Saved By A Dog.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 July 1890, Page 2

Saved By A Dog.

A YOUNG LAWYER'S NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Anyone who is sceptical as to the i intelligence of dogs ought to talk to Perry Walton, a young lawyer of N T ew York. " A few days ago," he said to me, " I went to Newark to see my parents, and at ten o'clock in th» evening I retired to my room Ito read. It has ben my habit lo read in bed for years. My dog, an Irish getter, was lying on a rug ,ou theflooi. After reading tor same time I began to feel drowsy,, a,nd was about to put out the ga« when my brother came to se« it I w*B comfortable, and as he was leaving I askad him to put out the ga3 He did so, bade m« gond-uight and wjnt out. I soon fell asleep. Hoy long I slept I do not know, but I was awakened by my dog bark;ng furi" .ously and jumping off and on the bod. As sooo a< I had recovered my senses I noticed a strong nmell of ga3 in my room, I groopod my way to the* bracket, fo't for the key, and fotnvl it open. I turned it off, and theu sank insensible on the floor It wns some hours before I was brought back to my senses, the uog'§ barking having aroueeel the household. On turning off the gas my brother had incidentally turned it on again. The dog's presence in my room had saved my life, for without him I would have been asphyxiated."— (Exchange).