Show faithful HERDER A doe that kept a flock together bof two rears A dog in new mexico returning one evening with his sheep to the fold dis corded that his master was still iu his and kept v ery quiets says the christian at work the next evening it was the same but after penning up the the dog smelled about the door scratched barked and eion howled as he was getting very hungry dut his master did not move the dog true to his appointed duty want out with the sheep on the third day but that night when he drove the flock info their pen the last one to attempt to get in became the victim of the dogs appetite this method of providing for lis ovin iv ants became a part of the faithful dogs daily duty every even aug the haiat sheep to try to enter the fold was seized by him and served for supper and breakfast and dinner the follow ing day the ranch to which the dog belonged was in a solitary part of the territory and out of the track of travel or visitation for years from tho time of the master s death as ascertained by data left by the latter the faithful dog attended the flock committed to his charge and had fresh mutton abr his supper every night the flock was not decimated by this steady drain upon its resources on the contrary it hicri ased in numbers and when at the end of two years from the time of alie death of the proprietor therance the ranch was visited and the remains of the owner were found the dog was still at his post of duty jealously guarding his flock and driving them to the best pastures every day and to the fold at night before which he slept to keep the wild sheep eaters of the plains at a safe distance |