The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-25
The Adventure of a Dog.

From the New York Tribune.
AS Pepper was always great rover,
and had several times been lost In New
York, 1t was decided. despite the protests
of his little owner, to leave him for the
winter at Mr.. rs seaside cottage
charge of the man and wife who acted as
caretakers. Although greatly missing his
master and the family, to whom he was
fondly attached, Pepper on the whole,
enjoyed his winter on the moors near the
house, and he always found a good sup
per and soft bed awaiting him on his
return from his daily excursion. One
night, however, Pepper did not come
back. At first his guardians thought
nothing OF 1t, saying that he had gone
little further than usual and had found
some place to sleep in. When the next
day passed and he did not appear, they
became anxious, and inquired for him
far and near without result, and as day
after day passed with no news OF Pepper
they gave him up as lost, and unwillingly
wrote the sad news to his owners. About
four days after his disappearance Gas
they afterward heard, carpenter OPEN
ed an unoccupied house about d couple
of miles away, TO do some repairs TO the
window of one OF the bedrooms, and
while working thought that he heard the
muffled barking Of dog, but, as he
looked through the house and found
nothing he concluded it must have been
a passing animal in the road, and. as his
work was completed, he locked up the
house and went away. The following
Sunday, just a week after Peppers dis
appearance, the owners of the house
came down In the train for an inspection
OF their summer domicile and they, too,
were about TO leave. when one of the
children came racing upstairs, saying
that there was some animal under the
floor of a storeroom In the cellar and beg
ged his father to come and see. He, too,
heard a whining noise, and, convinced
that 1t was an animal in pain, set to work
with what tools he could collect to rip
up the flooring. you will miss your
train" called out the driver. 1--WE must
go, sonny" said the father to the boy
Il do not believe it is anything hut a rat
anyway, and we must not miss the train:
II is the last one to New York"
Papa. we cannot gol' cried the boy:
1T would be cruel not to get II out. am
sure II Is a dog" And his mother added
her persuasions. we cannot leave a live
thing 70 suffer, James, even IL we miss
our train and have to stay all night"
she said.
In the mean while the blows OF the
hammer began TO tell. a plank was pried
up and there, pointing out OF the thick
earth. was the nose OF a dog Needless
to say. Il was Pepper, who. upon being
dug out Of his prison, fell TO the ground
from weakness, his bones almost stick
ing through his skin from extreme ema-
NATION. In following a rat or a rabbit
under the house, he had somehow en-
tombed himself olive, and, but for the
nerest chance OF that Sundays visit ana
the childs discovery, would have died a
miserable death AS Il was, he was very
far gone. As they had now missed their
train, bis rescuers drove to a boarding
house. where he was put TO bed and fed
at intervals with warm bread and milk
The landlady knew the dog and the lit
tie boy happened to be a9tfriend OF Pep
per's master. 10 whom the dogs peril
ous escape was related the next day.