Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-28

! like the friend whom we nave known IN
better day, and applied to when in indiffer
ent apparel only shook his head in mena
cling manner, and showed his teeth the more
"Towser, be quiet, sir; how dare you
Tow, Tow, Tow, Towser-(here he nearly
had a bit Of my calf off)-you nasty, bru
tai dog 60 away, sir-go; amt you ashamed
of yoursclf?" Drops of foam oozed through
the teeth of the terocious monster as he
stood up with tail erect at these reproving
words, but he manifested no sign of remorse
or sorrow. My situation became serious i'll
the oxtrcme; what if he choose to sit there.
on my personal apparel, until?
At this idea, too terrible to be concluded,
a profusc perspiration broke out all over
me- Presently feeling little cold, | went
back Into the lake again to consider what
was to be done. and resolving the fell de-
sign of enticing Towscr into the water and
there drowning him. Abuse and fattery
being equally thrown away upon him, |
tried stones; hcavcd at him with all my
force the largest pebbles could select, the
majority of which he evadcd 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 mc still.
At last, the time drawing Oh apace for
the appointed interview which had ouce
looked forward to with such delight, and en-
pcctation, was fam, in an agony Of shsme
and rage, 10 hide in dry ditch in the neigh
boring copsc, where could see what took
place without being seen, and there COW
cred myself over, like Il i,abc in the wood,
with leaves.
Presently my Lucy came down, a triAc
more carefully dressed than usual, and look
ing all grace and modesty; the dog hogan
to howl as she drew near; she saw him, and
she saw my clothes, and the notion that !
was drowned Il could see it i'll her express
sive countenance) flashed upon her at once;
for one instant she looked as though about
to faint, and the next she sped off again to
the hotel with the speed Of Il deer. Gra-
cious heavens! | decided upon rescung
portion of my garments at least, or upon
perishing in the attempt, and rushed out OF
the thicket for the purpose; but my courage
failed Inc as ncared the savage animal, and
found myself (in some confused and palp-
tating manncr) back in NY dry ditch again,
with the sensation ola loss of blood and pain,
my retreat had not been ellected-perhaps,
>p1:cauF1 VnCru WIS I0trIIrg
out considerable loss, and the beast had bit
ten me severely. lprotest that, from that
moment, frgh,tul as my position was, it did
not move me so much as the reflection Of
the honors that would be silowcrcd down on
that vile creature. | knew that he would
be considered by Lucy and the rest as
sort of Dog of Montargis, an aifectionate
and sagacious creature, watching patiently
at his appointed post, for the beloved mas
ter that should never again return to him.
Presently they all came back; Lucy and
her mother, and all the maid servants, from
the inn, hcsidcs my ft:Ilow-students and fish,
ermcn with dragncts, and medical nan
with blankets and brandy, chow envied
the blankets and the brandy , As expect
ed, neither the woman's cries nor the mems
labor in vain distressed. me "llalt' so much
as the patting and caressing OF IowSer; |
could not rcpress groan of horror and
indignation. "Hush! hush" said Lucy;
and there was Il silence, through which ]
could distinctly hear Towser licking his
chops. was desperate by this time, and
halloocd out to my friend Sanford" San
ford, and nobody else" to come into the
corps with blanket.
remember nothing more distinctly. I'M
mcdiately peals of laughter, now smothcred,
now breaking irrepressbly forth express
sions of tlankfllness, of affection, of SYM
pathy bcginning-but never fimishcd-burst
in upon, us it were by floods Of merrimeA;
and the barking, the eternal barking, OF that
exccrable dog. left Killarney that same
evening. Lucy, and the mother of Lucy, and
my fellow students, and the abomnable
Towscr; left them for good and all and
that was how my engagement was broken
of, "aiif why there is no Mrs. Poeny
Flush," concluded the curatc, who had
turned from rosccolor TO deep carlation,
and from that to almost black, during the
recital.