St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-08-24
a PREACHERS DOG STORY.
Coming from : Good Man II Requires
No Voucher.

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about one of the best story tellers IN
these parts, and his repertoire IN
cludes a lot Of good ones. fish and 9TH
erWise. On the truthfulness OF some
he will stake his reputation for YER
sacity, but he teps one which be always
prefxes with the statement that it
was told him by minister Of the
Gospel, DR.. BardWell.
DIR. BardWell used to visit my Ia
theirs house when I was q boy, and the
story I am abouttotell you was related
to me on the occasion of one Of these
visits. We were out on the yeranda
smoking one evening after supper.
The doctor was fond Of dogs, and was
pretty good sportsman, and natural
" the conversation turned on thissub-
iect.
{ Speaking Of dogs, said Or. Bard
well, reminds me Of q dog which be-
Ionged to friend Of mine ii Missis-
sippi. ] had been invited to hold serv-
ices at church near this friend S
house, and wrote him to meet me at
the station, some six miles from his
house, on the Saturday afternoon be-
fore Sunday, the day Of the appoint-
ment.
He was on time with horses and
We started to his home. / noticed
that q very handsome bird dog fol
lowed us, and having heard that some
one in that neighborhood owned an
especially well-trained trick dog, ]
asked my friend about It.
That's the dog, at the same time
pointing at his dog, which had ran
ahead Of Us and was waiting at the
forks Of the road.
T asked him to make him perform
q trick. He gotsdown from his horse,
called the dog, and taking orE his
pocketbook, held it TO the dog . nose.
He then took out silver half dollar
and walking some distance into the
woods, raised up large rock and put
the money under It. We then re-
sumed our journey, and when probab-
y half a mile away, my friend called
his dog and told him to go back and
get the money
sSfThe dog, without the least hesi-
tation, started back on d run, and my
friend explained as the rock was
heavy, the dog would be unable to
turn It over, so would have to scratch
under it 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 atesupper
and still the dog did not come, nor
had he put IN an appearance when
we retired atabout ten o'clock.
The next morning we got up
about daylight, and hearing d noise
outside, my friend opened the door
and the dog rushed in, dragging with
him pair OF pantaloons which he
dropped on the floor.
3Of course, we were both mysti-
fed, but had not long to wait an ex-
planation, for shortly afterward d
man who lived several miles from ny
friends house rode up on a mule and
inquired if d dog with pair Of panta-
looms IN his mouth had come into the
house Thedog at this moment came
out on the porch, and the man said:
Why, there's the dog now
Ny friend told his caller that the
dog had really brought a pair Of panfa-
looms home with him, but he did not
understand it himself.
The man said that late in the aft
ernoon the day before bic found the
dog scratching under d large rock
near the road, and thinking he was
after rabbit, stopped and lifted the
rock up, and to his surprise found .
haif-dollar on the under side.
He put the money ii his pocket
and the dog followed him home The
dog appeared to Be friendI and the
man petted him and gave him his
supper At night when the family
retired the dog was put on the out
side, but he kept up such racket that
no one could sleep on the place, and
Whenthe man opened the door 70 drive
the dog off be rushed into his bed
room and ait once became very quiet,
lying down near the foot of the bed,
where be slept all night.
Early in the morning, the man
said, he got up and opened the win
dow, and the instant he did so the
dog seized hispanfaloons in his mouth
and jumping out Of the window fed.
The man folpWed as soon as he
could get his mule.
Hearing this story, my friend goi