Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-18
WATERToWN, sEPTEMBER Isl lels
Bill Dout hvlaite
Loses + aifhful DOG

Loses Faithful Dog
Bill Douth waite. one OF the early
pioneers In this city. is mourning the
loss OF his shepherd dos, Fanny,
The dog vas ons yof the most intelIi-
gent CANNES in the country and has
been her masters constant companion
and protection for the past twelve
years. In speaking of the death Of
the dog the other day Bill said;
Yes. poor Fanny Is gone. Ii thot.
at first she had been poisoned but II
found out that she died OF Old age
she was twelve years old and / want
to ten yon there vas never q more
faithful and intelligent animal. She
loved me and would die sor me any
time. She has saved my life many
times. Not long ago a tramp niger
came to my house and walked right
in and demanded something to eat.
He was brutal and vulgar in his res
marks to me and proceeded to help
himself to anything had in the
house. said, Get dnt of this house
or viii set my dog ON you He an
swered me with an oath, saying he
did net care for me or my dog. AT
that called Fanny and said, ''Take5
y, IN, & Lya ~, I !, " /. 1,s
right. The negger attempted to kick
her but Fanny WAS too fast for him
lsand his long legs only famed the air
and every time the dog ran in and
got a piece out OF the seat Of his
pants and it WIS not long until she
had that niger begging for me tos
|caIl her off. She would have simply
eaten him up without salt. That was
the kind OF dog Fanny was. am
a poor man, hut / would not have sold
her sfrEs 500. z
~ Bits devotion to his faithful dog
and the dogs love for him puts us In
mind of what Senator West once said
about the faithful dog when address
L ing a jury where he was prosecuting
;a man Who had wantonly shot a dog.
The senator from Missouri said:
THE best friend man has ia this
world may turn against him and be-
come his enemy His son or dangh-
ter that he mas reassa in loving care
may prove ungrateful. Those who are;
nearest and edarest TO us, those whom
we trust with our happiness and our
good name, may become traitors to
their faith. The money that man
has, he may lose. 1t flies away from
him, perhaps when he needs it the
most. A mans reputation may be sac
'Tfficed in a moment OF :ill.eUnsidered
action. The people who are prone to
fall ON their knees Ito do us honor
when success lis with us may be the
first to throw the stone of malice
when faifuae SETTLES its cloud upon our
heads The only absolutely unselfish
friend that man can have in this
selfish world, the one chat never de-
serJs him and the one that never
proves ungrateful or treacherous, is
his dog. A rfaal9s dog stands by him
in prosperity and in poverty, in health
and in sickness. He. will sleep on the
cold ground where the wintry winds
blow and the snow drives fiercely, ifl
only he may be near his masters side
He will kiss the hand that has mol
food to Offer he Will lick the wounds
and sores that come in encounter with
the roughness Of the world. Hell
guards the sleep OF his pauper master
as If he were a prince. When all |
other friends desert, he remains When
riches take wings and reputation falls
to pieces, he is as constant in his
love as the sun in it's journey thru
the heavens. If fortune drives the
master forth an outcast In the world,
friendless and homeless, the faithful /
dog asks no higher privilege than
that of accompanying him to guard /
against danger, to fight against his
enemies, and when the last scene of
all comes, and death takes the master
in its embrace and his body is laid
away In the cold ground, no matter
Il all other friends pursue their way,
there by his graveside will the noble
dog be found, his head between his
paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert
watchfulness, faithful and true even
to death