Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1886 — Saved by a Dog. [ARTICLE]

Saved by a Dog.

A paper called The Age tells how in Birmingham, England, a child’s life was saved by a Newfoundland dog. A little two-year-old girl, the daughter of the train-master at the railroad depot, is very fond of her father’s Newfoundland dog, an affection which the animal is evidently aware of and reciprocates by constant devotion. The two are playmates, and the attachment between. them is most interesting. A few days ago the dog was observed to be acting strangely. He went from one room to another until he found the mother of the child, when he rubbed himself against her hand and pulled at her dress. The lady took no notice of him, and the dog persisted in his efforts to draw her toward the door. “Go away” said the ladv, “go and find Nellie.” The dog went away whining. A few minutes afterward the mother went to look for her little daughter, and found her lying asleep so close to a large fire that her clothes were scorched. They would have blazed had it not been lor the dog, who had crouched down between her and the fire, taking care to protect her well. Marks on the child’s clothing showed that the dog had tried to drag her out of danger. "When he failed he interposed his own body, and the mother found him in that position whining, while the hair was being singed from his back. The child was still sleeping peacefully. If a dog, without any soul, can be so loving and self-sacrificing, what should we expect from little children who have been trained in the Sunday-school and at home ?— Anon.