Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-07

what was wrong, and set up a furious
barking that brought fremen to the spot
in time to prevent the terrified woman
from making desperate plunge that
might have proved fatal.
The New York World of Monday, the
10Th. devotes a considerable portion of
its front page to a picture of three-year
old Erwin Biggs and his Newfoundland
puppy together with the dramatic story
of how a dog saved his little masters
life. Erwin is the son of the late Joel
L. Biggs, chief engineer of the battleship
Connecticut, who died last Saturday. The
World relates the story as follows:
Biggs returned from the battleship cruise
around the world without mishap. Soon
after the fleet returned he suffered an in
jury to his head and came home on fur
Tough. Pneumonia developed a week ago
saw his mothers grief and sought to com
fort her.
''Winny get e doctor-man," he announced
on Saturday as he put on his coat and hat
Mrs. Biggs, harrassed by anNieties, PAID
little attention to Erwin when he left the
house accompanied by his pets and com
panions, bulldog and a Newfoundland pup
Ply. He trudged, unseen by any one who
knew him, to the woods which skirt the
why the child expected to find a doctor in
the deep woods is not known. Subsequent
developments furnished an accurate picture
of the quest. When night fell, the child
was IN the neafL OF the WOODS ana tOSl
The search for doctor had exhausted him
and he was disheartened by failure. His
face and hands, scratched and bleeding, told
of his struggles in the underground before
he collapsed. He was changed from his
fathers first assistant, daring anything, 10
a very little boy wailing in the dark for his
mother. He did not know it, but his home
was little more than a mile away.
The Newfoundland puppy trotted back
home and stood whining at the door. Mrs
Biggs could not understand why Erwin had
not returned, but sOlaced herself with the
thought that he was safe with neighbors
Instinct, perhaps, told the bulldog that his
little master, Wailing in the thicket, needed
help. Erwin said later that the. faithful
animal stood by for time, then licked his
hand and departed. The child, left alone,
increased his cries
Queens, was Walking with his niece Miss
Mabel Thuillard, near the edge of the
woods when the dog ran toward them with
manifestations of delight. They followed
had significance. The dog led them to with
in sound of the lost childs voice. 1t came
from far back in the woods.
why, no one lives in there Judge
Humphrey said to his niece. What is a
child doing in these woods at this time OF
night?''
The dog bounded forward as Judge Hum
phrey advanced Enthusiastically indicating he
would lead the way through the tangle.
The cries grew fainter as Judge Humphrey
plunged through the underbrush and briars
and he trusted entirely to the dog. 1t DIS
appeared, but few moments later indl-
Gated its whereabouts by incessant bank
ing Guided in this way, Judge Humphrey
found the child, weak from exposure and
exhaustion and so terrified he scarcely could
whisper.
That was snarling remark Of the
Greek philosopher. THE more | see of
men, the more | think of dogs But
one need not be a misanthropist to
realize that dogs are entitled to consid-
Grafton from men-and that they richly
reward it