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Show a..1tlt,1Trin( ( tll,,,,.,,,ll,MBiWsMB 1 Tho cnacs on record in which dogs havo riskoil their Uvea to savo their fellow creatures aro almost as numerous numer-ous as tho acts of heroism chronicled In tho annals of humanity. Tho finest medal that was over struck would not havo been too great a i award for tho noulo act performed by Dudgc, a spaniel, span-iel, in in a recent Hobol.on llro. HuiIris lived at 413 Komtoonth street, together with fifty carrier pigeons, a. dozen fancy rabbits, nnd her own four puppies, pup-pies, only a few days old. Dcforo tho building was woll aliidiv. Mr. Selns, tho landlord nnd owner of Iludgo, managed to escapo with bis family, but tho carrier pigeons, tno rabbits and tho puppies were forgotten. forgot-ten. Iludgo wns absent at tho thno, but returned half nn hour nftor tho llro started. For a moment sho stood nghmi at tho llames, and then, realizing that hor fnmtly was In dire dinger, sho dashed through tho llro and In a moment returned re-turned carrying n badly blistered puppy. Her anxious faco woro a look of quiet triumph as sho loft tho llttlo crcaturo In a placo of safety and onco moro returned to tho burning building. Again sho camo back with another puppy, n llttlo moro singed this time, but also living. Her own hair wns now nblazo, but, unmindful of tho pain, sho dropped the pup in tho street and started back again. nut n young man who had stood by watching her caught tho dog In his arms, nnd In splto of her frantic struggles to return to her perishing family refused to lot hor go. Had ho dono so sho would havo gono to her death. So badly burned was tho bravo anl-mal, anl-mal, that an nmbulanco wns called, and sho and tho pups woro tnkon to tho dog hospital, whero thoy woro detained de-tained for nearly a week. Of all tho livo stock In that building tho only creatures snved woro tho two puppies, pup-pies, and they owcu their lives not to man but to what, in this instnnco at least, proved to bo tho nobler animal. Mother lovo was tho cause of tho death of Daisy, a beautiful llttlo fox torrlor, tho daughtor of Mouso. a noted prlzo winner, tho property of Col. O. A. Stevens, a millionaire. Daisy belonged to Cnpt. Woodall, who has chnrgo ot tho barges of tho Now Jersoy Ico company. com-pany. Daisy was tho motbor of four puppies, which wero born on Now Year's day, and sho was tho proudest parent In all Now York stato. In tho second weok of Jnnuary last Capt. woodall mado tho discovery that ono of tho puppies wns dead, and whon Daisy was away bo threw tho llttlo corpso into tho Hudson, but tho tldo wns low and thoro wns no current to carry It away. Whon tho mother ro-turned ro-turned to her litter sho Instantly saw that ono was missing. Sho went wild with nnxiety, nnd rncod from bargo to bargo looking for her lost puppy. At last sho caught sight of it bobbing bob-bing up and down .n tho water, and In an Instant sho wns after It. Sho swam to tho sldo of tho body, took It in her mouth and turned townrd tho snoro. But tho ley waters of tbo river woro too much ior tho gently bred I foxTerrmr rescurwi" j .her de&d. pf PY dog, nnd though sho mado tho most heroic efforts to savo hersolf and tho puppy, which sho fondly imagined still lived. It wns no uso, nnd after a llttlo whllo she gavo up tho attempt as a bad Job, and noforo help could como sho sank, carrjlng tho puppy with her. Capt. Woodall wes almost as grlof stricken for his pot as Daisy had boon for hor offspring, nnd offered a big reward re-ward for tho two bodies, which wero secured by a boatman. An attempt was mado to bring up tho throo llttlo orphnns on tho bottle, which succeeded succeed-ed so woll that they aro now growing up nnd almost old enough to understand under-stand tho story ot their mother's heroism, which cnpt. Wocdall's llttlo son is never tired of tolllnf them. Another case In which a dog mado a heroic attempt to savo tho life of a friend was that of Jack, a witcd haired terrlor. After ho had been in tho family for n fow montns a stranger was introduced in tho shnpo of a fluffy llttlo black King Charles spaniel. Jack and tho now arrival who was called Qiieoulo bocamo firm frlenils, sleeping sleep-ing In tho same basket and eating from tho same pinto. Quconlo was devoted to tho flro, and would Ho Insldo tho fender nnd go to sleep peacefully. Whenovcr Jack found hor in this dangerous position ho would look at her for a nomont nnd thon, taking her by tho neck, would place her on tho rug. Ono oonlng ho camo to his master with a look ot anxiety .making a peculiar pe-culiar noise, half bark, half vhlno. Ho lookod at his master for a moment and thon left tho room. Returning again ho mado tho samo nols9 nnd started for tho door, looking back at ovcry stop. His master was busy JUBt then and took no notlco until for tho third tlmo ho returned, when tho mas-tor mas-tor rose and followed him. Tho dog lod tho way through soveral passages and finally Into tho kitchen, walked up to tho rango, and placed ono paw on tho oven. Tho flro was out for tho maids had gono to bed, and on opening open-ing tho door there was Queenlo at her last gnsp. Sho had not been burnt, but simply suffocated. Every effort was mado to rovlvo tho dog, whilo Jack stood by wltn a look ot tho most lntonso nnxiety on I1I3 faco. But it was no uso, nnd tho llttlo body wns taken into tho garden and laid upon tho lawn. Jack gavo ono glanco nt his friend, put his noso to hers, thon ran off. Ho was not seen again for throo days, whon ho ro-turnod ro-turnod dirty, bedraggled and lamo.' Nocr did ho ovor enter that kitchen ngaln. Ho had mado a noblo effort to savo his friend, nnd It wns not his fault that tho density of ono mnn's comprehension had proventod his succeeding. |