Show TOOK THE SHEEP BACK collie dog evidently had his own conception of duty A story of a scotch collie Is cur rent on the derbyshire border says an english exchange A farmer in the peak district having purchased a email flock of sheep in the low lands drove the flock the whole way from scotland to his farm in derby shire with the aid of a collie dog which was lent to him by the scotch farmer from whom he purchased the sheep when you get to your home with the sheep said the scotchman let the dog fill his belly then tell him to go home the derbyshire man duly arrived at his farm with the sheep and was so pleased with the collie dog and its performance that he decided to keep it a few days before sending it back one day he was away from home during the whole of the day and on returning in the evening he found that the scotch col he was missing and also the flock of sheep in a few days tidings came that the dog had arrived at his scotch home and had brought the sheep back with him |