Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-04-08

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gave notice by low, determined
growl, that he would spring on m,
( and tear me into fragments if / ap
I preached nearer. 1t was evident tina
/ he did not recogneze me, in the least
without my clothes. Tow, Tow
Tow, Tow, said /, pleasantly, 'gooC
old Tow, you remember me-" But the
brute, like the friend whom we have
have known in a better day, and ap
peal to when in Indifferent apparel on
ly shook his head in menacing man
ner and showed his teeth the more
'Iowser,b quiet, sir how dare you
-Tow, Tow, Tow, Towser- Here
he nearly had bite of my calf. =
nasty, brutal dog go away sir-go
amt you ashamed of vourself?'-
Drops of foam oozed through the
teeth of the ferocious monster as he
stood up with tail erect at these re-
proving words, but he manifested nc
sign of rcmorse or sorrow. Nv stu
alton became serious in the extreme
what If he chose to sit there, on my
personal apparel, until? At
tins idea, too terrible to be concluded
pro5usc per>piraiion broke out all
over M. Presently. feeling a little
cold, | went back into the lake again
TO consider what was to be done and
revolve the fell design Of enticing
TOwser into the water and there
drowning him. \ buse and fatterv
being equally thrown away upon him,
L tried stones | heaved at hIm with
all my force the largest pebbles |
could select, the majority of which he
evaded by leaping from side to side,
and those which struck him rendered
him so furious that | believe he would
have killed and ate me if he could.
whether | was dressed or not, but he
would not venture into the water after
me, still. At last, The time drawing
on apace for the appointed interview
which / had once looked forward to
with such delight and expectation,
l was fam, In an agony of shame and
rage, to hide myself in a dry ditch in
neighboring corpse, where / could
see what took place without being
seen; and there I covered myself
over, like babe in the woods, with
leaves.
Presently my Lucy came down, a
triHe more carefully dressed than US
ual, and looking all grace and modes
ty. The dog began to howl as she
drew near She saw him and she saw
my clothes and the notion that l W as
drowned (l could see it in her express
sive countenance) flashed upon her at
once. For one instant she looked as
though about to faint, and the next.
she sped off again to the hotel, with
the speed of deer.
"Gracious Heavens / decided up
on rescuinga a portion of my garments.
at least, or perishing in the attempt :;
and | rushed out Of the thicket for the
purpose. But my courage failed me
as ! neared the savage animal and
| found myself lin confused and pal
pitating state) back in my dry ditch
again, with sensations of pain and loss
of blood. Ny retreat had not been
affected (perhaps, because there was
nothing to cover it) without consider
able loss, for the beast had bitten me
severely. | protest, that, from that
moment, frightiul as the position was.
IL olo not move me so nuch as the re-
Hec'ioh 0i Vhe hohors that would be
showered down on that vile creature.
| knew that he would be considered.
by Lucy and the rest. as a sort Of
MOntaragis-an affectIonate and saw
age creature, watching patiently at
MS appointed post ior the beloved
Ter Ln"V- SioU4u never again re
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