The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-10
DOG SAVES MASTER.

Belleville, N. j., John A. Cronin, a
dog fancier, was saved from death
by the Intelligence and devotion of
his fox terrier, Pete, that summoned
aid just as his master was sinking
below the surface.
Accompanied by Michael Flynn.
Chief of Police; John Flynn, his son,
and Frank Curvan, Cronin started
On a shooting trip yesterday morn
ing. After crossing the Passaic
River the party entered tract of
forest land between Kearny avenue
and Meadow road. Here Pete start
ed a rabbit, and Cronin left his COM
panions to follow him.
Stumbling through the thick un-
derbrush in a small clearing, Cronin
ran into quicksand, and before he
could reach a f1rmer footing had
sunk to his waist. He had been
warned by Flynn of treacherous
spots in the vicinity and it had been
agreed that two shots in quick sue.
cession should be the signal if any
member of the party was caught in
one. Cronin had retained his gun
and fired the signal, which was heard
by the others. They thought, how
ever, that he had driven the rabbit
to cover and continued on their way.
Pete ran back to his master on
hearing the shouts and made frantic
efforts to reach his side. Cronin
was exhausted with his struggles and
was sinking fast. Pete then retreat
ed to safer ground, sat upon his
launches and started a shrill, far
reaching howl.
When the others reached the spot
in obedience to the summons Cronin's
lead alone was visible above the
quagmire. Michael Flynn broke
down two small trees and crawled
out to the sinking man, while his
son and Curran held his feet. He
thrust the ends under Cronin's arms.
With this leverage he was soon lifted
out and dragged to safety. Pete
dined on something more substantial
than dog biscuit that night.
YARN OF MAMELUKE'S LEAP.
1t is a pity to spoil good story,
and the story of the Mameluke's ia
nous leap, which is recounted to
every visitor to the citadel of Cairo,
is a good one. But it is a fiction,
founded on the fact that only single
Mameluke of the TOO and odd who
were mustered in Cairo on that fatal
morning survived the massacre, but
he survived because he was on the
sick list at the time, and was conse-
quently unable to attend the parade
in the citadel, and the Pasha, having
nothing to fear from a single man,
spared his life. A story never loses
in the telling in the mouth of an
Egyptian, and he is quite capable of
inventing one to account for any Incl
dent or appellation that he does not
happen to understand. There were
formerly two gates to the citadel of
Cairo, called respectively the Gate of
the Janissaries and the Gate of the
Azabs, from the titles of two Turkish
military corps to whom their charge
was confided. But the existence and
the very name of these corps have
lOuS UCCu SoILCh NY thC ISy pIA1hSJ
and they accounted for the name Bah
ell Azab by inventing story of a
saint called Sidi Azab, around whose
name a whole legend of marvels and
miracles has grown up, while the lit
tie chamber in the gateway formerly
occupied as the guardhouse is pointed
out as the saints hermitage. BY the
by, Mr.. Knight-Adkin in his stirring
and spirited ballad Spectator, No
vember 81 has represented the mas
sacre as occurring when the Name.
lukes were entering the citadel. 1t
was when they were leaving it that
it really occurred. The whole of
them had entered into the lane which
was their death trap before the gates
at each end were closed before and
behind them. The spot pointed out
as the scene of the Mameluke's LEAP
is on the terreplein of the citadel
F. H. Tyrrerll, Lieutenant-General
Bournemouth, in the London specta.
tor.