Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-01

leeIng nttlc cold, l went back INTO the lakt
again to consider what was 70 be done, and
revolving the fell design OF enucng lowsel
INTO the water ana there drowning him.
Abuse ana liattery beng equally thrown away
upon him, | tried stones heaved at MN
with all my lorce the largest pe'oies ! Coulu
select, the majority OF winch he e'aded by
leaplng IRON SIDE to SIDE, ana 1hose Wi'lch
struck HIM rendered HIM 80 furious 'hat De
lleye he would have killed ana ate me II ne
could, whether | was dressed or not nut he
would notventure INTO the water alter me StIll.
At last the time drawing on alace ior tIe ap-
pointed interview Nll'H / hau once Io'Neu
forward to with sueh oeiisnt ana eNlecta
ton, was lam, III an agony ol shame ana
rage, to hide myself IN lry dIteh In the
neIghborIng colse' Where could see Niat
took place without oeins seen ana there /
covered myself over IKE Dape III 'Ne WOOD,
with leaves Presently my Lncy came
down. urlle more careluiiY uie97eu u'ln US
1aI ana looKlnS an grace ana hi'des'y t'e
| uog peSln To ho"l aS she are" near 7'V
| saw MN ana she saw my cl1thes' ana lhe no
uon thlt was drowned coulu see II III 'ti
| expressive countenance) ilashed upon her at
once Tor one instant she looked as thouSl
about TO lalnt' ana the next she sled OH
| again 10 the Hotel With the speed oi deer
"raclouS Heavens l deciaed upon iescuihS
portion OF my garments al least, or upon
! perlshlng IN the attempt ana rnsheu ouI Oh
| the thlcket LOT lhe purpose ouI my courage
! iaileG me as / neared the savage ANIMAL ana
found myself IN some confused ana palpi-
tatInS manner) back IA my dry dltch again
with the sensation Of loss Of blood and
pain my retreat had not been etected-Ire-
haps because there was nothing 10 cover it
without considerable loss, and the beast had
bitten ne severely. protest that, from that
moment, irightful as my position was, it did
not move Inc 50 much as the reflection Of the
honors that would be showered down on that
vile creature. ! knew that he would be con-
sidered by Lucy and the rest as a sort Of dogof
Montargis, an affectionate and sagacious crea-
ture. watching patiently at his appointed
post for the beloved master that should rey-
er again return to him Presently they all
came back, Lucy and her mother and the
ma servants. from the inn, beside my fell
low students and fishermen with drag-nets.
and a medical man with blankets and bran
dy chow | enyied the blankets and the BRAN
dy) As | expected, neither the women's
cries nor the men S labor in vain distressed me
half so much as the patting and caressing Of
Towser; if she could have only known when
she dropped those tears upon his cruel nose
that there was a considerable quantity Of hui
man fesh-my hesh-at that moment lying
in his stomach in an undigested state |
could not repress a groan of horror and indig-
nation - Hush hush" said Lucy and there
was a silence, through which I could dis
tinctly hear Iowser licking his chops was
desperate by this time. and hallooed to my
friend Sanford" Sanford and nobody else
to come into the copse with blanket |
remember nothing more distinctly lmmedl-
lately peals OF laughter. now smothered, now
breaking lrrepresslbly forth expressions OF
thanktulness, OF affection, OF sympathy, be-
glnnng-but never hnished-burst IN upon,
as 1t We're, by floods OF merrlment and the
barking, the eternal barking. OF that eXecra-
bic dog. l left Killarney that same even
ing Lucy, and the mother OF Lucy, ana my
fellow-students, and the ahomlnahle lowser
| left them for good and all and that was
how my engagement was broken oii' and why
there Is no MIS- Peony tIush, " cohcluuei
the curate. who had turned from rose-eolor
to deep carnatlon, and IRON that to almost
black, during the recital.
felt formy poor friend deeply, as many
Others did to whom told tins under the seal
Of secresy, and who revealed 1t to their tamil
les. In place of the religious book-markers,
with bibles, and crosses, ana crowns WORKED
on them, which used to be ralned upon MI
Flush during the summer months, from
anonymous but not altogether unknown
hands, he now received similar encouraging
tokens Of a more earthly character wreath
of orange flowers, with . Hope on, hope ey-
er,' under it, in floss silk; and vignette, on
perforated cardboard, OF Robert Bruce
and the Spider, with medieval illumination
signifying - Never Despair he was also
presented by some humorous artist with the
miniature of dog couchant upon asheap OF
something. and . semPer tdelis' under
meath. His misfortune, however. was IN
fair way of being forgotten, but for what oc-
CURED last summer. Barnley had never had
so great an influx Of company as then. Our
hotel was filled to overflow two OF cur nd
inc donkeys died from exhaustion, third
edition was called for Of the guide book, and
the bathing machines were entirely reserved
for the ladies' use.
1t was not this last circumstance, Tor
Peony Flush never bathed, but the hrst
which interfered with our good curate com
fort. The inn being full, It's landlady sent
her respects to Mr.. Flush, and would he al
ford her the temporary loan OF a spare room
in his house for widow and her daughter
who had written for apartments the day be
fore, and were coming on that evening IN the
expectation of finding them. To refuse to
perform kindness never entered into the
| good fellows feeling heart, but this request
vexed him nightly. The information that
the ladies were of a sumptuous character,
and travelled with two riding-horses as well
as their own carriage, affected him nothing.
If they had been pedestrians, and were about
to appear in a walking-groye of bandboxes,
they would have alarmed him quite as much.
He was not sure if it would he indelicate for
him to put his boots outside the door at
night, and he gave orders that his linen
should be removed = half dry - from the
lines in the back garden 1t would be a re-
lief to him, he SAID, II would reside IN the
house during the stay OF the two visitors I;
and, at all events, must dine with him tt the