Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-14
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VALUABLE
DOG
By MARTHA ". MONROE

btSS0 ihaA sVutu cuaDlc nm U IdkE
a prize In a dog show. and since
YardIey was rich and always had the
best that money could buy there was
some curiosity among bis friends to
know why the beast rad taken his
fancy. This was enhanced by noticing
that Yardley led the dog down the
gangway himself and on le,svfng the
dock tool Dim with nim into the car
ringe.
What did you pay for him7' asked
a friend.
Five thousand dollars"
Five thousand dolIarsY'
Yes. ana ten thousand wouldn't buy
him."
'srhere must be something about him
that Is MOI discernible TO the eye. What
Is ifY'
'I1l tell yUn. ] was in Paris when
the great European wal 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 u corps and
after a certain amount of training
were marched 10 the front You re-
member that there was a lot of fighting
In a wood near the center of the line.
] was fighting n day in the wood
when we suddenly came upon a lot of
Germans. and n 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 a wood. Night came on. and the
horror and loneliness were enough 10
kill a man without his dying OF a
wound. Fortunately the cold weather
had not yet come Oh. and | didn't suffer
with the cold. 1t was a relief to see
the day coming, for 1t brought q hope
that there would be more lighting in
the w00d aud | would be within the
fines 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
either of food-eR~drink cyaWled~to
ward the nearest dead body-a Ger
man-and tried to find some sustenance
on him. but there was neither a crust
OF bread nor u swallow of water. |
crawied on a little farther. TO a dead
Frenchman and found some bread and
a flask OF wine.
III IT hadn't been for these ! would
have persisted, for | lay there all that
day and another night. had stuffed
a part OF MY shirt into my wound, and
it choked up the bleeding. but | didn't
dare ORA a 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 fitting in the branches above
me. Insects were buzzing. attending
TO their daily affairs, unmindful that
a human being was gradually sinking
to death.
FINALLY | fell into a stupor. Tdidn't
know whether 1t vas night or day and
| didn't care. | heard a distant boom
ing. but that was going on all the
while. beard the bark of a dog aud
had | been in a 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 Don be scampered off. bark.
ing as he ran: then | could hear him
drawing nearer again. But was toe
weak to take much notice of him. He
was gone SO long that / forgot all
about him. But after awhile | heard
his BARI again far away. but drawing
nearer. The next thing l knew | fell
a hand on my wrist. Opening my eyes
there was a man with a red cross or
his arm kneeling beside me.
AS soon al he knew that | lived he
gave a cau. and assistance came.
was put on a stretcher and carried tc
the rear, where | was placed In a hos
pital and received proper attention.
-As soon as | got weli enough to
think of anything except myself ! ask
ed about The dog that had saved me
was told tina ne was nj of the dogs
tina had teen trained 70 hunt for the
wounded. He had gone of into tht
wood where | iay and had come bach
barking u indicating that he wished
to be followed. a mnn was sent witt
him and found mt very near death:
door. Probably another h0nr without
attention would have finished me-,
II asked TO see the dug. ann ne VIA
brought In 70 me. When ! offered Il
buy him was told that the REQ Cros'
dogs were not for sale. Then I agreed