The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-28
Tale Of a Stray Dog
Miners Claim He Brings Them Luck

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II is an absorbing story in its ever
detail and withal true one
Bob the stray dog they call hin
ana il needs Jack London in hi
happiest moments of description I
truly depict the human interest sid
Of this little animals history. $
many tales have been woven aroun
him and SO many incidents have beel
given out with his actions as the cen
/ ter of the story. that it is at time
hard to separate the truth from tn
! fiction
But the fact remains that on nine
tenths OF the rich discoveries tina
have been made in the Manhattan dis
trict, the STRAY Dog" has appeared a
some time during the day previous
and taken up his abode with the for
tunate miners Nothing can prevail
upon him TO remain with any ont
miner or group of miners for more
than three days and when once he
has left the camp where he has been
an ephemeral sojourner, he never
again greets his host In friendly
spirit
So strong has the belief in the
great luck that follows a visit OF his
10 any district become implanted in
the minds of the miners that they will
go to any length TO obtain this small
dogs favor
Bob" was with Davis when the
great discovery on the April Fool was
made He was with Harry Dudson
when that cratic miner struck rich
ore on the STRAY Dog" claim When
sl,e first shaft on the Annie Laurie
pierced what seemed 70 be barren
rock and found specimen ore that re-
sembled tie show cases of a jewelry
store, the stray Dog had already been
a visitor fur a day When the great
streak of white quartz on the Broneho
was first brought to light with its
beautiful seams of yellow metal the
Stray Dog was barking with delight in
and ont among the excited miners He
was on the Nell Gray claim. OF the
Gold Wedge property when the con-
tinuation of the famous Briggs lease
was found, completely hidden, as It
was. by mas SEES Of country rock He
was on the Iron King and Iron Queen
when the fist rocker of placer dirt
shook down its coarse granules of gold
60 many tim.s has ne been present. To
-emain but y few hours and then to
disappear, that no new discovery is
made but thai the question is asked al
,nce by some one, Was the dog
lround?"
Thirty miles from Manhattan a dis
,overy was nude In Miller county, and
when the excited prospectors became
settled down again they dis
covered that the Stray Dog had been
before them just one week. When
dershon located the Yellow Horse.
Bob" was there: when the rich leases
IN Litigation Hill were found Bob
vas distributing his fayors equally
mong the miners
At the time the Homestake. claim
hat rich discovery that startled cid
ime miners-frst showed it's true
alue, it was learned that the Stray
)Og had chased a chipmunk under the
rec where the richest gold was
rought to light
The strife for the Stray Dogs favor 4.
mongst the rough men of the hills
ecomes at times almost a pitched bat
e They cut the heart out of the ten
erloins for the purpose OF tempting
i'm. They feed him boxed candy, and
repare beds of cotton batting for him
lie stays three or four days with one
liner and all of a sudden he disap-
ears. He is a fine watch dog When
e is around no strangers or intruders
re allowed near the tents. The miners
ave taken his appearances so much to
cart that they have become firm he
eyers in him as sure foierunner OF
bod luck
When any man strikes II rich the
y has invariably been upon the
round. One man. who had lost q for
Inc in eastern investments and was
,ughing il in the foothills around
thinking to recuperate.
,ent a week in feeding Bob dainties
ID endeayoring 10 coax the dog 20 go
It prospecting with him. But there
as nothing doing
Bob" the stray dog, IS close to me
UNI size. his cars are sharp pointed
Id continually moving He is a mix
re Of collie and cur The story Is
Id of him that he belonged TO an In
an who was laid apart from his tribe
die Bob stayed'with his master I'M
his fate finally overcame him. both
an and dog silent, both seeming to
Iderstand the necessary end When
e. Indian was finally found by a par
of white and buried out of sight the
ray dog took up his eccentric life. I
For three weeks Bob has disappeared ,
IN Manhattan. and tn that three
,eks no very remarkable discoveries r
rich ore have been made. But il is +
ported that he was seen 30 miles r
ray gradually working his way back
the camp OF his friends.