Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-08-27
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The Dog Noble aad she imPti Hole
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aeuO&s We hs1 aloh- WY f"''ttt-N
- named Noble. lie WIS learned N /
many things. and by ~ dog iere eSs'' ?
try lie undying admiration OF al TIE
children. But there were some So
which Noble could never leafo. Having
on one occasion seen ard squiFf, run m
u a hole IN sione nail, he coaid not %
fursualed that lie was NJ. there Tor ever
more.
Several red squire, lived close 10 tie +.
house. and had become familiar, but not .
tame They kept up regular omp Niih +
Noble They would come down tom The
maple trees with provoking coelnessi they
would run along the fence almost within
reach, they would coek their tails and sall
across the roal to the barn; and yet there
US such a well timed calculation under
~ tn. apparent rashness. that Noble IN
safiabiy arrived n the critical spot Just
- tie squirrel Jeff Il.
o. one occasion Noble was - close
mon h.s red backed friend that. unable
10 get up The maple tree. be lodged INTO
a hole n he " III. ran through Tie chlnks.
emerged al lllle distance. ard sprang
into the tree The intense enthusiasm oi
the eog a. that hole eau hardly be dcscri-
bed. lie filed IL full of barking. lie
pawea and scratched IS # undermining
baslion. Standing of at little distance.
he would pierce the hole with gaze as
intense and fixed as II he were Trying
magnetism or H. Then with tai extended.
and every hair thereon electrified, he
would ruth At an empty hole with pro
digiou~ onslaught.
This imaginary squirrel haunted No
bic. NIGHT and day. The very squirrel
himself would run up before his face INTO
n tree. and crouched N crotch. would
~ silently watching the whole process OF
bombardirg the empty hole, with grea
sobrietv and relish. But Noble would al
Low Of no doubts. His conviction TIA
thst hole had a squire IN. continued un
shaken for six weeks. When all oshe
occupations fsilcd. this hole remained .
linn y hen there were 10 mere chick
ems 10 harry. no pigs 10 bite. no cattle e
chase, no children . rOmp with, no expo
i,ions 70 make with the grown folks
and when he had slept all that his dog
KIN would hold. he would walk out @
the yard. yawn and stretch himself. an'
then look wistiulv at the hole. a Il thsnh
M 10 himself. well. as there Is nothinl
else to DO. may As well try tba. hol
ayain.''
We had almost forgotten this It'll
trait. until the conduct Of the New or
Express. m rcspec, 10 Col. Fremonts II
hgion brought Il ludIerously 10 mind agah
Col. Fremont is, and always has been, I
sound Protestant as John Knox ey,
was. lie was bred in the ProtestaI
faith and has never changed. tie Is III
acqualnteARslth the doctrines and cer'
monies ofthe Catholic Church, aud hs
never attended the services oft that ehuTel
with two or three exceptions, when cur
oslty on some other extrlnslc reason IL
him as a witness. We do not state th
upon vague belief We know what v
say We say il upon our own person
honor and proper knowledge. Col. fr
mont never was. and is not now, Romi
Catholic lie has never been wont 20 a
tend that church Nor has be in al
way directly or Indirectly, given occasi'
for this report.
Il is1 graluitous falsehooj. utter, ba
rem. absolute and unqualified The sto
has been cot up for political effect. /,
sill circulated for that reason. aud n
o.her political lies, it Is a sheer unerap
lous falsehood, from TOPIC bottom, ifo
the core 10 the ska. aud from the 81
back 10 the core again In all the sior
Of the Fulmer. etc. as 10 supposed co
versasion. with Fremont. in which he d
Tended the mass. and what not. they n
pure hcllons They never happened
The authors Of them are Slandercrs; q
men who believe them are dupes; the m
who spread them become endorsers
.wilful AMI corrupt libclers.
But the Express. like Noble. has ope
cd on this hol in The wall and can ne'
De done barking az IL Day after day
resorts 10 this empay hole. When ever
th'ns else fails. this resource remains.
There ihcY are individually the Expr
uuJ Noble -a church without fremo
ans. a hole without squirrel IN ~
In some respects. however. the dog h
tie advantage Sometimes We thou
that be tssliy believed tina, there wa
squirrel there But at other times be 1
parently had an linking OF the ridiculo'
ness of his conduct. FOR h. would drop
tail. nnd walk towards Us with his ton
cut and his eyes lutte aslant. seem
10 say, NY dear sir. Won don IN !
stand dogs feelings should Of eou
much prefer a squirrel. but II ean's h'
that. an empty hole - better than no
IN. imagine how would catch !
il he sols there BESIDES. people who ?
hv don't know the facts They thin
have got something isisnecdiul to 1
up ms reputation Tor ssgaciiy Bessie
Il tell he truth. have looked into
hole 50 long that have half pcrsaa
myself that there Is squirrel there
viii be. Ii keep OF"
Well every do must have his q
and every dor must have his vay.
doubt. live were 10 bring back y
now. after two summers absence.
would make straight for 'sas hole IN
wall With inst as much zeal as ever.
We never read the Express. no
DAYS. without thinking lnsolunsa
,,oodn, - the dog IS letting on Al
hale again
willard i Trump.
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