Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1914 — Incident of Storm Recalls Dog’s Persistence [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Incident of Storm Recalls Dog’s Persistence

% VORK, PA.—Whatever he may lack in pride of ancestry, "Pup," Joseph I Kly eman’s shaggy little brown dog, has saved a human life. There is

many a pedigreed dog that cannot boast as much. It may be unfortunate that there r cannot be recorded a long list of remarkable feats of "Pup” leading up to his crowning achievement; but truth will not permit it He was simply an ordinary dog, a faithful guardian of the house at night and a companion of his master by day, until the hour arrived for him to work out his destiny. But when that moment came ’ he knew exactly what to do.

On the morning after the great blizzard here recently Klyeman started out to get willows for use in his trade of basket-making. “Pup” accompanied him, as usual. As they approached a Pennsylvania railroad crossing where the white drifts were piled high in.the cut, “Pup” suddenly stopped and sniffed, then plunged aside and headlong into a mass of snow. Klyeman paid little attention until the dog ran back to him and leaped about, whining and betraying every evidence of excitement. Then he ran back and began to scratch and burrow in the snow. Klyeman’s curiosity was aroused, and he went to investigate. Buried deep in the snow he found the body of an unconscious man. Help was summoned, and the stranger was taken to the county almshouse, where he was restored to consciousness. He proved to be Robert Dempsey, a vagrant, who, benumbed by the cold, had lost his way and finally fallen exhausted in the drift. It was found necessary to amputate both of his feet, which had frozen.