The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-08
THE TALE OF A DOG.
A TRL rHFUL NARRATIVE OF CANINE
rENAclTY ANC sAGAcITY.
A. the story of the Feat was Related
by ~ Preacher who Was "a Party 10

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A certain Nashville statesman is
about one Of the best story tellers I'm
| Tennessee, and his repertoire includes a
| lot Of good ones. fish and otherwise.
On the truthfulness Of some he will
stake his reputation for veracity. but
be tells one which he always prefxes
| with the statement that IL was told him
| by minister of the gospel, Dr. Bard.
well, who viii be remembered here by
the older inhabitants as the assistant
Of Dr. Edgar Of reyered memory. who
was pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church during the latter years OF Cen
eral Andrew Jackson's life and attend
ed the old hero in his last illness. The
story teller said:
Or Bardwell used TO visit my IA
Tiers house when I was boy, and the
story | am about 10 tell you was relat-
cd TO me on the occasion Of one of these
visits. We were out on the veranda
smoking one evening after supper The
doctor was fond Of dogs and was
pretty good sportsman and naturally
the conversation turned on this subject
Speaking OF dogs said Dr Bard
WELL reminds me of a dog which be-
longed To friend Of mine In Mississip-
pi. | had been invited TO hold services
at n church near this friends house
and wrote him TO meet me at the sta
tion, some six miles from his house, on
the Saturday afternoon before Sunday,
the day OF the appointment.
la n,.1
we started to his home. | noticed that
very handsome bird dog followed us.
and. having heard that some one in
that neighborhood owned an especially
well trained trick dog. | asked my
friend about H.
"'"Thats the dog" at the same time
pointing at his dog. which had run
ahead of MS and was waiting at the
forks of the road.
81 asked him 10 make him perform
trick. He got down from his horse,
called the dog and, taking out his pocl,-
etbook. held IL 10 the dogs nose. lie
then took out silver half dollar and.
walking some distance into the woods.
raised up large rock and put the mon
ey under II. We then resumed our jour
ncy, and when probably half n mile
away my friend called his dog and told
him TO 60 back and get the money.
The dog, without the least hesita-
tion. started back on Il run. and my
friend explained. rs the rock was heavy
the dog would he unable to turn il
over, so would have TO scratch under It
to reach the piece " money. and lac
would not probably get home before we
reached there 1t then being about three
miles farther on TO his house.
"'However. when we reached home
the dog was not there. We ate supper.
and still the dog did not come. nor had
he put In an appearance when we re-
tired nj about 10 o'clock.
The next morning we got up about
daylight. and, hearing a noise outside
my friend opened the door, and the dog
rushed In dragging with him pair Of
pantaloons, which lac dropped on the
floor.
"'Of course we were both mystfied.
but had not long to wait an explana-
tion, for shortly afterward n man who
lived several miles from my friends
house rode up on mule aud inquired
II dog with a pair Of pantaloons in
his mouth had come into the house.
The dog ut this moment came out on
the porch, and the man said. "Why.
there's the dog now"
my friend told his caller that the
dog had really brought pair OF panta-
looms home with him, but he did not
understand II himself
1.-The man said that late in the after
noon the day before he found the dog
scratching under large rock near the
road and. thinking he was after rab-
bit, stopped and lifted the rock up. and.
TO his surprise, found a half dollar on
the undCrsldc.
lie put the money In his pocket. and
the dog followed him home The dog
appeared TO be friendly. and the man
petted him and gave him his supper.
At night when the family retired the
dog was rut on the outside but he
kept up such n racket that no one could
sleep on the place, and when the man
opened the door TO drive the dog Off he
rushed into his bedroom and at once
became very quiet. lying down near
the foot of the bed, where he slept all
night.
Early In the morning. the man said,
L, got mp and opened the window, and
the Instant he did so the dog seized his
pantaloons IN his mouth and, jumping
out Of the window. fed.
1.-THE man followed as soon as he
could get his mule.
Hearing this story, my friend got
the pantaloons ana on searching the
pockets found the half dollar which he
had hid under the rock the afternoon
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