The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-08-29

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him still. I pa, my hand over hi. mouth
lie knew wcli what meant. for has
kept him quir, so l-for-. A, tho mo
'neni Of The discharge, he gave low
grswl. ! pointed toward The door. II.
understood the meaning we'll HIS e., e,
flashed like balls II hrc. while he wai,
cd The mon,en, to wreak III. ,cngesnc,
ou the as.assins.
will open the door litllc. and
when tie cre'w sticks iis head oa,
shoot him. said ,he .i,s.wolt
The door was opened, bat 'ihe c,ctnr
diint stick his head cut Lion knew
better ihan that, and waited hi. chance,
En>wIlened by not hearing anything
the door Was gradually opened. Now
was the TIM. Viii, n terrific how
Lion lraped over the head Of the wo.
man and seized the rui'ian by the throat
dragged him in m instant TO the floor
whrr" a great s'rucc'e took place. In
another nomcnt the nag WIS writing
in my nervous grasp. Her surpr.se
was so great, that she made but iulc
resistance and | quickly bound her
hand and foot with cord which she
had provided for sno,her usc---pihnps
to drag my body away into the woods
The next thing was 10 attend to
tho man aud Lion. The struggle
between them was still going on, bu,
the former had the worst oft. Lion
had set his sharp teeth into the throat
Of the wretch, and rendered all hi'
efforts abortivc, although he VAS ;
man Of powerful flame. lie was al
ready rcoking with blood. and has
tened to save what little lif. remained
The dog was 10th to quit his hold and
nnen hc did, he lcf, one victim tc
punish another; for before | coulC
, prevent it, he set his tech quit,
through the hag's arw, who shriehe,
| Ike a lunatic.
The fellow looked ghas,ly cnou.l
when released him. His neck wa
frish,fully torn, but he got no sympa
/ thy from me. was resolved tia
he should not escape. | bound hiu
as | had done his companion in in
quity while he maintained a mood,
silence she hcaped curses upon tn
dpg. l bound her apron about hi
neck, which was all the surgical al
he got from me. Lion now see,ne'
very well satisfied with the arrang,
mcnts, and laid down in the corne
and watched them with much call
philosophy.
We remained with them until mo,
nin.. cannot say but | enioye
our triumph as well as Lion did, a
they were certainly old offenders, a
it was proved afterwsrd III court q
justice. As good fortune would hav
it, man passed the mex, morning,b
whom ! sent word to the nearcs
settlement, Of what had occurred.
! Before ten o'clock, the offender
were iii the hands Of the law. The
were conveyed 10 the nearest jail
where they awaited their trial, wh,c
took place about two months after
They were sentenced 10 ten years
imprisonment. which, all the circuw
stances considered, was not too much
bcheve ii ever they live to get ou'
they will Kill old Lion, should he SUI
yiye their punishment; and he n
doabt viii for he is still us stron, an
healthy dog as you can find am
where. No money would tempt u
TO part with him. lie is now looi
Ing quitcly in my face as ! write thi
- for | have been trying to max
him understand what it is about.
have h'nted to hin the proprlcty Q
having his likeness published wly
this sketch but hc shakes his hea
gravely. as much as TO say
Il d"a', care about it, master .
every worthless puppy has his like
ness published nowadays
Grateful for his past services,
suq.r him to have his own way il
this, as in great many other mat
tiers. Let 10 one deopise the do1
a. he IS the only animal who forsakln
his own species, cal,iyate' the fIiend
man.