The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-21
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AFRAID TO eat it in sight Of u.s. the
hrst speaker. said, laconically, that's
the way with all cowardly brutes.
They think somebody is trying to, steal
from them. This cur will sneak off
into some solitary place and gorge
himself. Well, if he eats all that meat
he will not be hungry again for. a. day
or two" Pix. ~. 49,
But apparently he was mistaken, for
ten minutes later :. the brake was
again looking into their faces and
whining entreating1y. Several Of the
men Whistled under their breath.
Throw him a chunk Of meat, Dick
one OF them called, facetiously; don't
you see the brute is starving? Whew!
I've heard that Kafir could eat his
own weight in food; now if this cur
deyours another piece Of meat L can
at least testify that a brake is: able
to do so. Give him good big chunk,
Dick" '.%,-....4
More meat was thrown to the dog,
and, as before, he seized it with a
strong grip and bounded away into the
karroo bushes. This, they supposed,
would be the last of him, but,
even in less time than before, he was
back again, bounding from one to an
other, and looking up at them with
big, entreating eyes that almost seem
ed to speak. What little fear and hest
tation he had shown at first was, now
wholly gone. He seemed to have read
them, and to have given them his full
confdence :ss 3. : -l &c..
Il What dog!" cried several, in, won
dering admiration; what capacity
and one of them added: Here. Dick,
throw him some more meat; we must
fill him up, even if we have to, kill
bullock to do it, NJ E$N3a <,.:, z.%.@
A third piece of meat was thrown
to him, but this time the dog merely
smelled it wistfully, and then turned
back to them, an urgent entreaty in
his whine and in his eyes and in. every
motion of his quivering, eager body.
- He wants to tell us something;
do believe exclaimed one of the. men
suddenly. + ss# .= s..s=% 81 81. u 59 s
But he's still hungry" declared an
other; "that is quite evident from the
way he smelled the meat. There was:
raVenous longing in every notion"
Y Apparently the dog understood that
they were talking Of him, for be gave
a quick yelp and bounded. into the
karroo bushes, then stopped and look
ed back ait them. : * n.
Y He wants us to follow him. cried
the man who had asked Dick to drive
the cur away. Come ont" 81. 5
He started after the brakje; and the
others followed; and the dog, with q
joyous, compromising bark, rushed
ahead.
Up through the karroD bushes to- the
summit OF the hillock they hurried,
and them the dog swerved OFF to. the
right and bounded on for three or four
rods, stopping at length near a clump
Of priekly pears When they came up
painting they found him Licking the
face of an enaciated Kaffir, who was
apparently dead. But a brief examina-
tom showed that the man was merely
unconscious, evidently from loss OF
blood and from suffering. His body
was covered with wounds, already be-
ginning Inlllnaiin to heal, and one OF his legs
had been fearful lacerated and crush
ed. An effort at se1f-surgery had been
attempted. for the leg was rudely
bound with leaves and grasses. now.
dry and withered und er the hot glare
OF the sur. They could see where he
bad dragged himself across the sand i
as though to reach the pftiful bit OF
shade which the priekly pear AFFORDED.