The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10
: /, CHAPTER vll-continued.

lyons OWd Boblo o. Kenmuir lie lie r.
he would say for already among the
faculty the name was becoming known,
And never in such a case did the young
dog fail 10 justify the faith OF his his sup
porters.
1t came, therefore. as a keen disaF-
pointmcnt to every Daleslnan. from Her
" bert Truttcr, Secretary OF the Trials, 70
Sittle Billy Thornton when the Master Isl.
persisted In his decision not to run me
dog for the Cup in the approaching Dal !,
Trials; and that though parsoi, squire.
and even Lady Eleanour cssaycd 10 shake
his purpose, 1t was nigh fifty years since
Rex son o. Rally had won BACK the
Trophy for the land that gave II birth;
it was time, they thougrk for a Dale
land dog. Gray Dog OF kennuir--tho
terms are practically synonymous----'toc
polished phrase-,naker. was only express
ing the feelings OF every Dalesman IN the
ri room when one night at the Arms, lle
declared OF OVID Bob that TO ha run
was to la won. AT which Madam
sniggered audibly and winked at Red
lickin'; to rim next year'll be to-
Irwin next year. Tammas nterposed
dogmatically. "Onlesss-witll shivering
,sarcasm--.yo and yer NVullie are think
In O wnnin'."
ss The little man rose from his solitary
seat at the back OF the room and pat
Ia tered across. -
.sWullie and 1 are thinkln' OF" he
whispered loudly III the old mans ear.
..And nair: what Adam Madam and his
555 Red Ntull think o. 5 dom, that, We may
remark, MIR. Thornton, they do Next
year We rim. and next year--we WIN.
Come. Willie, We'll leave en- TO chew
that; and he marched out Of !. the ROM
q amid the jeers of the assembled topers.
when quiet was restored, II was JIM
Mason who declared zone thing certln.
win or no, they'll not be far OIL
8 Meanwhile the summer ended Abruptly.
Hard OH the heels Of q sweiterlliE au
tumn the winter came down. In tina :
wear the Daieland assumed very early
its white cloak The silver Mere was
~ soon ice veiied; the Wastrel rolled sui
lenlys down below kenmuir, Its creeks ana
@ quiet places ten ted With jagged she es.
$8$ of ice !; while the Scaur and Muir E'lke
raised hoary heads against the frosty
blue. It was the season still rememb per
IL ed in the North as the White Winter-the
s worst, they say. since the famous sla's.
Ss$,sg For DAYS toge ther Jim Mason was Stuck
with his bags In the Dllesman's Daugh-
&SEt ter and there was no communication pc
tween the two Daies. or. the ~ tn .t.5
Ia Marches the snow nassed deep and I'M
M passabl in thick. billowy drifts IN the
e. Devil S Bowl men said it lay piled some
score feet deep. And sheep, seeking shel-
ter in The gnxlls and protected spots.
were buried and lost lin their hundreds ,t1.
35fThat is the time to test the hearts OF
shepherds and sheep-doss, when the vino 'ill
WI runs ice-cold across the waste VI " hi.c.
and The low woods on the upland watks
5 SILVER black through u veil OF snow, an
sheep mus, be found and folded or iost !
N a trial of head rs we'll as heart. OIL re-
@ source as well as solution
gs IN tina; winter more than one man ano
# many a dog los, his life in the que
NJ performance OF his DUTY, gliding 10 oedt u
533 over the slippery Silow-shelves. or over
rs whelmed beneath an avalanche of the
warm, suifocating white: smoored, a.
" they call it. Many a deed was done
AZ many u death died, recorded only IN tha'
# Book which holds the names OF tho Sc
~ men or animals, souls or no souls-whe
Tried.
They found old Nrottcsley. the sduire's
Il head shepherd. lying one morning a
s$S C;ill's fooI, like a statue in Its white bed
taa the snow gently Blowing about ths ven
}3 cradle face, calm and beautiful In death
And stretched upon his bosom, her mas
tiers hands. blue and stiff. stu! claspet
about her neck. his old dos jess. ont
had huddled there, as last nope. Z
keep the dear. dead master warm. hcl
great heart riven, hoping where there
81; was no hope. HI
That night she followed him to here
N sheep in u better land. Death from ex
posurc Dingley, the vet, gave 1t; but a
81 little Madam. his eyes DINNER thar
81 their won't, declared huskily: w Ket
Ei better, Wullie.".: 80
cyril Gilbralth.,s++a young man not over
2 burdened with emotions. told with a so
$Sin his voice how. at the terrible Rowan
s Rack Jim Mason had stood. mpofent
8 dumb, big-cyed. watching Betsy--Rctsy
80 .,faf n In q faf
years--sipping over the ice-cold surface
silently appealing to the hand that hat
3 never failed her before sliding to Etcr
III nifty.
y In the Daleand that winter the endpr
& unce OF many Il shepherd and his dog va
III strained past breaking-point. From IN
81 frozen Black Water to The white-peakc'
84F Grammoch Pike two men only. each al
@ ways with his shaggy adjutant, reye
S. owned defeat: never turned back; neYe
8 failed In u thing attempted.
sl#.S In the following spring, Mr.. Tinkerto,
5 The sources agent, declared that Jane
f Moore and Adam M.Adam-Owd Bob
r. rather. and Red Wull--had lost betwec
5G them fewer sheep than any single farm
Ter on the whole March Mere Estate
agt proud record.
OF the two, many a tale WINS told tha
winter. They were invinclble. inconpa,
s. able; worthy antagonists.
{k4154 II was OWu BOD VINO WheH ne cDCA
@ not drive the band OF Black Faces oGe
the narrow RaZorback which led to y
ty. induced them to follow him aesns
That ten-incli dcalh-tracK, one by on
III like children behind their mistress.
was Red Wull who was seen comm
down the precipitous Saddlcra Hon
u shouldering UP that grand old gentle
man. King o the Dale. whose lee va
l broken,
The gray dog it was who found Cyr
B Gilbraith by TIC White Ston-s. with
cigarette and sprancd ankle. OF II
night the whole village was out ut
lanterns searching for that ~e!l-iuYe
young scapegracc, II MAJ the Taille,
Tyke and his muster who one Litter eVef
ing came upon little Mrs. Burton. .yin
III In huddle beneath tbs lea 0i The fssI
whitening Druid's Pillar With her latAi
| baby on her breast II was linle MAasi
who took of fiis coat ana Wrapped II
s5 child In II; little MADAM ~no pnaGui.
III his plaid. threw IL IKE Il hreaBt-ban
across the dogs great chest, an6 tied ~
al@ ends round the weary H0inanB Tats
@t8fl 1}ed Whit It way who drSgged Ter tfgF