Show JACKAL COMES TO ASTERS RESCUE BEAST SAVES HIS LIFE IN UN EQUAL BATTLE ENEMY DRAWS A KNIFE F of saloonkeeper w th four drunken sa lors turned in for mers favor by animal that had been new orleans of all the wild ant mals that croaa the jan and plains of the tropical old corll none is so easily tamed and so readily reduced to that state of docility where he will live in dally associations with man as the jackal and the story that george caxton employed of the docks at port chalmette tells serves to bear out this claim in a manner most positive caxton who Is a man well on in years remembers the time when new orleans was hardly half the aize it Is now and in that distant day he worked on the levee as a teoedore tev edore contracting for the loading of the clipper ships that at all times lined the wharves long before the war an irishman named burke as caxton tells the stor 1 ept a sail or boarding house and saloon in street bf low jackson avenue and burke baa many acquaintances among the toil ers of the sea one ot the ars who ran on a ship which made the long journey around the cape to the east indies the suez canal was not built at that period brought him as a present a jackal cub burke took to his pet from the first and would not have exchanged him for the finest and rarest dog on earth the little beast was playful as a kit ten stood for all kinds of fondling and as he grew older he learned many tunny tricks such are taught to dogs burke named the jackal barney and the animal developing into a fine specimen of his 1 as large as a tall grown sheep dog with grayish coat white breast broad bead straight ears and bushy tall he be came the pride of the irish barman s heart the jackal being even more dog than his close relative the wolf is was an apt pupil and soon learned to crouch behind the counter when the saloon was full of drunken sailors and tough longshoremen and play guar dian over the drawer where the money was kept it any stranger dared approach the drawer barney would arise his crouching atti tude lower bis head and snarl fal bously it s needless to say no attempt at burglary was made on that cash box barney one night was the means of saving the life of his master and bax ton never tires telling of the thrilling incident on the night in question four sailors from a swedish marque were at the counter drinking and as the men had been imbibing all day they were in an advanced state of in and manifesting an ugly temper after taking several rounds of cheap whisky they refused to pay tor the last set of drinks and when burke insisted on getting what belonged him one of the swedes struck him a glancing blow with his first and knocked his cap off almost all ifrah men are fighters and burke true to the traditions of his race was ever ready with his hard fists to answer the tap of the gong burke upon receiving the blow which did not hurt him much with yell of anger jumped over the counter and made tor the scandinavian quai with the dash of a cyclone he keeled two of the ugly bunch over ani is he was swinging tor the jaw of the man who had struck him the fourth sailor lifted a chair to knock the arih man down burke smashed the party he was after but as the bruised and groggy seaman went to the floor the swede with the chair connected with burke s head and burke toppled over all but senseless while the three stricken sailors were scrambling to their teet burke last assailant insane from drink and fury dropped the chair he had wielded to such good advantage drew a large bladed knife and sinking to his knees leaned 01 er jhb prostrate irishman with weapon raised intend ing to stab him burke recovering his scattered wits somewhat saw flash of the knife in the glare of the smoky oil lamp and reaching up seized his would be murderer by the wrist and held him but burke was weak from the tap on the head and he felt his fingers losing their grip as the cursing swede struggled to release his wrist the barman had about given him self up tor lost when a happy thought struck him barney was behind the counter guarding the cash drawer and the irishman appreciated that it the jackal knew of his masters plight he would fly to the rescue just when about to lose his grip on the swedes wrist entirely burke called at the top of his voice come barney quick boy catch him the jackal speedily answered the summons came from behind the coun ter and taking in the situation at a glance sprang upon the swede who held the knife with the force of a catapult barney knew how to gauge distance and striking the sailor on the shoulder with his big forepaws turned him completely over on his side and bit and tore madly at the fellow s throat that swede sobered by the attack tried to fight off his assailant but he had dropped his knife in his fall and powerless to defend himself against the great beast he screamed loudly tor help burke had in the meantime regained his feet and as the assistant barkeeper who had been eating his supper in the rear of the house and had been attracted to the saloon by the sound of the tray was pitching the last of the first three swedes into the street the irishman ran over to barney and throwing his arms about the jackal s neck dragged him by sheer force from the fourth sailor who would have been killed other wise As it was the sailor was so badly hurt that he had to remain three weeks in the hospital and the scars on his neck left by the jackal s tangs he must have cairies to his grave barney ived a long time and when lie died his grateful master burled him under a magnolia tree in his back card built a little mound of earth aver the grave and placed a wooden hoard at the head bearing the jackal s lame and age |