JUNO THE POINTER.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3185, 13 September 1881, Page 4

JUNO THE POINTER.

My grandfather poseessed a mngnificent pointer dog culled Juno, a keen hunter and a splendid watch. She had been carefully trained when a pup, and hence grew up n really noble ni.rl useful animal. She could be trusted either in 'dining or in drawing room without, breaking vases, knocking down jars, &c, which other dogs seem to take a pleasure in doing. If the family went out to any party Juno was euro to bo there, and her presence never seemed intrusive. She would lie quietly on the rug outside the door, sound asleep, until the family were going away, when she would make herself generally useful by carrying nny lit tie article? home. On one occasion a pair of slippers were left behind. All were in consternation. The friend's house was a long way back. Who was to go for them P Juno seemed thoroughly to understand how matters stood, and away she scampered back to the house, got the slippers in her mouth, and brought them Piifely home. Juno had conceived a great liking for my uncle, and on all possible occasions was to bo found near him. But a pnrting took place. The shooting season was over, and Juno was sent to the fcetinel, while my uncle went to reside at Glasgow. She whined incessantly, took little food, and, on the first day when she was out with the gamekeepers, slipped from the leash and was seen flying " over the hille and far away." Nothing detained her, and she soon reached my uncle's door, having run nine miles through mud and rain. When the brave dog readied the gate it was locked, and the wall being too high for her to leap, she scraped a hole under the door and got in. She then barked at the front door till it was opened, and when it was so, sprang right upstairs to my uncle's room, and leaped on the bed beside him. A parcel of my uncle's clothes came home to be sorted and arranged, but when the time came to eend them away, not one was to be found and Juno was likewise missing. At last she was discovered sitting with all the clothes under her, hugging them fast with her two paws, and evidently in a state of supreme happiness and delight. The clothes were taken, neatly arranged, and replaced in the box. In the evening, while all were at tea a strange whine wae heard outside the door. On going out, there was Juno, with all the clotheß beside her. —Leisure Hour.