The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-29
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VALUABLE
DOG
Bv MARTHA v MONROE

When Stephen iardIey returned from
Europe n- brought H dog with BIN.
The animal was evidently 0oi OF n
breed that would enalIie htn to take
II prize In u dog show. and since
YardIey was rich and always u the
best that money could buy there was
some curiosity among his friends to
know why the beast bad taken his
fancy. This was enhanced BY noticing
that Yardley led the dog down the
gangway himself and on leaving the
dock took him With MIN into the car
rage.
what did you pay for him?" asked
a friend.
Five thousand dollars"
Five thousand dollars7"
"Yes. and ten thousand wouldn't buy
him."
There must be something about him
that Is not discernible to the eye. What
IL it,"
"ITl tell you. ! was In Paris when
the great European war broke ut. In
deed, for the past few years I've been
more in Paris than ut home. Well. you
know We Americans in Paris organized
an American corps to join In the dis
pute between the allies and Germans
| enlisted why ! don't exactly know.
The United States remained neutral,
and I suppose We should have remain.
I'd neutral. but we didn't. We went into
it the way most men volunteer in wal
time-tO be In the excitement
Anyway. We formed u corps and
after q certain amount OF training
were marched to the front. You re-.
member that there was n lot Of lighting
In q wood near the center Of the line.
! was lighting one day in th- wood
when we suddenly came upon a lot Of
Germans. and Y lively s,rimmaRe fol
lowed. Our fellows were driven back.
and l., shot In the body. was left on
the deld. The Germans didn't know
that they had licked Us or. fearing an
ambush or something. retreated.
"WeIl there | was. deserted by
friend and foe. left to bleed to death
in q wOod Night came on. and the
horror and loneliness enough to
kill a IA without bis dying Of a
wound. Fortunately the cold weather
had not yet rome on. and ! didn't suffer
with the cold. 1t was q relief to SEE
the day coming. for 1t brought q hope
that there would be more lighting in
the wood and l would be within the
lines OF either one side or the other.
But the firing that began with
da wn seemed to recede rather than ap
either OF food u drink. | crawled to-
ward the nearest dead body-a Ger
man and tried to lind some %sustenance
on him. but there was neither a crust
OF bread nor h swallow Of water. 1
crawied on q little farther to a dead
Frenchman and found some bread and
a hask of wine.
III It hadn't been tor these ! would
have persisted, for ! lay there all that
day and another night. had stuffed
u part OF my shirt into my wound. and
It choked up the bleeding, but ! didn't
dare draw a long breath for fear of
starting the bemOrrhage again While
! was intent Oh myself and my dread
ful condition incidents about me were
ever present. The birds that had been
frightened away BY thet firing returned
and we're titttng In the branches above
me. insects were buzztng. attending
to their daily affairs. unmindfui that
q human being was gradually sinking
to death.
FINALLY I fell into u stupor. didn't
know whether It was night or day and
I didn't care | heard \ distant boom.
ing. but that was going on all the
while. heard the bark of q dog and
had l been In q better condition might
have especially Noticed 1t. The bark
sounding nearer ! made an effort to
rOuse myself. When it was close by
me l opened my eyes and there was
the dog looking at me and barking.
pretty 0OD be scampered Of. bark
ing rs be ran: then | could hear him
dra wing nearer again. But | was too
| WC0A " ldAc uuCU uOl1CS VI uIA. nc
was gone 80 long that ! forgot all
about bin. But after awhile ! heard
nis ark again far away. but drawing
nearer. The next thing ! knew l felt
u hand on my wrist. Opening my eyes,
there a y man with n red cross OF
his arm kneeling beside tut.
"As NOON az he knew that I lived be
gave u call. and assistance came.
was put On q stretcher and carried to
the rear. where | was placed In a nos
pitai and received proper attention.
"As SOON rs ! got we'll enough to
think Ut anything except myself ! ask
I'd about the dog that had saved me
| was told that be was one OF the dogs
that had cen trained to hunt for the
wounded. &c had gone of into the
woOd where ! lay and Il come back
barking and indicating that he wished
to he followed. A Il was sent with
MIN and found me very neal deaths
door. Probably another hour without
attention WOuld AVE finished me