Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-09-12
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MACAIRE AND THE DOG =.
a gentleman named Macairr. off
Ger ~ the body guard or Charles VI.
King Of France. clltsrtaincd i bitter
hate agsinst another gentleman. named
Aubrey Dr. Monthidnr, his comrade IN
service. These two having met in the
Forest Of Bvndis near Paris, Macaire
topk an oppnrtunity of treacherously
numbering his hrstiscr oficrr. and bus.
ried him in a !itci.. MDntdidicr was
unaccompanicd at tho tnnnnent, except
BY a gre.h unl. with which lie had
probably game nut to hunt. Juiius
Scaligw. Who tells tIr story. does NOT
mestion whether the dog was muzzlcd
or in what manner the assassin got
the deed accomplished without its in
terfrrshcr. Bat. be this a. il might,
the hound lay down on the grave of
i master. and there rrtuaiDed tiiE
hunger compelled 1t torisc. It then
went to the kitchen nf ono Of Aubrey do
Montdidier's dearest friends. where
it was welcomed warmly, and fed
As soon as its hunger WAS a~ppeascd,
theiog disappeared. For several days,
this coming and going was repeated.
till Ut last. the curiosity Of those who
saw his movements, was excited. and it
vas rrsolycd to fpllow the animal. and
see If any thing could be lcarned in ex-
plaMasion Of Mnntdidier's sudden dis
appearance. Tie dag Was According
~ followed, and was seen to come TO-
a pause an somc newly Turned up earth =
where it set up the most mourafai
wailings ard howlings. Scalig.r
says that these cries were inexprcss-g
IDLY toucl.ing. Those who heard
them dug into the ground at the spot
aud found there the body of Aubrey de
Montdidicr. It was raised and con-
veycd "a Paris. where it was 500
afterwards inferred in one Of the city
cemeteries. al sff8esfglanrE
The dag attached himself, from this
time forth. tn the friend already men,
tio6cd, OF his late master. While
attending on hin, it CHANGED several
times to get i sight Of Macaire. aud
every occasion, IL sfrang npon him.,
and woaid hare stranglcd him. had it
not beea taken of BY foree. The in-s
tensity ofhatc an the part Of the ami
NAL. awakened a suspicion that Mac
had some share in Montdidicr's
murder, for his body shaved him to
have met 4 violent death. Charles v
on being Informed ii the circumstance,
to satisfy himself Of its truth
He made Macaire and the dog be
brought before him, and beIeld tho
again spring upon the object
pf its hatred. The king iatcrrogated
Macaire closely. bat the latter would
not admit that he had been in any way
Connected with Montdidicr's murder.
Being strongly impressed with -
conviction that tho conduct Of the dog
vas based on some guilty at Of Ma
.airc, tho king ordered a combat 10
AXE place between the officer and his
accuscr, according To tho prac-
ice. in these days, between human
,l:intifs and defendants. This rc-s
narkab:c combat took place on tho
,le 0f NDtre- Dame at Paris, in pres
nee of Of the whole court. The king
ilowed Macairc To have q strong club
defensive weapon /: while on tho
thcr hand. the only sell. representative
,eans allowed 10 the dog. ronsisted Of
hn!c or recess, into which ii could
if hard pressed. The combat.
MS appeared in The lists. The dog
perfectly aware or its situation
nd duty. For a short time it leapcd
around MacaHr. and then At
spring. it fastened itself apon. his
lroat, III so firm a manner that he
,uid not diacntangio himself Hs)
o,uid have been strangled had he not
.icd for mercy, and avoweds his
line. Tic dog was pulled of him.
II he was only liberated from its
perish BY the hands Of
lie fidelity of. this dog, has been celc-
'atcd in many a drama and pncm.-
is usually called the Dog Of Mon.
rgis. fran the, combat having taken
at the Chafrau az A4untarris.s