A Dog's Devotion.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 26 November 1884, Page 4

A Dog's Devotion.

..;• A: poor woman m thp. North of England was' m ihe 'habit of going' abojutifrpm jone ,villagq to another, .selling' (different' little thing's for a livelihood, ;and was generally accompanied by a small dog. When at home the dog usually slept, with' •^he womani child m a cra<Jte, ! • and, much attachea'to'it!^ The clijld &)V : ill and ' dijedp '' and, 1 , although the' mother lived at Hawk's'lieacl^ tfte'.'ihy. S.taveley\ ''Ir?r6m- : distress or mmd at th;e time, tne poor woman 1 took litfle notice f>f? the 1 dog, but spon after the' funeYaT'ft' rwas {ir^issfidt nor could' 'imy~tjdings, b,e\iieard ifj it for a fortnight; ' WnVh' ' ,]}pr wanderings were resumed, the • rapj;fi££ happened to pass through , (Stavpley, ahd with a motn^Weeling sjwent to tikje a mournful look at Tier child's grav|ev^\p^. ) go.in^ i^to it .she., ifonndtb her great as tonishmen ty her idatiidogi:) lit was lying'- m a>; deep^ hole which; it had JJ-, : self-dyer; tfhje child's^ravef-pi'obablyC, /hoping td.get a littje nearer to „the ■objectjpf its 'It was m |a stfctejVrr^m' fiuu^er,'ijbut neither colt ',crv,er-,' 'e'onieUls We 'nor diminishda 'the. force of its att;achn)ent v ; ■■,-,,.,,,' '.'■■■