Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-02
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We were seated aronnd the driftwood hrs &
a tor nv evening At the seashore when s.
The captain suddenly broke the silence with:
"No. never ~ another dog equal to Ned. 6
Il would Be easier to tell what he couldn't
than hat he could do IN the line Of canine
achievement. One afternoon, when was IN
the army, 4 few officers Of us were chatting
together, when one Of my comrades turned
to me and said: Captain, I'll wager basket
Of grapes ] can hide something OF yours that /
the dog can't find. ].
:. Done, replied, only stipul,ate 1t shau
be fairly within his reacn.
"But partly in a spirit OF mischief ana
partly because he could find no difficult hid
ing place within the limits Of the agreement,
Lieut. C. placed my riding gloves in
vase ON All uncommonly high mantel shelf IN
the diniIg-room Of the officers quar- ters.
finger OF one glove hung over the side Of the
vase just bound beyond Ned's reach.
Away went the dog, shifting in cornera,
darling under beds and chairs, returning
occasionally to his master, only to be met
with: You haven't found those gloves yet,
Nedy .5.s
Is "Of for the third time, he suddenly spied
them, and down he sat, patiently, on the
floor, his plans all lsld. "a half-hour went BY
and big negro servant passed through the
room, UNCONSCIOUS that Ned had his warrant
for arrest. The fellow shook with terror
and tried to escape; not en- inch would Ned
let him proceed till, by ba;ks. uplifted eyes
and nose, short growis, and twitching Of
trousers that would bear small strain, he
finally made known to him that the glove
was the thing he was alter. As Pompey
threw it at him the dog disappeared like an
arrow, the negro following, crying: Lord
a-massy, massa, fought / los my neck wild
dat dog, TO i find out what he want.
One day the captain was out hunting, with
Ned along, as 4 matter Of course, and dur
Ing the day, in = tall corntield, lost bis pow:
der flask, not missing it till after he returned
to camp. Weeks later, accommodating in the
same neighborhood, he observed that, in the
fortunes Of war, the field had been burned
over. Looking down at the dog, he said,
when we were down here, didn't we"
Of went Ned, and in few minutes reap
peared, triumphantly bearing the uninjured
Zone day." continued the captain, II had
occasion to dine on a tugboat stopping foa
a few hours at our landing, and I chose to
leave Ned at home. It was warm day, and
made him quite comfortable in his barrel
kennel with a brushwood fringe over the
entrance, that, as he went in, brushed of the
flies and afterward protected him like win
dow screen from their annoyance. l told
him plainly where was going, and that he
must stay behind But he had not forgotten
that a few weeks before went off without
him in this same boat to be gone several
days, and this time he proposed to outwit
me. His Wanting ambition, however, like
many humans overleaped itself.
Hardly had l left my tent when, at =
sneaking distance, he followed on, and when
We had gone below for dinner and all wac
quiet on deck Ned sprang aboard, deliberate
ly became stowaway and went to sleep.
Dinner over, returned, and, calling my
dog, met with no response. Two days went
by and still no Ned. l was much grieved
to lose him, 90 it was with delight that, on
the morning of the third day, received
letter from a neighboring island, SO miles
away, telling me my dog went on the steam
er, and adding: You'll have to come down,
for he il 80 miserably unhappy he won't eat
moxsel' Remorse and homesickness were
evidently doing their work, and knew he
would need no further punishment for his
disobedience.. fastened down by the next
boat. The officers and men, who knew Ned
we'll, were all gathered to witness the r.
ception. Ned looked at me first with tail
between his legs, evidently much concerned
to know whether he was to be received a. .
recreant truant or forgiven sinner. But
! greeted him cordially with How are you,
Ned?' With a leap he was over my head,
repeating his living arc of triumph until
tired, and then fawning on me and licking
my hand till it was my turn to be weary.
FtNed was extremely fond of dressparade,
and he had become such favorite that,
though dogs were not allowed on the pa
rade grounds, he was made an exception
to the regulation. No soldiers felt better or
enjoyed the show more thoroughly. The
boys were very proud of him and bought
him an extravagant collar, on which they
had engraved: Irish company, Third regi-
ment, New Hampshire. Ours by adoption
Dog Ned
"Was he ever in battle?'
"Oh, yes, several times, and wounded, too
How he kept his eyes on me to be certain
that it was right to be there at all! But
nothing would keep him out when his mas
ter was in it, and the delight with which no
saw me taken off in an ambulance, wounded,
is to be paE3one9 when t. hi; , canine mind it
wounded in his foot in the same battle, and
we limped off together. "<z
!: 'But must tell you one of his home ex-
PLOTS. A friend calling at my office one
day, having heard of Ned's unusual intelli-
gence, begged me to send him for some
thing then and there. looked up-it was
a mile to my house-and said: Ned 60
home and bring me my cane to walk back
with
Fifteen or 20 minutes later nondescript
object was seen coming down the street.
It was Ned with my black silk hat. The
cane was not to be found, and he naturally
concluded that hat and cane went together,
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