The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
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VALUABLE
DOG
By MARTHA V. MONROE


Europe he brought dog With hiW.
The animal was evidently not of u
breed that would enable bin to take
Q prize In dog show. and since
Yardiey was rich and always mad tue
best that money could buy there was
some curiosity among his friends to
know why the beast had taken his
fancy. This MAS enhan,ed b, noticing
that Yardley led the dog blown th.
Gangway himself and ON leaving tnt
dock took him with him into the car
rage.
what did you pay for him. asked
Q friend.
"Five thousand dollars
Five thousand doliars:"
"Yes, and ten thousand ouIdnt bu,
him"
There must be something about him
that is not discernible to the eye. What
hitY
I'll 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
IN 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 lighting one day In the wood
when we suddenly came upon lot Of
Germans, and lively scrimmage fol-
lowed. Our fellows were driven back.
and l, 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 I 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 a man without his dying of
wound. Fortunately the cold weather
lad not yet come on. and didn't suffer
with the cold. II was a relief to see
the day coming for It brought a hope
nat there would be more lighting in
the wood and ! would be within the
hines Of either one side or the other.
but the firing that began with
dawn seemed t0 recede rather than ap-
proach. ! had nothing to sustain me
either Of food or drink. rawled to.
wad the nearest dead b0dy-a Ger.
Dan-and tried to 6nd some sustenance
On him. but there was neither q crust
Of bread nor d swallow Of water. 1
crawled on little farther to a dead
Trenchman and found some bread and
Q fask of wine.
III II hadn't been for these l would
have persisted. for I lay there all that
Gay and another night. had stuffed
part Of my shirt into my wound, and
It choked up the bleeding. but | didn't
dare draw long breath for fear of
starting the hemOrrhage again. While
J was intent on 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 lifting In the branches above
me. Insects were buzzing. attending
to their daily affairs, unmindful that
human being was gradually sinking
to death.
FINALLY | fell into stupor. didn't
know whether It was night or day and
] didn't care. heard distant boom.
Ing. but that was going on all the
while. ! heard the bark of dog and
had ! been In better condition might
have especially noticed it. The bark
sounding nearer. ] made an effort to
arouse myself. When 1t was close BY
me l opened my eyes and there was
the dog looking at me and barking.
Pretty soon he scampered OF. bark.
ing as he ran: then | could hear him
wing nearer again. But ] was too
weak to take much notice Of him. He |
was gone 80 long that I forgot all |
about bin. But after awhile l heard |
his bark again far away. but drawing |
nearer. The next thing l knew I felt |
Q hand on my wrist. Opening my eyes,
there was man with red cross on
bis arm kneeling beside me.
"As soon as he knew that I lived he
gave a call. and assistance came.
was put on q stretcher and carried to
the rear. where ! was placed in a hos
pital and receive ed proper attention.
As soon as ! got well enough to
think Of anything except myself ask
ed about the dog that had saved me
was told that he was one Of the dogs
that had been trained to hunt for the
wounded. He had gone or into tha
wood where ] lay and had come back
barking and indicating that he wished
10 be followed. man was sent with
him and found me very near deaths
door. Probably another hour without
attention would have finished me.
II asked to see the dog. and he was
brought In to me. When I offered to
buy him ! was told that the Red Cross
dogs we're not for sale. Then I agreed
to subscribe $1,000 to the Red Cross
fund in exchange for him. My offer
did not produce any effect till I raised
IT to 5000. Then BY some hocus Do.
Gus the Red Cross managers got
around the selling Of one Of their dogs
Tor money. and my offer was accepted.
And now you know why I have
brought home dog that originally
was bought for perhaps IS or $40, hay-