Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-04-04
is GOVERNED TOO MUCH"
MIS- SCELLANY
THE BLoopHouHD's REVENGE.


A. many doah,s have been east upon the
truth Of the following s,ory. shall msr-ly
say. by way Of preface. that I tell u -
heard 10 told. and that bslisvs 10:
I, n now 'iI and twenty years ago last
November. on tho 18th day OF the month.
that the events occurred which I sm about
to relate. Twenty siI ycars ago; yes! on
the 18th day Of November one thousand
eight bundrvd and twenty. ishall rsuem.
Der that date iili my dying day.
Ny brother and I had gone TO spend our
vacation. at the invitation Of an old friend.
In = scan,ily populated district Of Hereford
shire. for the porpose Of recruiting our
health and shooting over his extensive c.
ta,es. lie wss away, 20 We preferred taking
up our quarters in . snug lodge IN the park,
to living In the cherries masuideeuos Of an
unCecupied mansion.
With u. We brought . dog II had been
cen, over from SPAN . lew months previous
ly asa Pressn, to my brother. iIO VA. .
bloodhound. and thoroughbred, standing
full forty inches high. with taTrrins. mus
calar limbs, and with . countenanoc 90 in.
tellee,usi and human IN its s,pres.ion. that.
when a, rest. I, appeared As though IL were
working out scms sast problem for the fo-
turv bepeft Of HE race. For my.eli. I shall
never believe bot that that dog ~s' deep
,hinter. IL was curious 10 watch his eye.
now turned upwards ,bOuehiiully. .As Il It
were seeking fOr soms calculated result
now slowly d'ls,ins and frightening as ths,
results became palmer and plaincr--now
shooting oo, br,sh, ray o! light. rs though
the long expected illumination had bur.,
upon him. and then slowly sinking down
again. to brood upon and ampliiy b. newly
acquired theory.
Rudolph. for ,ha, va. his name. vi" .
grand dog. and Of immsnse strength (; but
bic .lerder legs, b.. finely Gu, head. and. let
me add, hi, sensitive nose. gave him some.
wha, the appearance Of an eaemiua's giant.
Even we did no, appreciate his enormous
power ,ill one day. on coming home, We
found the iron chain that bound him snapped.
and q large ma-tid. that had dared to que..
ton HI. right TO . bone. stretched dead ai
~. fe.t.
Upon questioning our servint. he 'sid he
cav the ms.tia J'mp over the low wall Of
the yard. aud try to take possession OF the
bone ,ha, Rudolph d'd liitls at sr,, bu,
With q stroke Of his paw, yu't struck tho
BON. from the mas,iG - .oon as be laid hold
Of IL: tha, st last the masiia. by q Srk,
tossed !, ou, o. the reach Of Rudolrh's cham,
and va. following It. when. with yell. he
.pranc TO h,. feet. took huge le.p. snapped
hi. chain. s.ir-d the ms.ua by tho throat.
aud bciors hs t,hs scr'anD could come on.
the biz brute Was dead.
The farmer TO whom The mastiG had be-
longed eallei nett day. Though CRAFTY
erie,si at the los. OF bic dog. which bad
been grsat hsorits. he nevertheless refused
all offers on our part to make restitution.
aud declared that hi' only motive for calling
was To make the acqua,ntapce Of . dos pow.
criul enough TO kill such an animal .. bis
mas,iG.
Rudolph VAS produced. and behaved 90
well, and looked 30 handsome. tba, the far.
mer declared that he had never seen such .
dog and requested, ",f u wssn't making
to- bold" that We should come and loneh
With him some day tha, week. to sec bic
farm. aud bring Rudolph with us. Know.
ing that We could depend on him as long A'
be was within sIgh,. and 10th TO refuse %
kind . return for an injury. not the less real
because uninten tiOnal, We heartily accepted
the invitation for ali three.
Aiew days afterwards, then. IN accordance
With rh1s invitation. We presented ourselves
at the iarmer's door. The house was long.
ram bling strue,urs. nowhere more than one
story high. stretched its ,bapele.s length
round three sidc' Of large larmyard, con.
tanning the usual medley Of p's'. ducks,
manure, chickens. COWS. and straw. Dor
host received US very kindly. introduced US
to bis wife. comfortable locking body, with
siI small children. two in her Irms. and the
others pceplng timidly out Of d'atren, folds
Of her gown like little chickens They were
nice, elean.looting. Saxon children. with
white hair and blue eyes. The youngest. q
pretty. looking g'ri Of about two year. old
wa, 80 dr.ad'ully frightened at the .ish, oI
our big dog, that the mother Was obliged to
carry her otI to bed. weeping pi.eou'ly with
terror. aggravated. perhaps, by the pain
caused by the ADVENT Of sharp little teeth.
We were ushered into large. low room,
with great f,sot laiily snoulderins on the
hearth, and long table spread with snowy.
homespun cloth. aud covered with sub.,an.
tiai iare--cold sucking pig. roast beef. and
fowls. Presently the good wife came back
.yins ,ba, her pretty darling had gone to
sleep. The farmer produced jog oi sound.
old home-bre~ed, with an extra stresk Of
malt in IL, and what with tha, and the res.
Of the good cheer. and the good humor and
pressing hospitality Of our hos. and hostess.
the Gre, par, Of the day ras.ed ss usrrily
as could DO. Presently. however. We were
startled BY hearing loud screams i,suing
from distant part Of the house then they
wsre busbed for moment. and then they
rose again louder than before. The child
ths ehild!' cried tho mother. and rushed
out of the room.