WELL DONE, LITTLE DOG. REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF SAGACITY AT NELSON.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 265, 19 May 1888, Page 3

WELL DONE, LITTLE DOG. REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF SAGACITY AT NELSON.

A i \miia in Nelson weie sa\ed earl} on the morning of May 4th norn a nauow e-capc fiom being biunt in rlieir beds, and the New Zealand Insiiianee Company aie to day fiom f 1,000 to f 1,500 liehei than they mighb ha\c been, and all owing to the sagacit) of a little dog. lb appeal -i that at Mi Cuiiis'm evidence in ToiToi Valley a log wa« left burning either inMdo or on the top ot a colonial oven in the kitchen when the f.mnlv lotiied to le-^t. .Between one and two in ii l ie morning Mi-< C'uiti-, who sleeps up^t.iii was aroused t'.oin her sleep by a pet dog licking hei face, and lmwn» mic ceedecfin awakening her, the animal leit the loom and, it i^ presumed, went downairam into the kitchen, howonci, fell asleep auain, and the dog, attei wait'inu a li« th- tune and finding that she wa^ taVvin" no notice of what itewdcnbl} intended, °a- appealed afterv. .ncN, as a friendl\ warning, went up-tair^ once moie, and again adopted the Mine methoil of awaking the sleeper, and this time wa^ not satisfied to leave hei until she wa- thoioughl} a»'oneed, when t-he noticed :i f-tiong t-moll as of buming^ood. (letting out of bed and going downstairs, she found that the log had tallen fiom the on to Hie floor, in a laige hole had been burned, while the the was still femouldciing onl) waiting tor a >slight diaught to lan it into a tierce {lame. °Of eoiu>e the household was aioiuscd at once and the liic speedily e\ tmgui-h(d, but there is no knowing wliab might have been the consequence if the little dog had nob dUpln} ed so huge an amount ot sagacity or, shall w e s.iy, iea'-on- ' ing power. — " Nelson E\cning Mull."