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Show Dog Saves Lives of Four ! Stealing Ride on Ship New York. A South American liner lin-er reached here with four sick but happy men. They were In the ship's 1 hospital and when removed to Ellis Island to be sent back on the next ship leaving for Buenos Aires, their faces wreathed in smiles at their luck. Their lives had been saved by a dog, a little brown Pekingese, owned by Mrs. Rodolfo Le Brett of Chicago. The men had slipped aboard the liner In Buenos Aires. With three days' food supply they slid down the main ventilator. On the third day, with their food gone, they realized their mistake. However, they hung on Ave days more. Then, weakened, they attempted to come out of their hiding place and surrender, but all four fell exhausted at the small landing Inside the ventilator venti-lator about ten feet from the rim. At this point Is a small opening. Chlng Lee, the little Pekingese, found great delight In playing about the ventilator, and on the eighth nlglit out he became excited and barked for several minutes. Mrs. Le Brett saw the arm of a man sticking through the small hole. Mrs. Le Brett sent for an officer, who found the men. |