The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-09-19
Marrying for the sake of a Dog
BY THE AUTHOR OF rrccIoLA.

and dog. There was time, indeed,
when he never would have said it, bat
that vas when he was bachelor; fer he
was the erustiest, most growing old
bachelor that 1 ever knew. He lived by
himself 1.-THE country, where he smoked
his pipe aud read his books, and took
care of his garden, 49,. avo~ ~
fields with his dog. Yes, he had dog,
a perfect che, named Medor, and in those
days .hethought perfect family consis-
ted of a man and his dog. Indeed he
said once, when l was there, too, that
Medor was his best friend and yet it |
was that gave him the dog. Medor
had belonged to a widow lady living at
st. German en- Laye, who thought the
world of him, but was in constant fear
lest he should be sho;, for Medof was
born hunter, and the forest park at St.
Germain was an inviting field for four
footed as we'll as two-footed hunters. The
keepers of the park declared they would
shoot Medor if they caught him there
again, so his mistress begged me to save
his life by finding for him a new master.
/ thought at once of Cabassol, and
could not have found better master.
He and Medor became at once fast friends
and understood each other perfectly
They were made for one another, and
we're always together. If Cabassol went
to walk. Mcdor went with him. 1T the
mastex ale dinner his dog had it at the
same TINE; and it really seemed as If
Cabassol were right, and that they made
a.perfect family.
But one day, when Medor's nose was
in his plate, and he seemed to be think
ing of nothing but his dinner, he sudden
" raised his head, and, trembling from
head to foot, began to growl and whine
In the most piteous and unaccountable
manner. The door bell rang; Medor
sprang forward, and when Cabassol join
ed him he found him rolling in an ecta-
\cy of 10y at the feet of stranger, and
Nsping up and down as if beside himself.
p. Gas, as you have guessed, his old mis-
L. who had moved from st. German
- 4laris, and had taken this journey for
Sic. sake of seeing her old friend Medor.
6 ne cried at the welcome her dog had
s,iven her. She had come, she said, to
ask him back again, for now that she
lived in Paris, there was no longer any
danger of his life from the foresters.
Would not Monsieur Cobassol permit
.'nntsa have Medor again? She would
10y whatever he chose to ask for
board during the three gears he
Ia absent from her, and round
esides.
2bassol looked at her in furious
Inner. Give up his dog! Never Il
- hn
cried, and gave rude shrug of his shout
ders, which said as plainly as words, "Go
about your business, madame" The Ia
dy bitterly reproached him and grew
very angry, not because he had treated
her so rudely, which was reason enough
she did not mind that-but because he
was likely to make Medor die of griei
by refusing to give him to her.
s'See! she cried, she has never ceased
to regret me- He still loves me, and M
one else"
Tpaese last words enranged Cabassol
they aroused his pride, and, determined
to show her that Medor loved him best
he said:
"Come I have plan which will soor
show you whether Medor loves you NOR,
than me. We will 90 together to yon
der hill which lies Between my house anC
Paris. There we will separate. Yol
shall go down the southern path, and
will take the northern, that comes bacl
to my house. Medor shall belong t,
whichever one of us he chooses to fol
low
every well,'' said she. ~ am agreed;
for she was confident the dog would fol
low her.
Medor did not quite understand tn
agreement, but he saw that the two PEG
pie whom he loved best had shaker
hands and stopped quarreling, and wer
now talking politely together. He wa
full of delight, gamboling about them
and petted by both. Cabassol, though
crusty bachelor, as said, was, after all
a pleasant companion when he chose
and now, feeling some pity for the lady
who must be disappointed, he s-a-s
talk and to make himself quite agreea
Bile, for she was his and Medor's guest
and the widow lady, sorry for the los
which she was to cause him, and feelin,
happy at recovering Medor, was in higl
spirits, and made herself quite enter
tanning.
When the time came for her to go tn
three walked slowly together to tn
top Of the hill, the two, l mean, for Me
dor, was frisking about them in grea
glee. At the top they separated, the
Cabassol went at once down the norther
slope, while the lady went down tn
southern, and Medor bounded after he
But in moment he perceived that hi
master was not with them. He ran bac
10 him then saw his mistress was not fol
lowing but was keeping on in her patti
He ran back to her, then to Cabasso
then to his mistress ;then-and so up an
down, backward and forward, the roa
becoming longer and sleeper each time
He. could nos make up his mind whic
q to leave he could not understand it a
~; he, went first to one, then to the 9th
er, ten times, and then ten times more
while they, without turning about 0
saying word, kept straight on in thei
= separate psths. At last poor Medor, GU
of breath, the sweat pouring from hin
his tongue hanging out of his mouth
fell down completely exhausted on tn
very top of the hill where they had sep
arated and there, turning his head frs
to the right and then to the left, he tries
to follow, with his eyes atieast, the tw,
beings to each of whom he had giveI
half his herrt.
Cabassol meanwhile saw how the pool
k1cg Jared, for each time he returned t.
"a he was painting harder. He wa.