The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23

The farmer dismounted and ran toward
the man. who said In a stified voice,
Call of your dogs, who is throttling me,
and / will confess all" The farmer did
so. and the man confessed that he and
his pal" had been at the further end OF
the public house in a dark corner when
the farmer had been boastiug of the
money he had got at the sale. that then
and there they had made a plot to rob
him on his way home, and If he resisted
to murder him. But they never could
get rid Of the dog. Her instinct warned
her that there was some mischief brewing
against her master, and she never lost
sight Of them for a moment the whole
night through. When they started in the
morning for the lane, she followed them,
though at a safe distance; and when they
concealed themselves in the brushwood OF
the bank she lay down and watched them
till she heard the hoofs of her masters
horse, when she dashed forward to stop
him as I have related. Some other men
came up. and the wOuld-be robber was
arrested and brought to trial at the as
sizes, where Sir Robert was present ana
heard the whole evidence. The dog was
produced in court as having saved his
masters life, and her extraordinary IN
stinct and fidelity made such an impress
sion on Sir Robert that he was never
weary Of repeating the story.
He was equally keen about another case,
which happened to Hogg, the Ettrick shep-
herd. He had a collie whom he had
trained from a puppy, and who literally
understood everything he said. One even,
ing there came on a terrible snow storm,
and that so suddenly that he had not had
time to collect his flock and bring them
under shelter. Taking his dog on his
knees as was his custom when he had
anything to tell her, he explained to her
that she must go least" and he west
and gather home the scattered flock She
understood at once, and started off as di-
rected. Hogg went in the opposite direc-
ton, and brought back his portion of the
sheep in safety; but his dog and the rest
did not appear, and he began to fear that
all had persisted in a drift. Toward mid
night, however. he heard a scratching at
his cabin door and on opening it saw, 10
his great joy, his faithful collie and the
whole of the remainder of the flock.
Not one was missing But the dog had
something in her mouth which she depos-
tied at his feet, and then rushed out again
in the storm and pitch darkness. HE
took it up and found 1t was puppy The
poor beast had evidently had a struggle
in her mind between her duty to her mas
ter and her duty to her young. She had
had her puppies on the way, and had com
promised the matter by bringing home
one with the sheep, and had then gone to
seek the others. At last she returned
with a second puppy in her mouth. But
the effort had been too great-she put the
second puppy in the shepherds lap and
then fell down and died. Sir Robert said
that Hogg cried like a child when he told
the story, and that he never could get
over her loss.
Forty years ago a large Newfoundland
dog at Pontypool, Mont. suffered long
and patiently from the aggravating worry
of small dogs barking at his heels. At
length the evil became insupportable, and
Selling one Of his aggressors by the nape
of his neck he held him under water in a
running stream until he expired. Having
learned his lesson he proceeded to practise
it on his remaining foes, and the united
protests of the aggrieved owners event
ually led to the summary execution of the
clever eXecutioner.
The other instance is that of retriever
in the neighborhood of Cardiff belonging
to a clergyman whose wife engaged a
deaf and dumb nurse for her child The
dog observed these defects and did his
best to remedy them by taking hold of the
nurses dress whenever the baby cried in
his crib and drawing her toward it. The
nurse had also to attend to the front
door, and as often as a ring was heard
the faithful animal drew the young wo-
mans notice by leading her to the door
of the nursery, but took no notice of the
other house bells, which the nurse was
not required to answer.