Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-22
The Deg Noble and the Empty
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excited the undyins admiration Of the
children. Bat there are somo thlngs
which Noble could never learn. II~v-
Ing on one occnsion sceu = squirrel
run into hoIs In = atone wall. he
could not bs persuaded that he was
not there forevsrmore.
Several red squirrsls lived close 10
The house and became familiar but
not tame. They kept up = regular
somp with Noble. They would come
down from The m spIs trees with pro-
voking eoolness; they souId run along
the Isnos almost within reach; the,
would cock their tails and sail across
the road 10 tho barn; and yet there
Was such . will timed calculation un.
der this apparent rs>hnrs~. that No
bIs invariably arrived At the critical
spot just as the squirrel lvft II. n
0n one occasion. Noble was 80 close
upon hi< red backed friend. that. I'M
able TO get up the maple tree. he
lodged into y hole In tho wall. ran
shroaxh ths ohinks. emerged ~ l,t.
tie distance. and spfvng INTO The tree.
The intense enthuvlan Of the dog At
that hole. can hardly bs described. -
lie dIIsd I. full Of barking. He paw
I'd and scratched ~ II undertaking. =
bastion. Standing of st q liuIe dis.
lance. he would pierce the hole with
case ~ intense and fixed as u be
we're trying magnetism on Il. Then.
with tail extended. and every hair
thereon electrified. he wo, ID rush at
the empty hole with prodiglous on
slsught.
This imaginary squirrel haunted
Noble night and day. The very
squirrel himself would run up before
his face into the tree and. croached 10
q crotch. would cit silently watching
the whole process Of bombsrding the
empty hole. with great sobriesy and
relish. But Noble would allow Of no
doubts. Ills conviction that the hole
had squirrel In. continued unshsksn
for six weeks. When all other occu-
pations failed, this hole remained 70
him. When there were M more chick.
ems to harry. no pigs to bite, no cattle
to chase, no children tn romp with. no
expeditions TO make with the grown
folks. and when he had alept all that
his dog skin would h,ld, he would
~~sh-pp<-ef Aha yAsd- -yaws--a -asd
stretch himself, and then look visit
fully at the HOLE. ss II thinking to
himself. "Well. as there is nothing
else 70 do, ! may a. we'll try that hole
We had almost forgotten this little
trait. until the conduct Of the New
York Exprsss. in respect to Col. Free
mont's religion, brought It ludicrously
to mind again. Col. Fremont is. and
always has been. rs sound a Protes-
tant as John Knox ever was. He was
bred in the Protestant faith. and has
never changed. lie is unacq TAINTED
with the doctrines and ceremonies Of
the Catholic Church, and his never
attended the services Of that church,
with two or three exceptions. when
curiosity, or some other extrinsic res.
son. led him as witness. We do
not state this upon vague belief. We
know what We say. We say itupon
our own personal honor and proper
knowledge. Col. Fremont never was.
and is not now, Roman Catholic
Tie has never been won't to attend that
church. Nor has he in any way, d.
rectly or Indirectly, given occasion
for this report.
It's q gratuitcus falsehood. utter.
bsrren. absolute and unqualified
The story has been got up fcr political
effect It Is still circulated for that
reason. and like other political lies, IL
is q sheer. unscyupuIous falsehood
from top to bottom. rom the core to
the skin, and from the skin back TO the
core again. In all its parts. pulp,
ssyument. rind. cell and seed, il is u
thorough and total un,ruth. and they
who spread il bear false witness -
And as to all the stories Of the Full
mer, etc., AZ 10 supposed conversations
With Fremont. in which he defended
the mass, and what not. they are pure
6ctions. They never happened. The
authors OF them are slanderers: the