Saint Mary's beacon., 1903-12-24
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and grief. has supplies ozs& mare a.
ample Of the devotion n hich4. 1be
canine nature is uossifI
To a height of intense sfta<hxnnnf
;nvolv;r0 his own daask I Il. f,<r ....
risen over and over aoaza il, she hie-
tory Of the race.
The dog 'scompanionsl io viii, ma !,
was FIRST chrouicled II !. ! Book ~
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been allied .xz:kf fne<c ,>-< -. =
out the fact the realitv- az that
companionship. reaching 10 the
highest points OF attachment and
sacrifice. has never lacked .axamnles
in anv land
Here is n story Of a doc which he
longed TO a former postmaster Of
Fort William. He was rough.
tnick-set little mongrel named Gil
iiemor' aho ne nao VIDE sympathy
for the dead, as well as for all be-
reaved people.
Not funeral took place in the
country around his masters home,
out ne was present. In due time
before a iunerai ne would rise and
snake himself, as though dressing,
and then make of to the stricken
home, and keep all beggars and
NOISY children at respectful dist
ance.
when the procession started he
would Join In, walking decorously,
and after the coffin was lowered he
would look anxiously into thegrave,
then at the mourners, and finally
trot home. DE was known to at
tend several funerals In widely re-
mote places In one day.
DIED OF GRIEF.
INSTANCES of doors who have rr;ar
ed for strangers are NOT a. ali nm
common but there ara far more
numerous EXAMPLES Of canine mats
who have died of grief for their
masters.
Many years ago the Chamber of
Deputies Ia Brussels contained an
empty wooden kennel in one corner.
IL had been brought from a neigh
boring churchyard, where it had
been placed by some charitable peo-
pie for a dog that never left hisdea
masters grave for seven years, and
ultimately oied there.
Ihls dog belonged to a young
French ofhcer who fell covered with
wounds in a battle when the Dutch
invaded Brussels in 1880. His body
was found on the battle field with
the oog lying upon 1t, licking the
wounds ana nowling piteously. He
Ioiioweo the BODY to the grave, and
never again left the spot.
sometimes the vigil OF grief has
not oeen drawn out to the long
period IL was IN TINS heroic example.
OfficER' g PIT Doc.
In the case of the canta;n of an
artillery company of South Carolina.
who was killed in the American C;.
vii War, the officers net dog Law
moaning upon the grave of his mas
ter, refusing to eat or drink for
three DAYS, and then died.
This instance is all the more re.
markable from the fact that the off.
GER S BODY did not reach the family
home in Columbia until a week after
death.
The dog met il at the gate. knew
by instinct that the coffin contained
his dead master, Law under il in the
parlor until the funeral. when he
joined the procession 20 the grave.
A small Manchester terrier. be.
longing to q lady now living in an
eastern suburb. died Of grief and
exhaustion a few wears a0o His
mistress married, and left her old
nome 70 reside some four miles
away. The terrier was in deep
trouble at once. he loved his mis-
tress, ana ne loved the Old home