"The Loaded Dog" first appeared in the collection Joe Wilson and His Mates, published by Blackwood in 1901.[1][2] The following year, this collection was published in Australia by Angus and Robertson.[2]
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The story may remind American readers of something that Mark Twain might have written. The humor based on what seems an unlikely set of circumstances among men on the edge of civilization certainly has the hallmarks of an American tall tale. The...
The trio's dog is described as a "big black young retriever dog— or rather an overgrown pup" a big, foolish, dog.
Dave is one of the three men "sinking the shaft" at Stony Creek. He and a fellow friend Andy like fishing, so Dave comes up with an idea to blow up fish in the water-hole with a cartridge. Later, when Tommy the retriever chases the men with the...
