The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-04-08
A FRONTIER HERO


THINK ~ was uhuui the ,umm"r of
1901 NJ ~ that hui ,b. pleasure ul
Eisitiug ~ ~ excellent German home
near Usage CIV. oklahoma ~ wr ru
tered the h"usc q large black N"wfouuI
land log followed ~. Ills hruut,
caught ms eve, aud made somr rrmnrh
about him aud that led I" this stony.
told hy 'hc old German lady. shall
un, attempt to initiate her ,I"rrh.
though nssut" y"H that urr line Ger
man accent aud sanity old face. ~ she
related The Incident. added NOT g little
20 b., Fascinating charm:
''lu the early day. of the settlement
Of Kansas. said the good old mn'rou.
vr settled ~ the southern part ct the
state. We owned % bigger and strong
cr dog then than the Que yuu inst saw
90 on, Of the house. W. uai only one
child then. charlie Tie wH, % little
p,ri two ur work team wa, % woke
of even, DO 1T them inclined h. Bee
ugly. " o.. that dog Bruno was hi,
name hnd t.ru ur with the hnhs from
the very - time hc ever saw o.
Bruno va lust about q wear "ld WHEN
Charlie " horn aud ~ ,"uu H, the
baby $40. aide to crawl aud later 10 run
about. limu" was ALWAYS with hmm I
Don = hrll",o lee ever l"r that rhtid get
uul "i his sight when Boz" wo, "u' ct
door, We'll, uur day when father wu.
working away trrm home. went out
~ moon ~ water 'hr oxen. Charlie had
followed me oui int" the yard though
did net know b.. llr hul 900 1 red
lrrs,. which ! gur,. drew the nti"u
ton of the uN: and with q snort the tuI
NAL charged Nv first impression Was
that be- wu. rushing ~ me. lui ~" 600
slant fixed my ",r- uu him kucv
hcirrr; aud turning quickly 900 'hr d.
rrr'iuu oI hi. trrrihl, ewes, saw char
Iio when 10" irnrhrd the "ul "t 'L"
picket rope % snapped DID," 'wiur WIS
So frightened Nat 20 This dHN lu nut
know what did II always ,r"m, 20
me- ~ try 'u recall that awful mu
m"u' that was irving =" nun io my
child. but could not move. n usual
Brunn WI, near the child Tie too. saw
what bad happened and what was about
to hnIp,n With NJ" uohl" instinct "i
his breed he wa, q cross between 20
unstiM and Newfoundland T." .prHug
In front Of ~" Iu%~usrcrtin" rh''d ! can
see him today. his great muscle, stand
inp out in knots upon M, ,houll"r.
his powerful cr"uchiup limb. tens" f"r
the oucumIug struggle, his whit" teeth
shining, hnd his flaming fearless eve,
fixed upon N" infatuated charging h"ls'
H"turr the madiru"i "N had reached
MIN. With uur might, hound l'rur" m"'
him. aud SEWING him hy the u">o, he
rroucl,d ou the ground aud held him
fast. until had ruu and rnugH' my
hild ur in my arms aud run int" The
house. wa, 80 weak with fright hat
could not stand, hut sank down upon
the floor aud cried for sheer inv
when father came home that night.
~ course that was the first thing mad
ru tell him IT, had 'lwavN Thought
lot, of Bruno, and was always very fond
II the baby; but | thiuE h" had never
before thought 80 much ut Hruu" "r 'u,
cd Nj, baby ~ fondlv ~ h" lid that
| Wight ,s be- listened 'o my story. Mud
when had finished. he took rnurlir
n his urus again, aud Kissed him halt
70 dozen times: aud then be- went ?"
the dunr aud opened II aud called big
| Bruno iu, aud ,1t down "u IN" floor lee.
,idc him, aud put hi, arm around him
aud the big brave head, aud t"r half
nn hour talked ~ him and tried :" make
him understand that h" appreciated
what ne had done 80
q T.. WHITAKER.
M"r"m. lud.