Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1901 — GYP, A PHILANTHROPIC DOG. [ARTICLE]

GYP, A PHILANTHROPIC DOG.

Wonderful But True Tale Told of a Brooklyn Terrier. Gyp, the Brooklyn terrier, which achieved two years ago by saving his master’s family from death by asphyxiation through an escape of gas by a timely warning, has recently given such, proof of a kind heart as to deserve further mention, his friends think. Mr. Henry Thomas, a well-known resident of Flatbush, is Gyp’s owner and is willing to voufih for the truth of the following story: Not long ago the house cat presented the family with a litter of six kittens. As it was inconvenient to have all of that number grow up in the back kitchen, it was decided to pick out the prettiest one and to drown all the rest. To reach this decision and to select the fortunate kitten a family council was held, at which Gyp was present. Though he took no part in the discussion, he understood enough of what was going on to feel that some danger threatened his friend the cat and that the kittens were to be the victims of some horrible plot. That same afternoon, taking advantage of the cat’s temporary absence from home, Mr. Thomas, armed with a pail of water, approached the box to carry out the judgment of the council. To his surpise he found the kittens gone. No one about the house know where they were. Mr. Thomas took the trouble to make sure of that. The cat just then returned and stepped half way into the box before she noticed something wrong. The poor cat showed soon enough that she had had no hafnd in their disappearance. Where could the kittens be? Who could haue taken the trouble to remove them? No stranger bad been in the house all afternoon, and everyone in the family denied having anything to do with them. “Who on earth could havedone away with those blamed kittens,anywayMr. Thomas ejaculated, and no answer was forthcoming. It was not until two days later that this mystery was cleared up. Gyp and the cat, although quite friendly, were not very chummy, and sowhen she was seen going into Gyp’s kennel in the outhouse her relations with the dog fell under suspicion. An investigation followed, and the six kittens wet e discovered comfortably installed in Gyp's own quarters. Mr. Thomas is sure they were carried there by Gyp himself to save them from some danger hi.- subtle senses told him threatened his friend’s young ones.—N. Y. Time.-.