A DOG’S DEVOTION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25277, 14 July 1943, Page 4

A DOG’S DEVOTION

Although his, master died.more tha* 15 months ago, Bobby, an aged collie* still remains near his : grave'at. Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland..', Such has been the dog’s devotion ; that visitors to the cemetery have come to-know him as “Old Faithful.” . Bobby uwas the companion of the late'... Mr--James McCullough, who was buried at Hillsborough on March 18,1942. ' The dog attended the funeral and for many days refused to leave the graveside, in spite of numerous attempts to attract him away. ’ Pity, for the’animal-in-duced the superintendent of the cemetery, Md J. H. Preston, to feed him, and eventually Bobby was persuaded to make his home in a kennelberieatbMr. Preston’s bedroom window! His xiew owner has made him as comfortable as possible, and Bobby has rewarded this kindness with the friendship that only a dog, of all animals, can bestow. But" this old sable and white collie stilt remains loyal to his former master. Although he has forsaken the .'cold graveside for a bed in warmer quarters, he still takes regular walks in the directio'n of the burial , plot.