I could hear her sniffing and whining. I couldn’t figure out where Old Dan was.
By squatting down and holding the lantern high over my head, I could dimly see the opposite bank.
Little Ann was running up and down. I noticed she always stayed in one place of about twenty-five yards, never leaving that small area.
She ran down to the water’s edge and stared out into the slough.
The horrible thought came that Old Dan had drowned.
I knew a big coon was capable of drowning a dog in water by climbing on his head and forcing him under.
As fast as I could run, I circled the slough, climbed up over the bluff, and came down to where Little Ann was.
She was hysterical, running up and down the bank and whining.
I tied my lantern on a long pole, held it out over the water, and looked for Old Dan’s body.
I could see clearly in the clear spring waters, but I couldn’t see my dog anywhere.
I sat down on the bank, buried my face in my hands, and cried.
I was sure he was gone. Several minutes passed, and all that time Little Ann had never stopped.
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