St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-26
ipg diulyy' Urged upon hin tic necessity
Remaining ii y Whefe he ! wa, fie, resumed his

~ Dujriin1g2 the ,nnext fifteen minutes tho ami.
nal laY! eperfectly quiet, aid 'ever and anot,
The seminal would speak to him by Way. oi
being," ,stoscsiable.t But At length tie d6g
made another attcmp i To 60 into camp:
Pierre had nearly reached the rock when
he heard the movement, and On turning
he could see his uneasy companion making
D , "Dniable!,'' the honest fellow muttere1,
II must oobeey orders. The colonei'ss word
vas vas plaiiin. ''' Here! Parblea! Come
here! Here. Prince Mon Dieu! you
must die if you don'tr' ....''',.'' ,'.'.
With a few bounds the soldier had got
near enough to the dog Is fire, and as The
latter stopped be stopped. 49,
!FFMon cher ami, you must stay with me.
Here!I Come, back !! I must shoot if you
don't. Parbleu! what : thing to raise
the whole camp to shoot . dog r. ;. 49,.
But by coaxing and threats, the senti-
mel got the dog back to his post, and there
he made him lie down once more. And
thus matters rested until the tramp Of the
coming guard was heard. 81, nm:, ..>
'"Ah, now Prince will,be relieved" the
soldier said," stopping near the dog; t'you
shall go and nee your old friends" y,
-. The tramp 'of the, coming guard drew
near, and Pierre was preparing to hail
them, when the dog took a, new start, aud
in a new direction this time, starting TO-
uor1o tho onrnco ...
."""Here, here, Prince! Parhleu, don't
you run off again., a.. .sor 2'.: 4)s...'
But the animal took no other notice of
the call than to~quicken his speed. il.
Back! back !''. - .-.,l.,&I .; !.
"Granl Dieuw This last exclamation
was forced from Pierrc's lips, by seeing
the dog leap to his hind legs and run
thus! In an Instant the truth burst upon
him. Quick Us thought he capped his
gun to his shoulder and took ala. He
could just distinguish the outlines now,
and he tired. There was sharp cry, and
then Pierre had to turn 10 the guard who
were approaching.
"Qu; est Ia WHO is there 2" he cri-
ed. ."tJ1 VIA
"Relief guard" was the answer.
And having obtained the countersign,
he informed the officer what had happen
ed. :.'' ."''55:''H
"A dog" cried the officer: "Priuee,
did you say" ; :..:..'".:
"He looked like Prince ;but diable, yeu
should have seen him run of on his hind
legs !" :*'.'': -,
"Eh hind legs"
"Yes".'i = .r: ...- }:l.
: "Then come, show us where he was"
With this the officer Of the mounting
guard pulled the lantern from the breast,
and having removed the shade he started
on. -" u - '"'''' ',..'. 49,.
Pierre led the way to the corpse, and
there the dog was found in the last strug-
giles of death. IL. :::;i
Il The officer stopped down and turned
him over. >i':.' '..-~. .'.,- =
! '.Grand Dieu p he exclaimed, "what
legs for dog, eh !" :
And no wonder he did so. The hind
legs Of the animal were booted and lad
every appearance. Of the pedal extremities
of the genus man.
But all doubts were removed very quick
ly for as the officer turned the body deep
groan came up, and the words, GOOD take
me T. in the Prussian tongue followed.
"Diable, here's an adventure n uttered
the officer and made Pierre hold the Ian
tern while he ripped open enough of the
dogs skin to find the face But they, con-
cluded not to stop there to. investigate, so
they formed a litter by crossing their mus
kets, and lifting the strange animal upon
it. they proceeded on their way. When
they reachedth camp they found half the
soldiers up, waiting to find cnt why: the
gun wus fred s: , ri" .:,., ~,
- Lights were brought, and the body
placed upon the ground. The dog skin
was removed and within was found Prus-
sian drummer. He was atsmall fellow,
though apparently some twenty years of
age /; but he was dead, Pierre's ball having
touched his heart, or somewhere very
,t.t'f Il
i: His pockets were overhauled, and in
one of them was found q cipher but no one,
could make anything out. They took it,
nnc directed tho body out of sight for burial
Oh the inorruw.: ,:"' ii '.'.:r' "a Ila:i
But this was not tho end. About fonr
O'Clock, just before daylight, another qua
was fired on the same post where Pierre
had been, and this timeaa man was shot
who was trying to make his escape from
the camp. He wasshot through the head.
When the body was brought into camp,
il: was found to be that. Of Bavarian,
trooper who had been suspected Of treach-
ery; though no proof had been found
against him. On his person was found the
key to the ,cypher which had been taken
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