The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-06
or DOG KILLS
BOY WHO HAD BEEN
'B|TTENAND CURED
|o,es IN FATHERS ARMS. SAYING
-<HE WAS AFRAID or BIG AM
MAL-LovE is SUBMERGED IN
FEAR.

afraid OF the big dog" sobbed 4-year-
odd Albert Ernest Winner, as he shi'-
cred convulsively and tightened his
: chubby arms about his fathers neck
3 The violence OF the little fellows
npasmodic movements increased. ms
breath came in gasping sobs, and ali
! TOO rapidly the shadows OF death De
can TO darken the limpid eyes.
"You love papa. don't you?' be-
sought the distracted father as he
vainly tried TO hold back the spirit
which was even then hurrying 10
death
Il love papa" repeated the dying
E boy painfully. Then the struggles
ceased, the little form Strengthened
out and the strange silence told the
watching father and mother that death
4 was in their midst.
II had all happened in one brief
< hour, and, SO far as human judgment
can tell. little Albert was literally
heightened to death. Bitten by dog
three weeks ago, the memory OF That
experience brought unreasoning ter
ror TO his soul. and, when another dog.
belonging 10 a family In the neighoor-
hood attempted TO play with him, the
shock was TOO much.
Happy; Dies Hour Later.
At $50 o'clock in the morning he
was happy and apparently well. An
hour later he was dead, and in his last
moments even the love he bore his
father was submerged in the flood or
fear that filled his being when he be-
held the image of the dog that 10 him
was the type of all that was terrible.
The boy lived with his parents, at
I'LL West Norris-st. He was the only
child, his younger sister having died
two years ago. He would have been
years old on May %. He was known
to every one in the neighborhood, and
loved for his sunny disposition and
CHEEKY ways.
About three weeks ago, while play
ing ia the street, he was bitten on the
cheek by large dog. The animal
WIS not savage and persons who saw
the occurrence think the dog attacked
the boy in spirit OF play.
But Albert was frightened into
spasms and was carried screaming
into the house. The slight wound was
cauterized and it healed rapidly. After
the first effects OF the fright had worn
on, the normal healthy spirits OF child
hood dissipated the recollection and
the incident was forgotten by every
one except the child.
He remembered, and saw in his
/. dreams the animal that had bitten
him. His mother did what she could
to still his fears and assured him that
she wouldn't let anything hurt him.
Albert went next door 10 play with
neigh boring children. There he saw
dog. II was harmless, playful dog,
and meant him no harm; but when
1t tried TO gambol with him, wagging
Yits tail as a token of friendship and
good will, the mute message was min
interpreted
- Want to Go Home"
II want TO go home" said Albert,
and nothing could induce him 10 re-
main. He was In such a state when
he did get inside his home that a
physician was hastily summoned.
The child has been badly fright
ened." said the doctor. He prescribed
some soothing medicine. and soon the
little boy slept.
But all the time the poignant terror
of the dog was at work sapping his
strength and bringing nearer and
nearer the shadows of death
In all this time Albert told no one
what was troubling him. His sudden
illness was mystery and its cause
could not be determined, though the
physician knew that he had been
frightened.
Finally, the childish resistance gave
way. Commissions racked the boys
frame.
I'm afraid of the big dog" he cried,
and. even while he gasped out the
love for the father. who was holding
him. the end came suddenly.
The mother refuses 10 be comforted
She Is Frustrated, and the father. In
ministering TO her, Is forced To forego
his own sorrow.