Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1892 — Baby and Collie. [ARTICLE]

Baby and Collie.

A gentleman in southern Connecticut not long ago brought homo a collie dog, which, after the fashion of its kind, soon made itself one of the family, and,assumed special responsibilities in connection with the youngest child, a,little girl three years of age - jii One day the gentleman, returning from a drive, as he neared the house noticed the dog in a pasture separated from the road by a stone wall. From behind this wall the collie would spring up, bark, and then jump down constantly repeating the performance. The man left his horse and went to the spot. There he found his little girl seated on a stone, with the collie keeping guard beside her. The intelligent animal wagged his tail, and barked his delight at seeing his master. In the light snow the path taken by the child and dog could be plainly seen, and as the father traced it back he saw where the little girl had walked several times around an open well in the pasture. Close to the brink were prints of the baby shoes, but still closer, on the very edge of the well, were the trackg of the collie, which had evidently kept between her and the well. The faithful creature seemed to know that upon him lay the responsibility of keeping the child from a terrible death.