Show ENTOMBED 26 DAYS DOG IS stall ALIVE ANIMAL WEDGED FAST IN HOLE IN SEARCH FOR RABBIT IS FOUND BY ITS MISTRESS can ne though too weak to move gradually regains its strength on warm milk and water diet london aa extraordinary instance of a dog s wonderful endurance comes from gulliford in surrey bassle the dog in question Is a val bable one and her delighted mistress regards her escape from death as something srm ething like a miracle that the dog Is little the worse tor the adaven ture was proved by her lively bark of welcome when a reporter first saw her about a month ago bessie thought she would go on a little sporting ex of her own in the extensive grounds which adjoin the house and she chased a rabbit down a bia hole that was the last that was seen or heard of her until last sunday when her mistress happening to pass in the direction 0 the burrow heard taint whines proceeding from it another dog noticing the sounds made tor the rabbit hole immediately there his evident excitement made it apparent that he had discovered something ext the woman herself hardej dared to hope that the lost dessle had been found imagining that she had been stolen but imme ran back to the house and or dered the warren to be dug up two men were quickly on the spot and with pick and shovel they dug open a trench about eight or nine feet long on going deeper they found the head of the dog wedged between some stones bessie was still alive after being 26 days in that coffin like space without food without water and without any room to turn the animal was tenderly lifted out of the hole and it was then seen what a change had come over her fat a young pig before she went in she now appeared to be nothing but skin and bone her ribs projecting painfully under her black and tan coat very carefully she was taken into the house and fed on warm milk and water quickly recovering even at tempting later on to playfully beg some meat from her mistress hands the effort was too much and she fell over A attle later however the ruling instinct again proved too strong and she was off after a mouse in the con atory but that effort also was a little too ambitious the dog had actually hied on its own tat it was about 14 pounds light er after its entombment but as its they found him alive after HI long entombment owner proudly perhaps race tells bessie has revisited the spot since but showed no tear ol 01 the place hut she seemed to cast a sidelong glance at the dog cemetery which adjoins there some curious epitaphs appear to the memory of who are mourned by their loving owners one reads came in looked about dian didn t like it went out bessie Is now progressing terlly Is the proud possessor of a record in dogged endurance and hopes to more than double her five years of life |