By Rita Arnold
Copyright ©2005 Rita Arnold

The local legend is that if you walk in this cemetery alone at dusk you will have some uninvited company. Be ready for a dog to quietly follow you along the roadway.

 In this old section, the paved lane dips down about ten to twelve feet, then raises up and into another section. As a person walks down into the roadway dip and reaches the bottom, they will notice on the south side of the road a tombstone for a young boy.

 This young child passed away at age of eight years old, many, many years ago. On the front of the tombstone at the base is carved a figure of a dog lying down with his front paws over his eyes. 'the carving does not represent any special breed of dog, just your common everyday lovable big mutt! Stop and look closely at the carving. It looks like the dog could he crying for his master, the boy who is never coming back.

 As you walk past this tombstone carefully listen to the sounds. Do you hear it? Click. Click. Click. You stop and the sounds stop. Now continue on walking down the roadway and listen. Click. Click. Click. It's the sound of a dog's toenails on the paved roadway. Now slowly turn around. You will see the image of a large mongrel dog about ten feet

behind you. He does not bark he does not growl. He will always walk at the same pace as you. There is no need to start running, just keep walking. If you stop, the dog will also stop and then start walking exactly when you start. All you hear is the clicking of his toenails on the pavement. Click. Click. Click.

 After a short distance, the dog will vanish. He never follows a person for more then about twenty feet. He is just suddenly there and then suddenly gone. He only follows people when they walk in in front of the boy's tombstone.

 Is he protecting his master'? Or is the dog looking for the young boy, hoping to find his missing companion.