Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-02-12

ins slse management 81 "a. ships saair. IN
the hands Of the mate. Pre~ensly the stew
ard ca@e on deck. lie wished TO know n
sny 81 the hands had seen Blusoo ti,.t morn
ING. Ihis vas thc name OF large New
ioundiand dog. which had been n great Ia
vorite With Lillian. And she kad taken go
PeeiAi dehght in feeding han. The dog
had gro~n extremely fond Of has voaae
nistress. and woald show his attachment IN
Iaany ways peculiar O. ms kind. Now that
the dariing -as losi the captain had order
- the steward to bring Blusoo 70 them
thinking THAI the siglst Of hirn n,ight Afford
a melAnc A0lv consolaiion 10 hi. wife. Hs,-
ing scarched the cabin through without be-
io- able % Ind the animal. she steward
cane on deok. a. ~e have 81 "a. to inquire
4 b. had been noticed by Any of the hand.
We AL answered IN the negative. None of
US had seen thc dog since the previous
night. ThercuPon the sb'P - r.nsaeked
fore and sft for the missing animal; and
Although We searched IN every nook and
corner h. vas not 90 be found
While We -ere al wondering Wat h,d
become Of him. the nan a. tbe mast bead
sanA out thar there we're whales afern
The mate rastantly ordered the boats % be
iowsrcd. and before Ne had scarueiy time
% ditest ourselve. of the idea THAI we were
siiil booking for the dog w- we're padding
swiftly ih the wake ofa great fat bow heai.
~ a9NrnIa -. a
IN The distancc. aad vent down When he
had got IN the midst Of IT, We foIlo-ed
hfm almost % the spot where he hal disap-
Pearcd. and then lay motionless and silent.
waiting for the next ri.ing. Large masse.
oi 'cc aashing gloriousiy n the early rsv.
a the Sun and moulded info thorst-d
dih~r~nf shapes. s-rroaui~d or Etile -ralt
on evcry hAnd. hoaiing by Nth majestic
slo~ness. AMI no- and then crashing
a-aius; each other With force that caased
some of them 20 BE- rcnt asuader. Strange
beautiful monuments are these fashioned hv
TIE hand of aatlr---n0nuncnts of the fro
ren mariners that sleep belor
A." There ii goes again. said old BiIl But
her N n whisper
WHAT" asked the mate
That barking noise. replied Bm:
'' I'c been beAr.ng Il ever .tnce - Ieft
the ship. SIR
Toe nate lcaaed Ayaias: his steering oar
ano listened.
q" IL 10 a seal. be- said
q" beg your pardon. SIR replied Bill;
% Bat never heard a zeal bark Ike that
q" Good heaven - Sclaisaed Portuguese
- loud that the nate vas obliged 70 rap
him on the bad uithhis knuekle. Good
heaven = b. add~d IN a lower tone. me
think thar one dog
"Gooj heaycn. MikeeI. me rnk e
sane. remarked ano.her Por'sre-a ii,,ls
fat isllo~ by thc name ofPat Piankst.
% lt Zoe. soani mighsy Ike dog. aid
the nate. - ihe barking became more dis
tinct
o. Perhaps q = Biasco o. an icc cake
TarninS she beat round -ith bis Steer
inE car. untii hcr bows pointed in the d.
rection 20 the noi.e. th- nlste no. or,i~r~d
us 20 paiiiu ahcad. W. obeyed anI the
boat SO forward nth an easy speed The
barking sounded n~arcr eysry moment. un-
tii ~ ~ere quits convinced by its peculiar
~. that 10 emanated from 10 other throat
than that q Blusco
Bot ~herc va hes
This ~ss tbe quesiion that nov arose 90
Our lips. We could h~sr BIN plainly. bot
could SO nothing % him b. the sound
oi BIS ARK. ~e shosH Judge that be .;ood
on ihe sumrit ofaa ireberg We vere tbcn
arproaehing snd ~asbaia lev fatbouis dis-
tant. Yet noi sithstanding this. no Biusro
was therr visible What eouii BE- meaos
Hal ..1.r m-rnsti ..araa.I tar l1s .als
.rvi.'....
Ns .ont,auei 90 sprrosch The bark
Jog becsuc murh iouisr. anI vas ful q
fsntic ioy. The iceb.rr-a rather large
one-trembiei o. though Under tbe inau-
en-e ~ an er,iepu- fi. ShI.-tiore vss
o. Blns-o in sirit
Cor beat struck against tbe icsberg \
ralr of eves giesaled 81 us through chink
ia the crysfai vail-tbcy SER tl- eves oi
b.rs.r The mystery was sVpla ned.
The monument of ice 80 hollow. ioruin,
rnie iittis ,hamber. boz vhi.b ihe dogvs
sr1rIv cnsrorrcf
81 God Oh heaven be prai-si' ius
iook tbcr-. evr'a.med ihc mate. ts-uini
to B,I. ani uot.1aing hirn 90 iook tlroue
~ creviee froan vhieh b. bad jest dra~
his o~n etss
HiI dii a. requested. ani beheii Sigh
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