The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Page Three

"as, "ouiu carry the OBJECT 70 her master.
10 encourage her in this very polite be-
havior, Lieutenant IL would, when, sit-
ting at dinner, drop his napkin on the floor
Intentionally, SO that Juno could pick Il up
tor him, when he would compliment, rs weil
az reward, her.
One day, however, being busily engaged
IN conversation, he forgot his part in this
little play Juno sat patiently waiting for
the napkin to fall, until at fast she must
have come to the conclusion that she was
in danger OF being robbed of her perqui
sites; for, seizing a favorable opportunity,
when she thought herself unobserved. she sly
~ pulled the napkin from Lieutenant Hs
knee, then, picking 1t up, she walked around
to the other side of the chair and gave it to
him.
This trick was seen by the other officers.
and a. hearty laugh, as well as something
more substantial, rewarded Juno.
In giving Juno her dinner, it was custom
prevent en- the sons Of Of thep pes carpet the
Sometimes the boy forgot this important
duty. When such was the case, Lieutenant
H had only to say:
Get your napkin, juno"
Then, without hesitation, she would 20
get the paper and bring it to him.
Juno had few bad traits, one of which
was picking pockets. As already stated, she
had been taught to fetch things to her mas
ter shv when en-, they were dropped Or thrown down
pick up any little portable object that at
tracted her attention and take it to him.
Ii nothing else presented itself, and she
saw the end of a handkerchief hanging out
Of any ones pocket, she would seize it and.
be gone like fash to find her master; while
il he 1hispered to her, Fetch me some
thing. Juno" she would bring him '.some-
thing. till he stopped her. And, by "some-
thing she could carry; SO she picked up hats,
caps, shoes and articles of clothing to lay at
her masters feet.
Another bad trait of Juno's was her dislike
q tbv water at ,,ar for bathing guROsss This sn.pa
many boys, and sometimes, though not 80
often, by little girls, too; but It il rarely
seen in dogs. Juno, however, was an excep-
tion in this particular.
Juno was bathed by fastening strap
around her body, making line fast to II,
and dropping her over the side Of the vessel.
She was then drawn up on deck. soaped well,
and soused again to rinse of the soap.
sne s,,aL detested tins yery Necessary eeremo.y
cause her to crouch down on the deck, shiv-
ering and whining piteously. So, whenever
she became boisterous, it was only necessary
to show her the washing-gear to make her
behave in more seemly manner.
Although Juno could not talk, she tried
her very BEST to do SO. Lieutenant f.
would sometimes say to her:
: Talk to me, Juno.
ana she would begin Immediately to bark,
whine and howl as expressively as possible,
so that it really appeared that she was try.
ing 70 say something, and / have no doubt
she did talk, only our ignorance of dog Ian
guage prevented our understanding her in
teresting conversation.
Juno's greatest achievement, and the one
in which she took the most interest, was car
rying the flag.
You know on government vessels the en-
sign is hauled down at shutdown, and q small,
narrow flag, called night pennant, hoisted
instead. On large vessels this duty is per-
formed with much ceremony, but ON small
ones, like the Manhattan, it is done by the
quartermaster. y
One evening Juno insisted on carrying the
flag after il was hauled down, and was al
lowed to do so to her great delight. Since
that time Juno has always assisted the quar-
termaster in lowering and slowing the colors.
No. matter what she was doing, the sound
of the sunset gun on Governors Island
would bring Juno aft, sometimes before the
quartermaster had the flag lowered. Then
she would jump up, pull at the halyards, az
if impatient at the delay, and try to help
him.
When the flag was folded and secured. she
would take it in her mouth and lead the way
to the locker. where she would deposit it
with the gravity befitting such serious mat
ter.
write in the past tense. because it has
A., been two years since / was detached from
since, but ! am told that she still performs
her part in this ceremony, and, notwithstand-
ing the fact that she has maternal cares upon
her now, she will not allow even those to in
terfere with hef official duty.
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