Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13


my bed being placed at one end of the com
mon hall riVhileI wasundr dresaiue / heard
a storm rising in the mountains Just then
! there came knock at the door, and Bevis
bcgnn 20 erowlsA asked who was there 2
| A voice replied, two travellers, who want
Ia nights lodging Iopcned small chink
Of the door 10 look olit, and perceived two
| ragged men, each leaningon large club.
did not like their lookst and knowing
that several rotberies had been Committed
| in the neighborhOod, Irefused themadmis.
alon, telling them tlIntin the next village
they would readily find shelter They M.
1 pFoached the doU, as though theyTmeart {
| TO force their wayin, but Bevis niatle his
voice heard in so formidable ~ afhaniier that
they Judged il prudent-to retire lrI,bolted
The doOfWnd went TO bed. Beyis, accord
ing TO hisecustoln lay down rlrpr thc
Hreshoid, bht weneidier OF usfelt Inclined
Eto slcepo = q -
"Asqnarlcr -an, hour passed, when
! suadenlyy shove The Raillng of the. wind.
4 eanie the lopd, shriil cry Of a human being
N Distress. Bevis rushed against Che door
with fearlnl howl at the same moment
came theaFcport-Of a gun, followed by
anotherorys Two minutes after !, vas on
| the roadrarmcd witbWl carbine and hold
ing n dark. lantefng my father and the
lstrangef, armed, accompanied me. "A s for
| Bevis, he had darted ont Of the house and
Disappeared -, -
We.approached the defile wIlicltS |
mentioned before, At thc moment when. n
flash NJ lightning Illuminated the scene
Ia hundred yardstn advance we saw Bcyis
grasping b man by the throat We hur.
| ricd on, but the dog had completed hi,
! work ere we reached him; fuf two men
whom y recognized ms those WHO had
sought admittance to-Our. inn, lay dead
strangled by his powerful jaws Further
on, we discovered another man,,whost
bloody wounds the noble dog was hcl<ing
The stranger approached hin, ,andgave 4
convulslye try II was Sir Arthur-thC
master of Bcvisln Il -
i Here NJ. Dermann paused the recollcc
tion seemed TO overcome him, and III
stoppcd-to etarcss'the sleeping greyhound
IN order to hide lliss emotion. Af(er a
while he finished his recital in a few
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"Sir Arthur was mertaly wounded, but
he lived long enough to recognize his dog
and 70 confess that itia moinont of despcr
tion he had tried 10 XII the faithful
creature who now avenged his death, by
elaying, tie robbers who had attacked him
He appointed thestranger his exccutor,anC
settled alarge pension ON Bevis, to rever
Ito tho. family ofstlIe innkeeper, wishing
thus totestify his repentant love towarC
his dog, and his gratitude toward tllos,
who had succorod him. The griefof BeYi
was excessive; he watched by his master
couch, covering his dend body with -caress
es, and fera long time lay stretched on hi
4 grave, refusing to take nourishmcnt ant
| IL was not until nflers the lapse OF many
months that the sffcctionlof his new mas
i ter sccmcdto consolehim for the loss %
Sir Arthur" m g =
| AS my Fellow -trareier finished the re
cital, the diligence stopped to chang,
horses AZ the little town of NIentua. Herr
i NJ. Dermans journey ended, and having
taken down his mggage he asked me Il
assist the tlesccntof his dog. Ishook hand
with him cordially ,sand tlren called Bcyis
who, seeing me ON such good terms witt
hismaster, placed his large paws ON. mn
brcasty and uttered a low, friendly bark
Shortly after they 10th disappeared from
my sight but not from memory, as thi
little narrative has proved. .E-Iho AyyoSy