Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-17
A PREACHERS DOG STORY.
Coming From q Good Man 1t Re-
quires no Voucher.

Coming From q Good Man It Re-
quires no Voucher.
State Senator John Thompson Is
about one Of the best story tellers in
these parts, and his repertoire includes
lot Of good ones, fish and otherwise.
On the truthfulness Of some he will
stake his reputation for veracity, but
he tells one which he always prefixes
with the statement that 1t was told by
minister of the gospel, DR.. Bardwell.
l. "Dr. Bardwell used to visit my
fathers house when I was boy and
the story I am about to tell you was
related to me on the occasion OF one or
these visits. We were out on the We
randa smoking one evening after sup
per. The doctor was fond of dogs, and
was a pretty good sportsman, and nat
urally the conversation turned on this
subject.
"'speaking Of dogs, said DR.. Bard
well, reminds me of a dog which be-
longed to a friend of mine In Missis-
sippi. had been invited to hold servi-
ces at a church near this friends house
and wrote him to meet me at the sta
ton, some six miles from his house, on
the Saturday afternoon before Sunday
the day of the appointment.
"'He was on time with horses and we
started to his home. I noticed that
very handsome bird dog followed US,
and having heard that some one In
that neighborhood owned an especially
well-trained trick dog I asked my
friend about 1t.
"That's the dog at the same time
pointing to the dog, which had ran
ahead of US and was waiting at the
forks Of the road.
"I asked him to make him perform
trick. He got down from his horse,
called the dog, and talking his pocket
book held it to the dogs nose. He then
took out a silver half dollar and, walk
ing some distance into the woods, rails
ed up a large rock and put the money
under it. We then resumed our jour
ney, and when probably half mile
away my friend called his dog and told
him to go back and get the money.
The dog, without the least hesitation,
started back on a run, and my friend
explained that as the rock was heavy
the dog would be unable to turn 1t over,
so would have to scratch under 1t to
reach the piece Of money, and he would
not probably get home before we
reached there, it then being about three
miles further 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 he re-
tired at about 10 o'clock.
"The next morning we got up about
daylight, and, hearing noise outside,
my friend opened the door and the dog
rushed in, dragging with him pair Of
pantaloons, which he dropped on the
floor.
OF course we were. both mystified
but had not long to wait an explana-
tion, for shortly afterward a man who
lived several miles from my friends
house, rode up on mule and inquired
IL a dog with a pair Of pantaloons In
his mouth had come into the house.
The dog at this moment came out on
the porch and the main said: Why,
there's the dog now
my friend told his caller that the
dog had really brought pair of pam
pantaloons home with him, but he did
not understand it himself.
1.-THE man said that late in the af-
ternoon the day before he found the
dog scratching under large rock near
the road and, thinking he was after a
rabbit, stopped and lifted the rock up,
and to his surprise found half dollar
on the under side.
HE 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 put on the outside, but he kept
up such a racket that no one could
sleep on the place, and when the man
opened the door to drive the dog on
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,
he got up and opened the window, and
the instant he did so the dog seized his
pantalons in his mouth, and jumping
out Of the window, fled.
"The man followed as soon as he
could get his mule.
Hearing this story, my friend got
the pantaloons, and on searching the
pockets found the half dollar which
he had hid under the rock the after
noon fore."-Nashville Banner.