THE DOG AND THE EARTHQOAKE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1547, 2 May 1887, Page 3

THE DOG AND THE EARTHQOAKE

A private letter from Naples contains the following :— " If you like dogs you wil. be pleased with the annexed : At Ceriano a poor follow who lived by hawking milk was burled Loder the ruins of his cottage a little way out of the town. As he usually set off on his rounds before four a.m. everyone believed he waa aaf j j but he, too, had celebrated the end of (Jar nival by taking a lit'.le wice and bad slept late. Hlb large dog which used to drag the m'.lk-cart up the mountain rgada, smelt out kta master, and began to soratob away tbe rubbish ur.til he had laid bare hia master's head, which was covered with wounds. Then the dog began to lick the wounds ; but finding that the bleeding continued, and comprehending that he could not dig farther, he ran tff and seized by the coat the first individual he met, who, thinking the dog wab mad, got )ooflo and ran away. Put a second person, guessing what the anima^wsnted^ followed Mm, and consequently the pour milkman was released from his dangerous position. The Mlnhter Genala paid h'm a visit, and found him under a te-t with his head bound up with the faithful dog lying beside him. ■ . i' ■ ■■ — — — —