A lady was making a call on a neighbor next door, leaving her husband
asleep on the bed, and her small dog to keep guard during her absence.
She felt that all was secure. However, she had hung some stockings over
the gas oven to dry, leaving the gas turned on. The oven became very
hot and set fire to the stockings, and the flames spread to the window
curtains. The dog, seeing what had happened, ran to the bed barking,
but failed to arouse his master. Then he caught the covers in his teeth
and pulled them off the sleeping man, who awoke just in time to save
their home from a bad fire.