The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-22
THREE DOG STORIES
CANINE DEVOTION TO THE MEMORY
OF A KIND MASTER

The Affection Displayed by a Now
fOHndInnd and Little Fox Ter.
rIer-A BiE BULLDOGS Exhibition of
QuIckncss and snGacIty.
"The most pathetic thing about the
Thoroughbred dog" said the man
whose time has been spent about the
kennels. lis his devotion to the memory
Of n Kind master who Is dead There
was a friend Of mine who owned
Newfoundland, and Dash. aS they call
ed him. was never Contcnted when
away from his master Not long ago
the master was taken i'll. He had To
be moved to n hospital and Dash was
left at home The dog refused to eat.
about | | o'clock one night he began
TO howl. His cries alarmed the mem
bcrs Of the family, who were greatly
concerned about the condition of the
patient in the hospital. While his cries
continued the telephone bell rang and
the message of death came over the
wires.
Dash was sent away until after the
funeral. After his return a portrait OF
his dead master disappeared from the
house Search showed that the dog
had carried it into recess under the
house. 1t was rescued from him with
difficulty and screwed to an easel in
the library. 4 rug was put down in
front of it for Dash. He lay therc with
an expression OF unuttcrable woo on
his face. He wouldn't eat. For Il
week he kept vigil. Once or twice he
licked up IL little water and tasted
dainty food, but he grew weaker day
by day. One morning ten days later
the library door was opened and there
was the faithful Dash dead on his rug.
"Instances are common In which
dogs have remained by the body Of
master. refusing to leave. 1t seems
cruel to think of killing an animal of
this kind to get him out Of the way,
and yet 1t has been found necessary in
many cases. a very remarkable case
OF this kind happened a few years ago
within my knowledge. There was a
little fox terrier. A trim little animal,
with wag of his stumpy tail for ev
cry one. and he was the pet Of young
boy who had reared him from puppy
hood. When the little fellow was TAX
en- i'll. the dog would creep into the
room without the least noise and would
lift himself on the bed to lick his mas
tcr's hand. 1t was really touching.
After time the boy became danger
Ously ILL., The dog had to be excluded
from the room. but he sat by the door.
never leaving 1t, with an expression of
abiect sorrow on his little face.
'The boy died. The dog knew 1t just
as well as If he had been human, and
they took him away until after the fu
neral In some way. however. he es-
capped and returned home just as the
body was being placed in the hearse.
He followed 1t to the cemetery. At the
grave he sat on his launches. his head
cast down. and now and then his cries.
always low and painful. caused big
tears TO fall from the eyes Of those
who were watching the last rites. He
moved up closer when the grave was
being filed, and when the mound was
being smootAed Off aud the flowers put
down the dog advanced and laid him
self down at the head. A member of
the family tried to pick him up. but he |
RnarIcd threateningly. and they left the
little country cemetery. and the terrier
stayed there to guard the last resting
place Of his master.
The family believed the dog would
return homo that night, but he was not
IN his box the next morning BY noon
nc had not returned. and Il servant was
sent TO the cemetery. Just as he got to
the path leading down to the grave the
servant heard n Wild scream of pain
and terror from the terrier, and before
he could hasten to see the cause Mack
had been killed. The blow which end
ed his faithful life was struck by n
workman whom Mack had attacked
when he tried to arrange the earth on
the grave.
Dogs seem to realize when there is
trouble In the air. There is true sto-
ry Of big bulldog that seized the
hand of a drunken man who was try
ing to kill his master. Blink, the dog
mad followed his owner into barroOm
one night and was lying under the ia
blC W IttIl u hlOoC DSt"CCh
Johnson. his master. and an Italian.
The Italian fred at Johnson once and |
was about to fire again when Blink |
jumped and caught the mans wrist IN
viselke grip. The Italian dropped
the gun. Like a flash Blink released |
his hold on the mans wrist and seized |
him by the throat. The italian was
thrown to the floor, and 1t vas not un-
Ill Johnson had kicked Blink In the
side that he let go. 1t was rather hard |
punishment for his good services, but |
If the kicks had not been given the |
TnSn would have been killed by the |
terrible laccratiOn of the throat !
New York Sun.
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