods to browse while Mr.. AL
bright was tagging the steer would
low for him as a COW does for her
calf and Dick would come bounding
and bleating through the brush and
he and the steer would lick each other
as though they had been separated all
day. Dick never noticed the other
steer in the least and when Mr.. AL
bright began to stable the steers Dick
made such fuss over being kept out
of the barn that Mr. Albright enlarged
the of ones stall so that Dick could
lie with his companion at night The
affection OF the buck and steer was
never lessened in the slightest; in
fact 1t became stronger right along.
and Mr.. Albright allowed them to be
together the year round.
Some time ago. while Mr. Albright
was drawing load OF logs down the
mountain. the off steer lay down in
the road and began to groan and froth
at the mouth. Mr.. Albright immedi-
ately unyoked him and tried to get
him to stand up. Dick was walking
by his side when he lay down. and the
moment the steer began to groan and
roll the buck got down on his knees
licked the steers face. bleated mourn
fully and showed remarkable SYM
pathy for the suffering brute. The
steer grew worse. and in few min
utes stretched out on his side and died.
The buck continued to moan and lick
the steers head and Mr.. Albright
left him there drove the other steer
to the foot OF the bill and went oil to
get man to help him skin the dead
animal.
When he returned Dick was still on
his knees by the steers head. He
was bleating piteously and licking the
face and neck OF his lifeless compan-
ion. Mr.. Albright drove him away
several times, but he came back re-
peatedly. and seemed to be deter.
mined to stay by the carcass They
then started to skin the steer. and
when they had removed the hide from
the head and chopped the horns off
the buck bleating furiously. stamped
his hoofs bounded back and forth,
and acted US though he was crazed
with grief
The spot was half mile from Mr.
Albright's place and every day Dick
visited it. sought everywhere on the
farm for the steer refused to eat and
became SO thin and weak that he
walk. Mr.. Albright tried to
force food down his throat but it was
useless and one morning he found
poor Dick lying dead in the barnyard.