The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-08
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the most Intelligent Of all four foot
en beasts. but perhaps am preiudlced
in This opnlon. for | once owned dog
thr, I loved better than ! ever loved
parion valued Will, confined within
the narrow limits of a ship. often for
wears on one voyage. ! have always
been prone 10 slut myself np within
/ myself ana a. master could never
/ bring myself 10 associate on familiar
terms with any of my subordinates. I
4 found Rex oh II wreck when ] was
mate of Il vessel He WAS abont 10 die
of starvation. aud | took him off ana
fe,l him with my own hands. Ile was
Of the collie breed The larger kind.
have saved men and women ana chli-
dren from wrecks. hu never saw such
gratitude expressed IN \ look as HE
starving dog gave me RaVenouS FOR
food he seemed TO Know wien J gave (
II 10 him spallngly that | was doing
50 FOR his own good and acqniesced
as n little child will submit 70 similar
As he recovered aud filed our he
was minccly animal and ! named
him Rex. For wears through storm
and 5unsh~ie Rex and | walked The
quarter deck side by side ana when we
turned in At night turned in together.
often IN the same bunk. When on "A
coast or in bad weather |
left nv cabin to 90 on deck Rex would
insist on going with me and II | shut
hintefn the cabin would whine ptifnlly
at my side he would endure rain or
>leet driven against him by furious
ind | tried n first Ia induce him to
in eoIl OF rope over which
rev a tarpaulin hut he scorned il.
seeming to consider my place Of duty
ls place OF duty
We classify living beings, but no
can be perfect Men
nave been succored and have murder
ID their preservers, and YET we regard
hem as living souls. while we class
ny Rex as a brute lie may have
,een 4 brute to others; TO me he was
nly behind me IN physical develop
nent If ! have a soul he had one, :
or saw il in his eye, az he saw one
a mine, Re this rs it may, he was all
hat | loved
One night | Went to my cabin and 4
ank at once to sleep | should have n
een on deck, but was worn out with
oastant watching on treacherous e.
cast in thick weather dreamed u
rat we were sailing NJ on a broad s.
each and coud hear the sand y
rnding under the keel heard
iarp bark in my ear and. awakening d
avs on the bunk whining ana tell a.
& me with his expressive eyes that
terrible had happened Get ~
ng on deck found that the ship ~
ID struck submerged rock and was "
~ sinking The men, mindful OF ~
cir own lives. had got ont tie boats ~
ID filled them, aud the last Boat was VT
out 10 pull away, not a man in 1t =
ring 10 wake his captain for fear he -
,uId be left behind Seeing me com 80
< shame stopped them.
Get aboard. captain they shouted m'
is every liking thing of the ship" ~
lsked
They assured me that all had left ex
lt Rex and myself Those IN the
" AT which must enter made room
! me, and got in. then turned 10
- Rex In. The boat was overload
aud the lnen were anxious 10 he
fearing TO get caught Ia the yor-
that would follow the ship when
: Went down. aud the moment ! was
they gave way. Rex plunged @to
water aud swan beside the boat
Wished to take him in, but the men
tested against taking dog into
It slready too heavily burdened.
We were not in sight OF land, and
Nv thst my Rex. who Of all the liv-
creatures aboard the ship had Z
'ugbt ot me ia the great peril and :
for whom ] should have been left n
perish, could not swim TO safety.
PSHNh " luc iutu llaN II iutf WDulu
> my place to the dog would look n
some floating object to which | III
I'd cling but 10 which tue dog z
Id not. But all protested against
ling the dog IN the boat lest he
We uncomfortable with me out VI
saw the difficulty myself and
- NJ the plan
lex swan directly behind ". never
Ding his eye from me for mo hor
nj He was fast getting tired. but feaI
e no sign thar he wished 70 he the
en- aboard With his intelligence A
e always believed that he took In "Th
situation and was resigned to II. ing
FAD this Ia his wstful eve and that n
regret AZ parting with me over and
ie his dread of death After awhile. feet
IN the men ceased puliing for rest way
consultation. Rex swan up beside IN .
boat The men IN trying to drive hcu
away endangered our equilibrium. kiic
protested. aud one with revolver {" a
.a,ened to shoot him. cak,
have given maiiy heag1reuding or ~
:. but none that Sas - hard FOR sad
~ he Que now felt necessary. We.
nding M and looking NV dog IN the ihfS
! said mournfnlr- Ute