Southern shield., 1856-12-20

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 but the blue ripping waves of the lake look
 ed irrepressibly tempting, and 1 could not resist swim.
 Just plunge and out again, thought '; | for though had such plenty of time to sp&r', ' determined to De dressed and ready for the
 interview an hoar at least before the appont-
 ed time. Lucy might, like myself, be lt-
 tie earlier: and at all events, with such an
 awful consequence in possible aPprehens!oH, Ivould run the shadow of risk. "lind
 my clothes, mind th9m," said Ito IoW5eT, (whotook his seat thereon, at once, saga
 ciously enough, for l had heard or Sucn
 things as clothes being stolen from uhcoh- |. scious dippers before them, with results not
 to be thought 0f--and in wont. 1remem-
 Der the delight of that bath even to tms day' the glow, the freshness, the luXuflous soi'- l ness of each particular wave, just as the las6 } view which his eyes rested on IS pantea on l the memory of one who has been SIrlcNel ? blind. CT the last heard melody is treasured in that of Il man stunned deaf by a fall: 1t
 was my last perfect pleasure, and succeeded } bv a shock thatI shall never, think, quite = get over.
 . When had bathed as long as l judged to e be prudent. l landed and advanced towards f the spot where my garments and Towser lay; l. as did so. every individual hair upon his
 hack seemed to bristle with fury. hlS eyes p kindled with coals of fire; he gave me no- IS tice by low. determined growl, that he r. would spring on me and tear me into frag- l. Iments if I approached nearer; 1t was cyl st dent that he did not recognize me m the re least. without any clothes. 'sTow, Tow, " Tow. Tow. Tow,'' said pleasantly, .'good Id old Tow. you remember ;" but the brute ,d like the friend we have known m better rh day. and appeal to when we have indifferent a. annarcl. only shook his head i'll menaclnS CT manner, and showed his teeth the more
 .:Towser. be quiet, sir how dare you-I0" th Tow. ow-Towsar-(h here he nearly ma in Ibit of my calf of)-you nasty, brutal cog ce 20 away. 8ir--go; ain't you aSnameo ol ng yourself?" Drops of foam oozed through " inc teeth of the ferocious monster, as hc nm st0od m. with tail erect, at these reprovn9 he words, but he manifested no sl@n or f0- ,o- morse or sorrow. Ny situation became se- ta- rious in the extreme: what if he choose to to he sir there. on my personal apparel, until! mo At tbiside too horrible to be conclndea' ,oE nrofusc nerspiration broke out all over me- r q Presently. feeling little cold, went pacS ld into the lake again, to consider Wnat Was u 1 md be done, and resolving upon the fell aeSlgl
 of enticinr Towscr into the water and ther' as- drowninc him. Abuse and fattery bein9 -a;- oa,,oI1y thrown away upon him, trlet or sfones. I heaved at him with all my force tn . to laroestnobbles could select, the majority O
 which he evaded by leaping from slde U r to side. and those which struck him renaere' him so furious that believe he would nav +ha killed and eat me if he could, whether wa
 dressed or not, but he wouldnot venture ih' ITOUhs water after me still. .son II, lerS E frief&2st. the time drawing on apace TOT V
 'hc', @ has fiaterview which l had once looke .s
 ,.1:1 At ituI and such delight and ezpec'' nv forward to win. Teat''}52oss ll2es, }>z-
 run run tion | was IS fam, la il.5gony or si1ellt , rage, to hide myself in dry ditch in tn
 ncighboring copse, where 1 could see wha will took place without being seen, and there ank covered myself over, like babe in the wood
 with leaves.
 Presently my Lucy came down, trd
 more carefully dressed than usual, and look and ing all grace and modeStv; the dog began tC ,.- howl as she drew near; she saw him and sh les. saw my clothes, and the notion that iva!
 drowned q could see it in her expressive 7 countenanco) flashed upon her at once; fo na- one instant she looked as though about tC on faint, and the next she sped off to the hote ,er- with the speed of deer. Gracious Heavens
 decided upon reScuing a portion of my gar nan ments, at least, or upon perlShng ln the at sat tempt, and rushed out of the thicket for th ,aw purpose; but my courage failed me as ,roI heard the savage animal, and found my3elt to Gin some confused and palpitating manner
 IL ! .. L h trOf and of. loss of blood and pain my retreat hat ,,r- not been cfected-pCrhaps because there
 was nothing to cover it-withOut con8ldera ,;n ble loss, and the beast had bitten me severe ;n lv. 1 protest that, from that moment ,,,-, frightful as my position was, It did po
 move me so much as the reflection Of thf
 honors that would be shOwcred down on that
 vile ecreature. knew that he would be con
 sidered by Lucy and the rest as sort oI <. dog of MOntargis. an affectonate and saga
 ciCus creature, watching patiently at his ap- " l pointed post for the beloved master tha ll,) would never again return to him.
 ;ter Presently they all came back, Lucy and hel out mother, and all the maid servants from tht ra- inn, besides my fellow students, and fisher ing men with drag nets, and medical man witt l- blankets and brandy Chow onvied the blan' ed. kcts and the brandy } As l expected, nc'- mo ther the womon's cries nor the mems lahoI net in vain distressed me half so much as th5 tn batting and caressing of Towaer; could We not repress a groan of horror and indlggna oft ton. ''Hush, hush :' said Lucy: and th2r. psy was silence through which could distlnct- 'st- lv hear Towser licking his chops. Twas dcs' 5 1 perato by this time and halooed out to m' ric; friend Sanford-'' Sanford and nobody ols2' ceS to come into the copse with blanket.
 Iremembcr nothing moro distinctly, I'm e mediately peals of laughter, now smo;hafed sgy now breaking irrepressibly forth; CxPrea cad sions of thankfulncss, of affection, of sym ay. pathy, beginning but never fnished-hurst lie, in upon, as it were, by floods of merriment its and the barking, the eternal barking of th2t
 execrablo dog. left Killarney that sam1 ase evening; Lucy, and the mother of Lucy an ish my fellow students, and the ahominahl, my Towser; left them for gool and all and !th that was how my engagement was broken oh' lth and why thcre is no Mrs. Peony Flush, con as cuded the curate, who had turned from roso l l color ta deep carnation, and from tA1t '2 vas almost black, during the recital.
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