The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-04
He Shook Over the Child the Water
Which Had Soaked Into His Coat.

No dumb animal has earned for its
valor and integrity such devotion as
the dog. Stories of dogs have, there
fore, always been popular, especially
those exhibiting qualities which more
nearly approximate those of man.
There seems a general consensus of
opinion that the story of Terence is
considered unbeatable.
There was" writes Mrs. ]. M. Nc
Donald Of Oxford, IAN Irish terrier
called Terence in a family in Dover.
He became very much attached to two
little girls, the younger Of whom was
about is months old, who slept in diff
ferent though adjoining rooms at the
top of the house. The elder child slept
with the nurse. On the same landing
was a sort of lumber room containing
a ciStern. 1t was T~erence's custom to
sleep outside in the passage. The fam
lily had long discountenanced this
| practice, but the dog was persistent.
About three o'clock one November
morning fire broke out in the cham
Der Immediately beneath that occupied
by the younger of the little girls.
Soon there was a cracking and roar
ing, which not only attracted Ter
ence's attention and set him barking,
but very quickly aroused the other in
mates of the house. The nurse was
seized with panic. She grabbed up
the elder girl from her bed and, evil
IDENTIFY forgetting all about her other
charge, ran to the window which COM
municated with the roof, whence ap-
proach to the next house and safety
was attained. The mother, an inva-
lid, was told that the nurse had both
children safe. In the meantime the
flames had actually burnt through the
flooring and had seized on the drapery
of the bed where the apparently
doomed child lay sleeping. Terence,
having barked vigorously to no pur-
pose in the dark, now the room was
lit up attempted to seize the child and
drag it from the bed. He could not
manage to lift the weight. Thereupon
he rushed to the c~istern, jumped in,
and then hurried back to the child's
ROOM. S%pringing on the bed, he shook
over the child the water which had
soaked into his Goa during his INNER
sion in the cistern. This he repeated
several times, at length succeeding in
putting out the flames, which at one
time had a good hold on the ~bed-cloth-
ing. When the firemen forced their
way into the room they found the
child practically uninjured, with the
dog mounting guard with his wet body
over her"
Showing the wonderful memoir a
dog possesses, this story, sent by Mrs.
Gerald Spencer, is very interesting:
"A gentleman had a Scotch terrier,
which he took with him one spring
to some fishing he had in the North of
Scotland, beyond Dingwall. On the re-
turn journey south the gentleman got
out at some small station, and the
dog, somehow, in the hurry of getting
into the train again, was left behind.
A kindly porter took it home, where
his children got fond of it, and it was
cared for and seemed happy, but
every day, quite punctually, through
the summer heat and the winter snow,
the little terrier trotted down the
three parts of a mile from the porter's
cottage to the station and met the
midday train. The people living near
said you could tell the time by seeing
this little dark gray dog hurrying
down the road every day. At last he
was rewarded. The next spring his
master again returned south and
passed the station. He saw his little
dog, which jumped into the train with
him, and they were borne away to-
gether."