Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-04-01

And to think he's got TO be killed Why
weren't you cow, you sillyf And thai
window, there, gentlemen-ihat little va'-
dow-Just above the pigsty, next tozouFs
that's my sweet darling baby's little roor1<
Oh, you must come and see our pieeIf.
with our poor dear sow, with her last Iiz<[1
white piggy-you've just eaten it's eide<<
brother, sir; that il, We called 1.-THE eldee<
but. OF course. sir, you know sir, here fHe
poor woman blcshed up to her merry eFez
that there weren't any ofthem older thar
the other. And there's the hen house
and just above where Mary sleeps and
there's the stables and tba6s poor 4.
Smiler. sir, thirty years old, and as souH3
as roach /; and-What's that :"
1t was the baby crying again, aud The
mother, begging us to excuse her,rushcd|
of to comfort her rooI little darling -
When the cries ceased, beeatse aware Of
growing noise, low like thunder. ti1a:
seemed TO proceed from something br,,in3
me. turned .and saw Rudolph sbt7;r..<
bis teeth, with his eyes Fixed .1tebiiy, with
the same awful expression, 90 the 1it,ls
window above the pigsty.
| had never during the whole OF the day
forgotten tina. look, and when / saw il
again, unable to conquer my fears, deter
mined | would not rest till had seen the
dog safely chineG up in his kennel at home;
and so, hurriedly saying that | did not
feel well. and asking the farmer to make
our excuses to his wife, l walked away
with my brother. calling Radolph after me
When we reached home, felt tired, and
telling the servant to chain up the dog, |
went in and threw myself on the sofa.
/ - hn- obo a.
hours after this that was startled from a
sleep that had forced itself upon me, by my
brothers voice: "HolIo =" he said, wake
up! what nonsense you are talking some
thing about-'easy lead for dog like him
-'over the pIgsty'-'opeu window de-
clare, you quite frightened me when you
cried out. in an awful voice Tie child !
the cLildn You've eaten too much suck
ing pig"
had had most dreadful dream. |
dreamed that was in the farm yard that
we had lately quilted, and that saw Ru-
dolph IN the distance carrying off some
thing white, and the ground was covered
with snow. Then heard shrek, and
turning towards the place whence it seemed
to proceed, | saw the farmers wife at the
little window, pointing out as that of the
ba5y's room, and which was open, gesticu
lating wildly. Then remembered calcu-
lating what an easy leap it would be for a
dog like Rudolph, on the window sill and
then heard voice crying out Save 1t
save it !" and then | was awaked.
The FIRST thing | said was, lis Rudolph
safe ?"
a suppose 81" said my brother, leaving
the room.
Presently he cried, "Come here"
| ran down stairs, and saw-an empty
kennel. The servant had chained the doc
carelessly, and he had slipped his collar
and made off.
A strange thing is mental electricity IRE
| sumed Mr.. Grinder, after short pause
during which he seemed greatly agitateC
with the recoilections he had recited, anC
as if he found some difficulty in gathering
up his strength to proceed IA very, very
! strange thing is electricity. We both gazeI
for moment at the empty collar then W,
| both started, as if by mutual and suddei
I impulse, and looked face to face andtheu
without word, / knew that he had OBJ.
served the expression of the dogs eye
that be had as carefully concealed hi
fears as had, and that he felt, with nysei
| that to the farm-hours, and nowhere else
had the deg gone. He was to first t
speak.
There is no time to be lost; we mus
sSt eff Immediately"
In two minutes we were or our way t
the farm house, he taking the lead.
The house was about two miles distant
and we set OFF running. SO engrossed wer
our thoughts. that we had gone for som
distance before we found out somethin
that made US both suddenly stop.
1t was showing, and the ground WINS ha
changed from black to white.
Dream coming true" we both mutter
ed.
When we had got within a stopethrow
our destination, We saw a large amin;
bounding away to our right, and | though
| saw something white in his mouth.
Rudolph" we both said, in breath.
"Did you see something white in il
mouth ?" asked.
"No," said he: sit must have been IL
snow"
This seemed so reasonable an ezrlana
ton, that l assented to it at once, and ha'
tened EDWARDS.
We agreed to 90 to the farm.yard frs
not wishing to disturb the house needles
w. All seemed still enough. till, lookiu
ing up to the aforementioned window, v
saw the farmers wife in her night-dres
standing just as | had seen her IN m
dream, gesticulatipg wildly. We heal
her calculate, ''save it, save it y an
without waiting a moment, rushed bacE
the road.
1t had left off showing. The footsteY
of the dog, thanks to the snow that ha
fallen were plainly preceptible, and the
turned off through gap in the hedge
We followed. Straight across the tie
showed the track, now lighted for a mimi
bv the moon peeIing out FROM a cluu
, now lost again in the darkness. Over thru
,, fields We passed thus, when | saw, Wi
! terror hardly possible to describe, that Il
/. track Lecame dotted, occasionally at fir:
and afterwards thicker and thicker, wi
small black dots / stepped, and my wor
fears were realized: it was blood. Ho
that discovery spurred US an Over fie
and hedge and ditch we went, folllwiI
; that dreadful trail, which became mo
hideously apparent at every step. Ov
fences, through dykes, tearing, leapin
jumping, We went, caring not how, so til
we orly sped on: with cur heads press
forward, our tongues hot in our mouth
and our hearts beating audibly. AT la'
: to our surprise. we caught sight of Rudoli
I tearing away before US; then be leaped
! low wall and was lost How could :
! possibly have caught him up? We, fore
I continually to deviate from the straig
path, now in order to End gap in sol
. hedge through which we could crawl, Mt
j to discover q narrower part of come dit
over which to jump, now, on account
the darkness, losing the track altogether
=, how could we have caught him up? v
Il soon came to the cause-a pool of blood.
Here, then, he must have siopFe ed to ma
s an end to the struggles Of his poor victim
e here then, he must have stayed to regi
y his brutal appetitel Revenge, bowev'
d would not wait for tears. and without sto
r ping a moment. we hurried to the wall os
= which the brute had disappeared.
y To cur surprise we found it was the Wi
b of cur own yard, and leaping over it,
! hot fnn