The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
ANIMALS THAT DIED or GRIEF.
n.tbeiic Devotion of Animals to
Their Masters.
From Tit BIS.


- &c often said that animals have
waved themselves times without NUM-
sor 10 beauite as faithfulif not more
- than human beings, and that this
I, so has been borne out by facts; for,
4-ought it is comparatively seldom
..or one hears of anybody dying Of
broken heart, there are many in
..onces of animals that have pinned
:. death after the loss of a beloved
easter. and that have given their lives
Roth dogs and horses are capable
the most devoted Affection the
.torv of Glendower's faithful dog, who
Ssfended his masters child from wolves
unriug his absence and was killed by
,,5m under a misapprehension, has
heen familiar, to us all from child
SooJ Less we'll known, however, is
he story of water, spaniel belong
inr TO Il French magistrate during the
evolution, who being suspected of
royaIist symphthies, was imprisoned
md conde1hued to death. His dog
"ccompanied him to the Bastile, but
Was not allowed to enter. Day after
5av the devoted animal took up his
rosition outside the prison door in the
Vain hope Of seeing his master. till at
last the gaoler's heart was touched,
and he took the dog into the cell for
few minutes, p, .-. -.
In future, each day at precisely the
same hour the spaniel put in an APP
noarance, and after spending some
moments licking the prisoners hand
he would leave Of his own accord. The
DOOR dog was present at his. master S
execution, walked by the side of his
body as it was taken to the grave, and
laid himself down on the spot. After
two or three days some neighbors, find
ing out where he was, forced him TO
eat some food and took him away TO
their home, but he returned to the
grave and, though he would go to
these for food daily, never remained
away longer than was necessary. But
r last he became too weak to fetcli
as 1000. and declined 70 cat when
~ VS. brought to him. and his last
nodrs we're spent scratching Up tlie
arth. that in dying he might be hear
his beloved master. ---
Another dog that would not leave his
master was that belonging to Sabinus,
The Roman General, who was All ad-
herent of the Germanicus family. Aft
er his execution his body was placed
at the edge of a precipice as a warn
ing TO rebels, and nobody but his dog
had the courage to approach 1t. For
three days the noble animal kept watch
by the corpse, food was brought I'd
him, but instead Of eating 1t he placed
It on the dead mans mouth. When
the body of Sabinus was subsequently
thrown into the Tiber the dog sprang
after it into the river and persisted
in his attempts to keep it above water
One has often heard of horses that
have refused to leave their masters
who have been killed in battle; but
there is only one instance on record of
a horse that caused the death of its
owners opponent. After Antiochus
was slain by Centaretus, the Callahan
the latter jumped triumphantly into
the saddle of his fallen foes steed.
But the animal. as if understanding
who was on its back. rushed to Il prec-
ipice and in spite of all efforts to re-
strain it, leaped with its rider over
the edge, and BOTH of course, We're
crushed 10 death.
4 more modern story is that attaCh-
ing to the charger Of Col. Vandeleur
the officer who was killed at LaSwarri,
when i'm command of the Eighth Hus-
sars When the regiment was ordered
back to England, Black Bob was sold
L. a civilian at CaWnpore. but the sol
diers who had purchased it when their
colonel died returned the buyer half his
money on his promising that Black
Bob should always have good stable,
snug paddock, and no work in his
old age AS the regiment was march,
ing away to embark, playing familiar
tune. the horse who for so long had
been its pride, kicked his stall to pieces
and galoped to the barracks, only to
fall dead just at the saluting point
dolphin seems an unlikely animal
10 credit with great affection for a
human being. but a story regarding one
has been handed down since the time
Of Augustus Caesar. AS some boys
we're bathing at Baioe, one of their
number seeing a young dolphin near
the shore. mounted its back, at which
the creature manifested great delight.
So daily the boy came down to the
beach to play with his strange com
panion, which he named Simoi and
soon he found that instead of long
walk round the shore to Puteoli where
he attended school, he had only to call
SimO, when the animal would lower
his prickly fins, and the boy, mounting
his fshy steed, was quickly conveyed
across the bay.
This companinship lasted for several
years but one day, as the two were
playing together, the sharp fin of the
dolphin pierced the boys side, and ne
bled to death soon after reaching the
shore 1t is said the dolphin fell down
by the lifeless body and died in less
than an hour afterward, it Is supposed,
Of grief. At any rate, the child was
buried with his faithful friend beside
him.
The devotion of almost every kind
of animal for its young Is pfoverbial,
but sometimes the position Is reversed,
as in the case of an old horse in
French cavalry regiment that was too
feeble to grind its oats properly. For
over two months the horses each side
OF 1t used to take the hay from the
rack and chew 1t we'll before placing
II within reach Of the old animal. and
rney performed the same kind office
with its oats; and not very long ago
we heard of a gardener who, digging
one day, found two Very large ground
toads underneath a heap of rubbish.
watching them, to his establishment he
saw the larger of the two climb on the
PACK of the other, which at once began
10 move away, and. looking more close
y, ne found he had cut the side of one
win his spade, and its companion was
gearing 1t away to a place of safety.
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