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clothes, mind them said to Towscr (who
took his seat thereon, at once, sagacously
enough) for | had heard of such things as
clothes being stolen from unconscious dip
pers before then, with results to be thought
OF, and in went. | remember the delight
OF that bath even to this day, the glow, the
freshness, the luxurious soltness of each
particular wave, just as the last view which
his eyes rested on, is painted on the memory
OF ohe who has been stricken blind or
the last heard melody is treasured in that
oil man stunned deaf by fall it was my
last perfect pleasure, and succeeded by u
shock that | shall meyer, think quite yet
over.
When had bathed as long as Judged
to be prudent, | landed and advanced
towards the spot where my garments and
! Towser lay; as did SO every individual
hair upon his back seemed to bristle with
fury, his eyes kindled with Goals of fire he
gave me notice by u low determined growl
that he would spring on me and tear me
into fragments ifI approached nearer it
was evident that he did not recognize me, e,
at least without any clothes. low, Tow,
Tow, Tow, Tow said pleasantly, good
old low, you remember me; but the brute,
like the friend whom we have known in Il
better day, appeal to when in different
apparel, and shook his head in q menacing
manner, and showed his teeth the more.
'Iowser, be quiet, sir how dare you--1ow
low, Tow-Towser-( here he nearly had
bit OF my calf oif,-you nasty brutal dog.
90 away, sir-go; amt you ashamed Of
yoursefp Drops of foam oozed through
the teeth OF the ferocious monster as he
stood up with tail erect at these reproying
words but ba N footod ~ e;,.,, -
or sorrow. My situation became serious
In the extreme what if he chose to sit
there, on my personal apparel, until -
At this idea, too terrible to be concluded,
aprofuse psrspiraton broke out all over me.
Presently, feeling little cold, went back
into the lake again to consider what was to
be done, and re solved upon the fell design
of cnticing Tow ser into the water and there
drowning him. Abuse and aattery being
equally thrown away upon him, | tried
stones; heaved at him with all my force
the largest pebbles | could select, the ma
jority of which be evaded by leapIng from
side to side, and those which struck him
rendered him so furious that believe he
would have killed and eat me If he could,
whether | was dressed or not, but he would
not venture into the water after me still.
At last, the the time drawing on apace
for the appointed interview which | had
once looked forward to with such delight
and expectation, was fain, in an agony of
shame and rage, to hide myself in drv
ditch in the neighboring copse, where /
could see what took place without being
seen, and there | covered myself over, like
the babes in the wood, with leaves
Presently my Lucy came down, trlle
more carefully dressedthan usual and looking
all grace and modesty the dog began to
howl as she drew near; she saw hlm, and
she saw my clothes, and the notion that /
was drowned (l could see it in her express
sive countenance) flashed upon her at once;
for one instant she looked as though about
to faint and the next she sped OH again to
the hotel with the speed of deer. Ora
cious Heavens decided upon rcscuing a
portion of my garments, at least, or upon
perishing in the attempt. and rushed out Of
the thicket for the purpose; but my cour-
age failed me as heard the savage animal,
and found myself Tin some confused and
palpitating manncr) back in my dry ditch
again, with the sensation of "A loss of blood
and pain: my retreat had not been effected
-Perhaps, because there was nothing to
cover it-without loss, and the beast had
bitten me severely. ! protest that, from
that moment, frightful as my position was,
it did not move me SO much as the.refecti1n
Of the honors that would be showered down
upon that vile creature. | knew that he
would be considered by Lucy and the rest
as a sort of dog of Montargis, an affection
ate and sagacious creature, watching pa
tiently at his appointed post for the be-
loved master that would never again return
to him.
Presently they all came back, Lucy and
bnr ,nnthar apH oil tbn mo ID ts frnu
the inn, besides my fellow-students and
fishermen with drag nets, and medical man
with blankets and brandy chow enyied the
blankets and the brandy) As expected, +,
neither the mems labor in vain distressed me
half so much as the patting and caressing
OF Towser ; ] could not repress groan OF
horror and indignation; 'Ilush, hush said
Lucy, and there was silence through
which ! could distinctly hear Towscr lick
ing his chops. was desperate by this time,
and hallooed out to my friend Sanford
Sanford and nobody else'-to come into the
cofse with blanket.
remember nothing more distinctly. In
medately peals of laughter, now smOthered
now breaking irrepressibly forth; express
sions Of thankiulness, of affection, of sym
pathy beginning-but never iinished-burst
in upon, as it were, by floods of merriment;
and the barking, the eternal barking, of
that execrable dog. | left Kilarny that
same evening; Lucy, and the mother OF
Lucy, and my low students, and the
abominabie Towser; left them for good and
all; and that was how my engagement was
broken off, and why there is no Mrs Peo-
ny Flush, concluded the curate, who had
TUNED from rose-color to deep carnation,
and from that to almost black, during the
recital