The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-11-11
aicK SAVED ma CoNPAHY.

BiCK SAVED THE COMPANY.
A Dog Prssed Of Tzestlzi.-ais Value Iz q
Graa= Emergency
Al This story 7vas being told of Dick,
tha company uogs way back in that
summer of 80. out in Indian territory.
itHs came from the east with MS
Joined go jersey City. How did he come
% 5oiu7 well ~ re honest we were
sysitIuv on the platform fof The train TO
back in. and when the handsome dog
came up sEld made friends, suldier-lilze.
we Just suugEIed him on board Our
company was ordered 20 march TO the
HeEt fort and bring down supply
train. StaamP Not muchl Siz-mula
wagons So one morning or we started,
Dick with as as usual
TO make a long story short, the next
afternoon found us surrounded by 500
or 600 Indians, orr wagon animals
killed and we unable 20 move iu-
trauched as best we might, with our
wounded as comfortable as we could
make them ia the center of our circle
saFsP of course we rTcre-ulut is, some
5F Us got hurt of course, but they
couldn't break OUT circle And no more
could we move. There we were ont on
d wide prairie, only few drops Of
water ia our cauteeus, and cut from
| any way Of getting more That made
IL q question of moving and getting
[ killed staying still and dying Of thirst,
{ or getting all from the fort Night
/ came and volunteers for water tried TO
l steal through She Indi an lines. Get
I through2 No, sir Those plains Indians
/ knew Just the kind of "a box they had
/ as iu, aud no man, white or red. could
/ have got past them Every man that
made the trial came running back for
( his life.
Next day it was worse-hotuer than
. ever-lud what little water there was
was kept for the wounded. And the
. meauest part of it was 70 look at the
reds, some on horse back, some on the
. ground stretched out enjoying them
I selves out FRANCE, ald all of them Eree
to ride over to the stream whose cotton
. Vyood-covered banks We're in plain sight
a few miles away.
Might came again and heard some
body whistle; then Dick was called
| softly. After "a bit every man got
/ orders not to let Dick inside the lines.
: A message TO the fort for aid had been
. rolled up in piece of rubber blanket
and tied around his neck Our only
hope was that he would start of for
the fort and carry st. and that someone
would unite the roll and read the mes
mage
Every now ana then Dick would try
so come up to where lay in tho circle.
Hut it was only to be met with clods
dnd some friend who would welcome
him as of old.
But every mains hand was against
Dick that night and after q long tiIa-
word was passed around that Dick wa.
gone. Nobody could see him at al
/ events But we had to wait for day
light to make sure the poor old boy was
not lying down O little way from U.S.
waiting for the dawn ana the recogui
ton we had never failed la giving him
before.
Daylight came at last. Thea every
eve was strained to find Dick But b,
was not there. And after the ueI-
glasses had searched IN vain for him
there rose "a cheer on the morning ain
that brought the IuIians to their feet
auEiuusly scanning the horizon al
around for the cause
''AFei, that little dog mlds his Ev15
10 the fort over the dark pEair.as. au.
swimming the streams until just afte
day break, about the time we wer
cheering him back there in the camp
ne Urotucd mp to the stable guard at ont
of the cavalry company.s stable three
, out
''yyeu. il wasn't long after that tina
{ T VIC saw our relief coming. And the1
{ brought Dick with them. How we did
pet him. But i often wondered VTha
s the little follow thought that nigh
p after We had driven him or, as b.
10 Jrotted along through the dark to thu
{ = fort. Pittsburgh Dispatch.