Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-31
TILL STORY OF A DOG.
WHY A SOLITARY WAYsIoe GRAVE IS
 MARKED PHANTOM"

Lower Plaza, x. M., will see, among other things, as he drives along the trail from tho railroad grave with thick headbosrd on which is painted the one word, Phantom"
 ''1t's only dogs grave" the guide will explain, Out reckon he'd more sense than some men.
 Phantom was the property of Bernard Wisner, q cowboy living near the Datil mountains some years ago, but he was buried near the home of Daniel Chap. man, whose wife was the sister of Wis ner Mrs. Chapman, when her brother first got the dog, had hearty dislike for it. It was a big mongrel, with hound blood predDminating, and like all mon grel hounds, it had an enormgls appc- tite that was never so well satisfied as with food stolen from somebody's kitchen.
 For many offenses of this kind Mrs, Chapman had good reason to complain. and she would have taken the winches. ter and shot the hateful brute on more than one occasion but for two reasons. It was very good hunting dog. and it would now and then play with the baby when she wanted to do housework come over from her brothers house a mile away US if for the express purpose of hay ing a romp with fhe little tot of 8
 However, thedog's manner kept grow, ing worse, and ono day when she saw it come saeakiag around the corral she started for the gun, but tstopped half way because she was reminded by the sight of the dog that the little one bad not been about the house for an hour or two. per hGps more, S0 far as she could remem- Der. So sue ran out of tbs house quickly without tbc gun and called aloud;
 "Baby! Baby"
 Then she listened and grew faint, for she heard 10 reply, and fainter stin when she remembered that Der husband had told her og seeing partners tracks down in the hollow near by. 1u thinl; of thls was to send her flying toward lhc hollow, bat no baby or truce of it was 10 De found although shs looked behind crefy one Of the seat tered pines and ccdal9 growing there. Then sic came running back 10 the house, ringing her hands and calling Ruby diractel'y Sh5 found the dog standing right besido tbe door. but shs would rot have noticed him. she was so ucar wild aboas tAe baby only for tho fact that he stood looking in- atly at Ter instead Of taking to bis heels with his iail between his legs, as ko always daac when she came toward ain.
 Even as it was she paid little attention 10 tLa dog. but run hilhee cad son about the house and corral and b0rsa shel, crying aud ealing the child, uaGl ar last sac saw thg dog come square before has. and elatr Gglvg l5os into her face start ruaains erJeal tA5 h0uae with his nose to the ground S1a remembered afterwarl that h9 circled around the house two CT three Iines aud then ais ! appeared, but by that time her fears Ead 90 overcome her that sho fa.l heaalcrg on tue Goor in la!aa, and thero she lay nobody lno@s row ls1
 When gaa came io her sen tha des was licking her face. and at once began 10 capar about and bark in extraordinary fashion Uhen she ogHl her eyes aud sat up. Then he rap out tEe door and stopped aad loossa bae';. and directly came bacl: and efabbe the sljl Of Der dress. which hgpailoi s5 hard that he ! tore it. Then she picked up aeiub and drove the dos ont t,gg house, and when 1 her burst oi anger was ever fUuted s3sain at the thought of the lost baby. When sho revived this timo. she was too weak to get ID, but sho saw that thoGog was still acting in the same unusual | fashion sio had noticel before. A little later tho sound of horso's hoofs gladden. I ed her ears. and with Q last eE9rt sbe ! got up. staggered out The door, saw her husbaad as ho jumpad from ht3 horse. and, gasping out the words tina, "DaIy is lost. fainted for tAeta.rd tima Chapman carried tbe woman ta the ! bed. to0l one loo,; around the room in ! order to assure himself that be had gghtly understood what she had said, aiia then grabbing the winchester said to the dog:
 Hi. Plautoml where's BabyY"
 "Wo replied the dos, and sta-ted away on a lopc that kcit Dan humping himself to equHl The trail ziczagged 1 aboat for nearly half q milo. taan crossed broken Lava bed and ran off downu draw to the creek valley Had any other dog than Phantom been on the trail Dan would have uot believed the child could haYo gone that way, but he banked on Phantom and kept trotting along until i at last thicket was reached just two miles and half from home. Into tbe thicket the dog plunged by what was really sort of tunnel through the brush end Chapman had to get down on hi; hands and knees to follow. Two rods ir he came to an opening. and there on tn, dry sod lay the baby fast asleep. Itwas apparently in the den of sor1U wild ami nal,
 As Dan picked mp inc child the grow, of the dog made him look around Phantom was standing over the dead body of a recently killed coyote
 Phantom died of old age last spring and was buried with many tears neal the public highway, where all who pas can see it. It was only dog that wai buried there; but, then, as the cowboyi say, T reckon he'd more sense thal some men. "-Cor. New York Sun.
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