Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-01-26

ed him, and have got to pay damages besides,
said Peter.
" rally hope he Il kill one-soe lin chase
'em . said the old lady, ebowing her way to
the front.
I'll scare him off as go along" said Peter
Fender, starting out of the door.
Don't hurry, Peter. Let i'm work" said
the good old dame 9 Let i'm kill one, if he
will, and then them dog damages II come back
and it II come out O. old Moon, too That Il be
worth somethin !"
L" Go, father What if he should kill my
little cosset said one of the twins
" Or my Dick ? 7" said the other.
Peter Fender started on down towards the
bars. 1t was cloudy overhead, and threatened
rain, and was consequently quite dark, 50 that
| his form was lost to view before he reached the
sheep. We stopped in the door, however, till
he was some ways down the pasture, singing
out every few minutes, 3 Git out git eout, We
miserable puppy" and then went in to give
old Moon and his dog good family rakc-down.
Between SANDER and whist the evening soon
passed away, and went home
The next day it was generally known in the
neighborhood that Peter Fender had made some
kind of missgo the night before, though 0hat,
nobody seemed to know, or how the information
came. Everybody was inquiring of everybody
nd friU cot otn
answer to the inquiries. 1t wasa vague rumor,
that seemed to have dropped down among us,
and quite a large delegation, myself among the
number, concluded to 60 over-to Pender's that
evening, and find out the truth OF the matter
We found the old gentleman sitting before u
blazing fire, wrapped up in IA couple of blankets
and bed-quilt, trying to start the sweat, and
his voice as hoarse as filing millsaw To our
anxious inquiries in regard to his health, and
what the foundation was to the floating rumor,
he answered as follows:
) " Wall nabors, seem you've taken so much
pains to come over and find out all about this
business, I'll out with the hull thing, tho
swore to myself that nobody shouldn't know,
after I'd got fairly ont ont. It's little agin
me- but then thar amt no use O. bein' spleeny,
g as knows on, when one don't feel 50. Ye
see last night ! d got little business down to
Ausonville, and along towards nine o'clock in
the evening, tho't Id go down and do it, so l
started off Afore Id got out O the house. l
heern dog chasin' the sheep that was lyin
up to the bars, and tho't Id go down and
, drive the cuss off, and then 60 and tend to them
: dark, and when got over the bars, l see the
: old dog jest grabiFn' one O. my best lambs, and
9 took after him to skare him off afore he d
E killed 1t. The old dog was off NOR n ten rods,
and all the way that could tell what he was
> up to, was by the white sheep, at could see
down thar alone, and all the others up where |
@ got over. Iyelled with all my might to " Git
OUT git eout, go home, Tfge, and all that, but
: he didn't seem to mind much about it, so put
> on to drive him off. kept hollerin and he
u kept maxim off down the HILL draggin' the
lamb along, too l didn't run very fast, be.
cause it WAS too dark, and | had basket O
eggs, and so the cusS kept draggin' off the lamb
Z jest about as fast as could go myself All
the way l could foller was by keepn watch o
= the little white lamb, bobbin' up and down,
4 as he dragged him along over the knobs.
kept gainin' little, but | didn't much, and
o atore I'd cum up to i'm he got down to the
q swamp, half mile from the house, and into
q them little pines on the checkerberry knoll
4 When he got IN thar he stopped, and lot go o
the lamb, and stood lookin me right in the
face, as bold as though want nothin but Il
boy, and kept slandin jest SO till cum smack
up agin i'm. Idgot alfred mad by that time
=. and stepped up to within few feet ov him
and sung out, " GlT AouT, as loud as coulC
yell, but the criter never stirred
g thought that was little sassy, and walked
up to give i'm kick, when he just put his paw,
on to my shoulders, and raised up one Of hi.
hind legs little savage, and | knew at once
had made slight mistake, and that nsted Of
It bein' the dog thought he was, Id got an all
e fred big bear to deal with.
e 1t come to me mighty quick that I'd better
10 be to home, or down to Ansonville, but there
d want no time to back out then. So | thought
}, ia cllnch In and then feel in my pocket for my
Jack-kniie, and let his in ards out, as I've heerr
i, tell on.
@ But hadn't moren got hold O. the knife
afore one of his hind leos cona nm oo;r ms, b,,r