Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The New York Tribune relates an interesting anecdote of the sagacity of a dog saving the life of a child of Mr. Robinson, of Flatbush, Long Island. This gentleman has two dogs; a small spaniel and a large half-breed deer hound. The small dog was playing with Mr. R.’s child near a cistern, when the child fell, head foremost, into the water; the agonized mother, who, from a window, witnessed the occurrence, how the spaniel ran to the kennel of the hound, who instantly ran to the spot, and, before the mother could reach the child, the noble animal had placed it in safety. Instinct might have induced the small dog to attempt a rescue, but evidently knowing his inability to do so, what prevented him from trying, and caused him, quick as thought, to fetch the stronger dog?