The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
MYSTERY OF A DOGS SOUL.
Cases Where CANNES Have Avenged
Their Masters.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Who can tell what mysterious instinct
implanted in the sagacious, devoted ma
ture of a dog enables it to recognize. years
after the event. the man who has injured
its owner? What strange sense causes the
dog to attack furiously the murderer of
its master when a sufficient time has
elapsed between the deed and the meeting
to have eradicated from the soul of the
dog, if dogs possess souls as some contend,
every recollection of the slayer? Students
Of the mysterious in nature are endeavor-
ing TO find answers to these perpleXing
questions. Leaving them to construct
theory that will satisfy lovers of the ca
nine race, let US see how far the presence
of this wonderful sense in the composition
of the dog is confirmed by recorded facts.
To go back to the first cases recorded,
it is necessary to revert TO mythology.
The first instance Is one of the dog stars.
It's name on earth was Moera, and 1t be-
longed 10 Icarius, who was killed one day
by some drunken shepherds The dog dis
covered who the miscreants were TO Err
gone the dead mans daughter and-after
they had been duly punished by Hercules
the maiden hanged herself, and the deities
in compassion raised her to the sky as
the constellation Virgo, and to Keep her
Canicula.
Then after a long interval of time-for
It is a far cry from the days of Hercules
10 those of Hardicanute-and passing by
inferior dogs, we come to most historic
hound, for, il the tradition be true, 1t was
really the cause Of the first invasion OF
Britain by the Danes.
Jothbroke was a Danish Prince (the ia
Their. by the way, of Humber and Hubba,
whose names always come as boon and
a blessing to the child-student of history,
who, having one day put to sea in small
craft with only his dog for crew,
was blown by storm upon the
coast OF Norfolk Edmund, who
was mighty hunter, was at
that time King OF the East Angles. and
he received the distinguished castaway
with honor and "perceiving his singular
dexterity and activity in hawking ana
hunting bore him particular favor" This
made Berick the Kings falconer so jeal-
Gus. that one day when they were out
hawking alone together he killed the prince
and concealed the corpse. But Lothbroke's
dog remained by the body, only leaving 1t
now and again 10 go TO the court, fawn-
Ing upon the King and dismally entreating
him 70 follow" This at last the King did,
accompanied by mis- wicked falconer, and
the faithful hound led him to the body Of
Iothbroke, and, having thus revealed the
murder, at once attacked the murderer Be
rick.
'Inquisition was made. and by clrcum-
Stances OF words and other suspicious. Be
rick. the Kings falconer, was pronounced
20 DC the murderer" by Edmund's orders
he was set adrft Ia the same boat that had
brought Iothbroke 10 England, and as Il
happened the wind blew II back again 20
Denmark. where Il was at once recognized
by the natives. and Us occupant put to the
tortures. TO save hls llfc, Beriek de-
nouncad King Edmund as Lothbroke's
murderer, "nnd this" says Naniey In his
Wonders Of the Little World" was che