The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16

him, the whole-souled slave OF his
master.
Animal trainers were consulted
and they said that. although II was
natural for a dog 10 swim, a dog
Who could dive and rescue n child
OF the weight OF Maurine Guertlor
was unknown.
Has YOU dog ever done anything
Ike this beforc?" Cassidy was
asked.
"Yes, he rescued n boy at Seattle
the same way" the owner answered.
1T happened at Alaska Point there,
and the whole thing took place lust
the same way. / couldn't get the
child I'm time and Rob did the work
instead"
Seattle newspapers verified the
story.
Motion picture photographers be-
came interested In Bob's heroism and
decided to see II IL had all been a
haphazard bit Of luck or n Bob
would do the same thing again, II he
were given the opportunity.
They asked Cassidy 10 take Bob
walking along tho shores OF Lake
Worth again and they pushed a life
sized doll Off the bridge from which
Maurine had fallen. once again
Bob covered the ground with gi-
Eantic leaps, dived into the water.
and came to the surface with tho
fallen object in his mouth.
Once having wan with 70 TO the
shore, he received his accustomed
quota OF pats from his master and
the men who had watched the feat.
but all the time kept his eyes fixed
puzzled on the child he had just
dragged In.
why doesn't It yell or do some
thing ?" It was plain Bob was ask
ing himself. At last he walked dig
finitely more valuable habit than the
II graveiy. paved It once or twice
and discovered II was n doll.
II won't jump now" tho movie
men said as they took tho doll from
under Bob's eyes. carried IL TO the
bridge and dropped 1t overheard
again.
They were wrong. Rob performed
the rescue a second time, a third,
even the tenth time.
"He does 1t like tho average dog
would chase a stick" the spectators
decided-but IL certainly was an IN
fitely more valuable habit than the
stick-chasing one. and Cassidy in
sists that Bob makes each rescue
because no imagines the doll-really
r. a child, and he is i~nordinately fouo
OF children.
Hes all broken up each time he
finds he has been fooled" Cassidy
says. But he's taking no chances
OF passing up a real rescue Just TO
play smart and refuse to be duped."
Cassidy has an intense affection
for dogs because he says his life has
been saved three times by them.
Efficient Canine BodyguGrds.
The first occasion came when he
was prospecting for gold onAthe Call
abar river in West Africa. He was
fishing in one Of the little streams
that thread the district and had
three Airedale dogs with him that
served the double purpose of com
panions and bodyguards. There was
very little brush and practically no
timber in the district and Cassidy
thought he was safe from any wild
animals that might he in the neigh
borhood, although the natives had
warned him that the big lion was
no stranger to the vicinity and he
was taking chances In venturing
away from camp alone.
He pulled in a fish. started taking
II off his hook, looked up suddenly
and saw a big male lion making It's
way towards him with the apparent
fhA lNHf W hAAh't
Il was so scared I didn't know
what TO do" the adventurer said in
telling the story. "All l could think
OF was my gun in camp and how on
earth 10 get II.
II managed to say sic en- 10 the
dogs and they got on the job, al
though they had a mans size task on
their hands from the start. Any
animal, big or little, hates TO let any
thing get in back OF him and az my
dogs attacked the lion from the rear.
he forgot me for the time being I'm
his eagerness to get one good jump
az them.
"They kept him twisting around
and around and I'm the meantime
was making tracks for camp as fast
as my feet would carry mes At last
| got there, got my gun, aud re-
turned TO the scene OF the fight.
The dogs and the lion still were mix
ing II, although the Airedales were
pretty much all In and seemed about
to get the worst OF tho scrap.
81 shot the lion and the natives
almost worshiped the dogs as
sainted animals sent by their gods
and protected by Thorn. The hardest
job ! experienced In all Africa was
getting those three dogs away from
, the natives when | was ready 10 start
home"
Another Attack From the Rear.
The second time a dog saved Cas-
sidy's life came when Cassidy was IN
Alaska, making a hurried trip from
, Circle city 10 Fairbanks over what
. was known as Ridge trail. lie had
!, with him n malemute, an Eskimo
= dog the settlers told him always %
take along when he wasn't with a
group OF men, for brown bears were
/ in the district-a breed hat "just
has started fighting when the grizzly
D stops as they said, Cassidy and his
, dog were mounting a rise in the
, trail when a bear numbered straight
towards them and seemed 10 express
a desire TO try conclusions first with
the mslemute. and then with Cas-
sidy.
The adventurer didn't have to say
= "Sic EN- TO this dog, He went after
I the bear while Cassidy was bemoan-
ing the fact that on this trip, OF all
he had taken, he had brought nc
. weapons with him.
AS had been the case with the
Airedales and the Hon, the mill de-
veloped into an attack from the rear
e The maiemute, about one-tourth OF
the bears size. snapped at the an
, imals hind quarters with a ierocity
1 that from the start was highly an
hoying and finally proved 70 be mad.
dening. Bruin whirled and turned
and twisted. irving 10 get one good