Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-03-30
RESCUED BY A DOG.
Two Girls Were Saved From inlarS
Ry Their Pet.

Recently one afternoon a crowd OF
people, standing on the west side OF
the stane bridge on Main street,
were much interested to see the ei-
forts, whic hwere finally successful
of two children to recover dog tha'
in some way had fallen from the re
tanning wall on the south side into
the dry bed of the river.
The children we're two little girls
and the dog was of fairly large
species. The girls had been looking
for the dog for some time and were
about to come to the sad conclusion
that they had lost the animal when
they heard from the rear yards of the
tenement buildings on the bank of the
river a dogs bark that sounded FAM
iliar to them. On going to the place
whence the sound of the barking came
they saw their dog In the bed of the
river, standing on dry land and una
BILE to get out of its position.
The dog saw its two young friends
and recognized hem, showing its re-
cognition by a joyous bark. and re-
newed efforts to jump up on the re-
tanning wall The children were for
a moment at loss what to do to get
their dog out of its predicament. Fin
ally they decided on plan, and it
was the carrying out of this plan that
particularly interested the increasing
crowd of spectators. One of the chill
dren, the younger of the two, jumped
from the top of the wall into the dry
bed of the river, having first satisfied
herself that she would not sink in the
soft earth. The dog, which had stop
ped its futile jumping, greeted its
young rescuer with every manifesto
tion of joy. The girl took the dog and
assisted it to climb up the retaining
wall. The animals weight was ap-
parently too much for the girl, and 1t
seemingly was aware of this fact. 1t
made the girls task of rescue as easy
as possible by assisting her in every
way suggested by it's instinct. In a
few moments the dog was secure on
the top of the wall
But now the question arose, How
was the girl to be taken from the bed
of the river? In the solution of this
! question the rescued became the
| rescuer. The girl found a crevice in
| the side of the wall which afforded
! her a resting place for the toe of one
of her shoes. Having secured this
footing she leaped upward and was
caught by the hand of the older girl
on the bank. 1t was evident to the
| spectators that the older girl was un-
able to retain her hold of the younger
and that the latter was in imminent
| danger of falling backward and drag
| ging the other with her into the river.
| 1t was at this juncture that the canine
showed its helpful gratitude. Some OF
| the spectators had run around to
| Wells street to help the girls. The
| dog went forward as far as possible
| and seized hold of the sleeve of the
| girls waist by its teeth and pulled
| backward. 1t was a remarkable in
| stance of canine instinct. The as
sistance rendered by the animal was
| just enough to enable the older girl
| to pull the younger one on the bank
| The spectators, among whom were
| several prominent ministers. business
men and members of the city govern
ment, applauded the instinct of the
| dog while rejoicing in the safety OF
| the girls-Hartford Times.