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Show Dog's Hard Fate. A Gordon setter frequented tho pier of Hastings, N. Y., whero tug boats land for fresh water and tho animal had becomo a favorite with many ot tho tugboat men. For threo weeks tho boats wero not ablo to land becauso of tho Ico and tho dog, apparently not understanding, hnd barked his dejection dejec-tion as his friends steamed slowly past him. Tho other day a tug which tho dog seemed to rocognlzo steamed past tho pier and tho animal, first running about apparently In a frenzy of ex citement, finally ran to tho shore, plunged Into tho water and started swimming toward tho vessel. Tho lco wns thick In Its path and at last tho dog was forced to put back. Tho animal reach shoal water, but thero It stood, Us eyes fixed up stream whero tho tug was disappearing. Perhaps tho Icy water benumbed tho dog so It could not movo; at any rate It stood motionless whllo tho Incoming tldo sent tho water creeping up Its sldcs and presently the waves met over Us head. Men who had expected each Instant In-stant to sco tho dog como nshoro realized real-ized too lato to savn tho animal that It could not or would not movo and wero forced to see It drown. |