Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-02-04
- A
VALUABLE
DOG
By MARIHA V. MONROE

| prize in a dog show. and since
| Yardley was rich and always had the
best that money could buy there was
some curiosity among his friends to
know why the beast had 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 him into the car
riage.
What did you pay for him?" asked
friend.
Five thousand dollars
Five thousand dollarsP'
| Yes. and ten thousand wouldn't buy
him"
There must be something about him
that Is not discernibe to the eye. What
| Is ttT'
"Fll tell you. / was in Paris when
| the great European war broke out In
| deed, for the past few years I've been
more in Paris than at 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 ] suppose we should have remain
ed neutral. but we didn't We went into
1t the way most men volunteer in war,
time-to be in the excitement.
Anyway. we formed corps and
after certain amount of training
were marched to the front You re-
member that there was a lot of fighting
In wood near the center of the line
! was fighting one day in the wood
when we suddenly came upon a lot of
Germans, and lively scrimmage fol-
lowed. Our fellows were driven back.
and |, shot in the body, was left ON
the field. The Germans didn't know
that they had licked US or, fearing an
ambush or something. retreated.
well, there | was, deserted by
friend and foe. left to bleed to death
in wood. Night came on, and the
horror and loneliness were enough to
kill man without his dying of
wound Fortunately the cold weather
had DOT yet come on. and didn't suffer
with the cold. 1t was a relief to see
the day coming, for it brought hope
that there would be more fighting in
the wood and | would be within the
lines OF either one side or the other.
But the firing that began with
dawn seemed to recede rather than ap-
proach. ! had nothing to sustain me
oifhnr nf 6rfrI 4
ward the nearest dead body-a Ger
Dan-and tried to find some sustenance
on him. but there was neither a crust
OF bread nor swallow of water.
crawled on little farther to a dead
Frenchman and found some bread and
flask of wine.
III II hadn't been for these l would
have persisted, for 1 lay there all that
day and another night. l had stuffed
part OF my shirt into my wound, and
1t cboked up the bleeding, but | didn't
dare draw long breath for fear of
starting the hemorrhage 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 the firing returned
and were t1itting In the branches above
me. Insects were buZzing. attending
to their daily affairs, unmindfuI that
human being was gradually sinking
to death.
Finally fell into stupor. l didn't
know whether II was night or day and
/ didn't care. heard a distant boom
ing. but that was going on all the
while. | heard the bark of dog and
had l been in better condition might
have especially noticed it The bark
sounding nearer. | made an effort to
arouse myself. When it was close by
me opened my eyes and there was
the dog looking at me and barking
Pretty soon he scampered off. bark
ing as he ran; then | could hear him
drawing nearer again. But | was too
weak TO take much notice of him. He
was gone 50 long that forgot all
about him. But after awhile | heard
his bark again far away, but drawing
nearer. The next thing l knew | felt
hand on my wrist Opening my eyes,
there was man with a red cross on
his arm kneeling beside me.
'As soon as he knew that | lived he
gave cali. and assistance came.
was put on stretcher and carried to
the rear, where / was placed in q hos
pital and received proper attention.
"As soon as got we'll enough to
think of anything except myself ask
ed about the dog that had saved me.
l was told that he was one of the dogs
that had been trained to hunt for the
wounded. he had gone of into the
wood where | lay and had come back
barking and indicating that he wished
TO be followed. A man was sent with
him and found me very near deaths
door. Probably another hour without
attention would have finished me.
Il asked to see the dog. and he was
brought In to me. When / offered to
buy him was told that the Red Cross
dogs were not for sale. Then l agreed
to subscribe $1,000 to the Red Gross
fund in exchange for him. My offer
did not produce any effect TIL raised