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Show "SAILOR" TO HIE RESCUE. .1 An l.'ntlro Crmr Hind lr tlio Iiitclllgcnco of n ling. About tvvolvo miles from Halifax, writes a Canadian correspondent, lies Cow bay, a plcturcsquo Inland sweep of sen, vvhero on tlio calmest day tho waves brenh in lotiff llnon of surf nnd fonm, rushing shorownnl with n tumult and an exhalation of strong, invlfforat-InK invlfforat-InK cn air. Hut under tho lash of si southeast storm tho wnvos coma tumbling' tum-bling' furiously lamlwnrd, touorln;? mouuhilns high mid thuuderlnir upon tho sandy coast with u roar that can bo heard miles away. It was In such a r;alo In October, 1901, that tho schooner Dora, laden with codfish and bound for llnlirn.-t from St John's, Newfoundland, was driven Into Cow bay, and on tho dangerous fihoah lying somo way out. Thero sho lay laboring- heavily, disabled by tho Iols of her inalntopmast, with tho sea sweeping sweep-ing her deck, breaking tho dvclt-housca and bulwarks nnd smn.ihliiK' tho boats. Tho crow, fearful of being1 unshod overbourd, lashed themselves to tho standing rlgglmr. They had nothing on board to nlgnnl tho shore except u pneumatic fog-hum, which waa kept moaning out tho sounds of distress. Thoy wero bean! by a family named M living close to tho beach, nnd by somo fishermen, who all liaMonctl down to sco If liny thing could bo done. Hut tho ropo that was flung out timo and again only foil far short Into tho tea. At last, when nil efforts Roomed in valu, Mr. M thought of sending out n lino by his dog "Sailor," n lino Newfoundland New-foundland nnd u powerful Immer. A cod lino was fastonod to his collar. Tho noblo animal seomod to undorstutid 'vlmt was required of him, ns with a bound ho bravely nnsweiml tho guiding I land nnd voice of his master. Ho plunged Into tho sen, and, though iwept ashoro several times by tlio lm-iicuso lm-iicuso vvnvos, ut last ronohed tho ichooncr, whero ho was hnulod on bom d by tho shipwrecked cruw. A small ropo was fastened to tho lino by thoso on shore. Next u hawser was sent out nnd tnado fust tn lint unln. mast, nnd thon to a treo somo wny up tho lonch. A cuullo imido by tbo crew was then placed on tho huwsor, nnd by Its means nil tho sailors reached tho sboro. No fceed to U'll of tlio cheer which wont up as tho last man was safely hnulod. Tho dog nt tho same moment gained tho fchure, whero ho lay gm,p!ug nfU-r his noblo efforts. This Is probably proba-bly tho only Instance of tho aavlng of nn cntlro crew by tho pluek nnd intelligence intelli-gence of a dog. To his owner's credit, bo It said, the largo sums offered him for tho dog havo all been refused. "Sailor" is ngvvoll known nil round Halifax as In Cow bay, uheio ho ban often been photo-graphed photo-graphed by Americans and other strangers stran-gers v lulling tho pluco. In Halifax, too. his pic tin o has boon ttilton, but alvftj without the collar promised him by tho crow for their deliverance Youth's Companion. |