Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1884 — A Sportsman Who Loved His Dog. [ARTICLE]

A Sportsman Who Loved His Dog.

A little child who was playing near a bonfire suddenly tripped and fell into the flames. A sportsman happened to be passing, and his high-bred dog jumped into the flames and pulled the child out. The frantic mother came swooping down from the house screaming: “Is he hurt ? Is he hurt ?” “Dang it, yes, ma’am!” exclaimed the sportsman, who waived at the spot just before she did;w*don’i you see the feathering is all burnt off his tail?”