Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-08-31
THE DOG NEVER FoRGETs.

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THE DOG NEVER FORGETS.
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Apnches in New Merico.. - 81.
The pets on Harry Delrar,s ranc, Il,
Joseph. N. M. have been few IN NM
Der, but Of rare quality There Is onlv
one here now, an aged little black
dog, who is so fat he does not care to
romp with the children excent dnrinr
cool evenings. and SO old that his hair.
that was once black. is now turning
gray. This dogis remarkable in onlv
one respect. When he wants a drink.
or when water or milk is placed for
him to drink. he goes to s. with 4, mace
SO slow that it takes him from fifteen
to thirty minutes to travel across .
common country kitchen When he
sees the water he >rrns toward s. and
then. with daliharat ion that ;e acton.
ishing to 3 STRANGER and very nitifnl to
one who knows the story. lifts one foot
carefully in air. and after a look
around. as slowly and carefully puts Il
down a slight distance in advance,
Then another foot is put forward in
like manner. the whole bearing of the
little fellow throughout his Journey
being that of a hunted beast in abject
terror Of its life.
Something like ten years ago when
Victoria and his savage band were
raiding the white settlers in southern
New Mexico. this dog was frisky
Youngsters the property of George
Dovle nrosnector who was deyelop-
ing prospect near the mining camp OF
Cooney. While Doyle labored on his
claim that was up in a gulch some lit
tie distance from the camp, Victoria
surrounded the camp. stretching a line
of pickets between Doyle's claim and
the settlement Victoria did not know
that DOVE was up the gulch. and that
was lucky circumstances for Doyle,
Neither did Doyle know of Victoria i
presence for some time. but along to-
ward night he learned that trouble had
come by hearing shots fred in the
fighting.
When DOYLE learned the true state
of affairs his food was gone and his
water canteen was empty. In all di.
rections save one desert land stretched
away for ma nv miles. and Il was DIES
ert with which Dovle was unfa miliar.
The one direction in which food and
water could be found was along the
short trail that led down into the
small but well-watered valley where
Cooney Law, but where. too, Victoria
and a host Of savages had surrounded
the whites.
Crouching in his prospect hole with
his dog beside him, Doyle considered
the matter until darkness came. and
then determined to try to work his way
through the Indian pickets into Cooney.
where his friends were. Fortune ia:
vored him and when daylight came he
found himself in thick clump of will
lows few rods from the creek and
fairly safe from observation. He would.
indeed, have felt secure but for the dog.
It was a lively. restless beast, and
Dovle was in constant terror lest its
movements or an unexpected vein be-
trav him. He was at the noint Of cnt.
ting it's throat on several occasions
during the dav. but refrainea from a
feeling he should show the beast the
mercv he conld not Obtain should ha
fall into the hands of the sayapes.
Meantime. the man as we'll as tha
doc had suffered terribly from thirst.
for it is an arid as well as a hot region.
but Dovle scarce dared move even his
inst as evening was cominp on. two bip
Apache bows chased a deer so close to
that clumn of willows that DOYLE could
500 them hatwoan him and the stra,n,
while their Wells seemed "a rino in the
,;r 1onr altar tben 1yara rona .nd ~,
such Sounds had ceased Tho scare
no1,1a oo+ ~, +l,a;,. .duar+ 1,.s - .,.aa4
that in snite Of his torment he Law st;l1
ali that night with his doc beside him
Inst how he oot thronph the next
day with its heat and thirst Dovle does
NOT know Nor can he exn1ain how, q
happened that the dog remained Quietly
by his side. He guesses, however, that
he was delirious most of the day. and
that the dog stayed with him because
Il was it's nature tn stav with 2 friend
in trouble. But when NIGHT came and
it's GOODNESS had somewhat revived him
Doyle could endure the thirst nc
longer. It was better to get one GOOD
drink. he thought and then risl,
torture at the hands Of the Apaches
than to die of the torture he then suf.
fered. Thereupon, when the stars
showed that midnight had passed,
Doyle and the dog started for the
stream whose ripping had for more
than two days sounded in their ears as
the music of heaven might sound to
souls in perdition.
With the utmost elaboration and
care, Doyle, on his hands and knees,
raised a hand, looked cautiously
around, and eventually put it down a
little way in advance. Then his other
hand was put forward, after which
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