New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-17
DOG STORIES.
SHOWING THE ANIMALS WISDOM AND Devotion.

SHOWING THE ANIMALS WISDOM AND DEVOTION
From The London Spectator
Being keenly interested in your dog stores 81, ~
no se Mns 'W Sir Robert Peel which had
happened when he was young man STUDYING Win
Rh 5Ta'S was ss'9l weodo farmer the neighbor;
hood a great breeder OF cattle who had a sHiail
tachcd. and which was always with him on on, one
occasion he went to sell some Of ms beas1S az
ran high that day and the farmGr g1 W g[ Se
with friend who kept public house edr IN the sddng
I'm going to sleep at my daughters tonight but
shall go home tomorrow morning. and won't t ny
friend CONGRATULATED him, and the farmer having
paid his score took up his hat TO leave me HIhv
HIM. But to lis astonishment she would not come:
In vain he called her, first Hm, hd nder H the
settle and in the backyard. Guiding ali pursuit
.xtrsordinsTy hing / ever knew. That creature
has been ike my shadow ever since she was a
me- What has happened to her can't think. >,
Then recommending her TO the care OF ms ysry
dissatisied leaving the dog benin The next
morning ne started ena on o bs DOG tS whch
had disappeared. The road led through narrow o'S
lane WIN high banks dos on sh1y star Started a. up pc
his horse and by barking, running backward ana
and ID ny gons on When she found
it was useless try to stop him. she dashed Ior-
ame r n ny over and over down to the road with
the dog at his throat while another man was seen
The farmer dismouned and ran 9wa yard t do ms b
who said IN stihed voice Ea on your p's The
farmer did So and the man confessed that ne ana
bis pa haa ar bee corner M when the farmer had
boasting of the money he had got at the sale that
then and ng5e anS haq he rSsed to murder him
But they could ge, rid Of the s6 d1s Msr e
brewing against her master and she never lost
sight Of them for moment h sn n,orn0g for fhe
lare She followed them though Al safe distance
and when they concealed themselves IN ne bt ,r,
tiII she heard the hoofs OF her masters morse
dashed pwsd came to stop mP h h as
be robber arrested and brought to taa a. ,n d
Asssf whey yds sr The dog was produced
court having saved his master are s anb a an &
preston on Sir Robert that he was never weary
OF rep was esuay keen about another which
lar pened to Hogg. the Ettrick shepherd. re nad
o whom he 9sd he a ne"
ing there came on terrible snoWstorH a,u ma "a
50 Srddeny rn maj them nf nnde shelter Taxing his dog
on his knees was his custom when ne hao any
thing TO ten sn nSr he ne and gather home the
ock shs @s wsn at the oncs
direction and brought back his portion of the sheep
in saey but 6 ear an" that n all bad pershd in
drift Toward midnight, however, he heard 4, a
saw 10 his great Joy. his faithful collie ana me
whole Of the remainder OF the flock Not one was
missing. But the dog had something In her mouth m,
which She deposited at his feet and then rushed ou
again in the storm and pitch darkness he TOOK y
evidently had a struggle In her mind between her
any "a her ma ster and her duty to her young She
had had her puppies on the way, and had compro-
missed the matter by bringing home one with ne ne
sheen ard had then gone to seek the others Al
~ n, Ps.ba returned with "A second puppy in her
mouth But the effort had been too great-she put
he second puppy in the shepherds lap ana then
f@ll down and died, Sir Robert said that HoSg
lried IKE a child when he told the story ana that
Le never could get over her loss.
Forty years ago a large Newfoundland dog AZ
prnfvpo6l Mont. suffered long and patiently from
me agcravating worry of small dogs barking al ms
heels Al length the evil became insupporthoie anu
seizIng one Of his aggressors by the nape OF ms
mock ne held him under water IN a running stream
mill he expired Having learned his lesson ne pro
ccoded 20 practise II his remaining foes ana the
unircd protests OF the aggrieved owners eVehtuaIy
led 10 the summary execution OF the clever exc
the other Instance is that Of a retriever IN inc
nctghborhood OF Cardiff belonging 70 Clergy man
,.1,os. wife engaged a deaf and duInD nurse 10.
49, chud The dog observed these defects ana ulu
- hest 10 remedy them by taking hold OF me
ru,sa's dress whenever the baby cried IN ms Crlp
IA ara wing her toward n. The nurse nad aIso 70
,te,d to the front door and as often as ring "hn
hoard the faithful animal drew the Young woman
mno,ice nv Leading her the door or the nursery
h,t took no notice OF the other house peiis WHICH
"a. nurse was not required TO answer