Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-11 | Page 5 | A Dog Story

A DOG STORY I 1 have had one of ot the te doubts of ot my mT boyhood removed by a story which I Icard heard card a few days ago said sid an up uptown own man Forty five years ago ao I read a dog og story sor in my school reader reder which had lad a tendency to make me skeptical not ot only about dogs dog but about many may things ting The he yarn related how a crippled tramp ramp dog was picked up by a good good- heared doctor who treated the dog until un un- til Ul It was u-as cured That part of the story stor was all aU right But it continued as follows fol- fol lows A few weeks later the dog that had lad been made whole returned in company corn com cm- cm pany with wih another dog which was broken brok brok- en down and the two sat on the doctor doctors doc doc- tors ors steps until he came out and took In n te the second dog Then the teacher explained t to us that kindness kindne was wa al always always al- al a- a ways rewarded There is a a dog in my part of or town tOWI that hat lives in the apartment occupied b bj bI his mistress He never ne goes out alone When she bought the animal months month ago she took him from the company company com com- pany of another d g two miles awayA awayA awayA away away A few days ago the woman and hedog he he- dog were In the neighborhood of ot thi th tl dogs dog's birthplace when she saw sw the oth other othor ol er or dog dOg The meeting between betwee the tw dogs dog was wa such as to satisfy the that they had not forgotten each other oter She returned home later In the day The next morning her dog awoki her early and showed by his manne that something unusual had occure occurred He directed her b by his actions to th front door of her apartment Opening the door she found her dog friend on the step He lie had come to pa his playmate a visit He lie le had travee two miles for this purpose She admitted the caller cUer and he spen apen the day with his friend friend I Ithe 11 the afternoon the woman woman turned hit hi out and ad told him to go home The dog gave an a undoubted Uon tion of his appreciation of ot the woman woma kindness as he was leaving by barkin bark and licking her hands When turne ture out he trotted In the direction of hi home and has not been seen since bu buthe buthe b the woman oman learned that he arrive arive home safely safey although somewhat fa She honestly honesty believes that her do Invited the other to call caU But how he ht hedog hedog dog explained where he lived and ho the other found his way these are questions ques que tons that puzzle her Knowing the woman to have ur un usually good common sense and not t be given to fads or chimeras chimers I bailey bellev belev her story and I am now convinced tha there is i a dog language New New Sun