GRATEFUL.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XVI, 18 April 1896, Page 454

GRATEFUL.

In Mrs Olive Thorne Miller’s volume, ‘ Our Home Pets,’ is told a story of a dear collie dog and his gratitude. The dog, it appears, was a great pet in the family of a colonial soldier, and was particularly noted for his antipathy to Indians, whom he delighted to track. On one campaign against the French, the dog insisted on accompanying his master, although his feet were in a terrible condition from having been frozen the previous winter. During the fight, which ended in the famous Braddock defeat, the dog was ever beside his master ; but when it was over they became separated, and the soldier, concluding that his pet had been killed, went home without him. Some weeks later, however, the dog appeared in his old home, separated from the battle-field by many miles of thick forest. He was tired and worn, but over his sore feet were fastened neat moccasins, showing that he had been among Indians, who had been kind to him. Moreover, he soon proved that he had changed his mind about his former foe, for neither bribes nor threats could ever again induce him to track an Indian.