DOG FREIGHT FOR DARWIN.

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1913, Page 3

DOG FREIGHT FOR DARWIN.

"If you can't let my dog go, I can't go," was the intimation conveyed to the Northern Territory officials by a man who had accepted employment in the territory as a carpenter. The department was willing to provide for the passage of the man, but did not see its way clear to pay freight for his four-footed friend. He stood irresolute, while the dog looked appealingly into his eyes, and wagging his tail. "You see," said the man, "I have brought this dog up, and I would not be separated from him for anything. I took him home in my pocket two years ago, and he is the best friend I have had. Now, watch this." He hung his hat on the rack, and bending his back, said, "We'll go home." In an instant the dog had sprung on to his shoulders and removed the hat from the stand with its mouth. Having recovered the headgear, the man said to the dog, "What does the kangaroo do? - * The animal sat back on its hind legs like a marsupial, and pawed the air with its fore feet. "You see," said the man, "he is my pal, and I can't leave him behind, and I can't afford to pay for him to go." The display of the dog's sagacity and intelligence did not move the officials, however, and the man left disconsolate. He is now on his way to jthe territory, and his dog is with him. He paid the freight himself.