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A TALE OF A DOG

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The lyons diligence was just going to
start from Geneva, 1 climbed on the roof,
and ehose my place next the driver; these
was still . vacant seat. and the porter called
3" Monsieur Demannw
AttaH young man, with German style
of sountehssce. advanced, holding in his
arms o. Iarge black greyhound, which he
vainly tried to place on the roof b
- Monsieur, said he, addressing me,
" will you have tie Kindness to take my
dog ls'io1Af Hs'- a-a iii ~ se
Bending over, i took hold of the animal
and placed him on the straw at my feet.
obseryed that ne wore q handsome silver
coIlaf. on which the following words were
tastefuEIy esgfaYed @BeTis belong to
SIR Arthur burnley, given to him by Miss
Clara srEf suszi.s -9siLN IgIf
His owner was. therefore. an Englishman,
yet my fellow traveller, who had now taken
his plaeeby my side, was evidently either
Swiss ORA German, and his name was Der
mann lTriAipg as was the mystery, il ex-
cited my curiosity, and after two or three
hours pheasant conversation had established'
q sort Of Intimacy between US, l ventured ko
ask my companion for an explanation.
at does not surprise me" he answered,
"that this collar, should puzzle you; aud l
have great pleasure telling you the story of
its wearer Bevis belongs to me- but it is
not many years since he owned another mas
ter, whose name is on his collar You will
see why he still wears it. Here, BeTis speak
to the gentleman"
The dog raised his head, opened his bright
eyes, and, laying back his long ears, utter
ed sound which might well pass tor sal
utation. ,....f. ....-, ....f O. b. - .-..-.--..
MI. Dernahn placed the animals head
on his knee and he began to unfasten the
collar. sziii1 sa- uiUT gi trr
Instantly BeYis drew back his head with
violent jerk, and darted toward the ing
gage on the hind part of the roof. There,
growing fercely, he lay down, while bis
muscles were stiffened, and has eyes glowing
withffnry. ns13ri 50 pgidsia. - Il.
"You see, Monsieur, how determined he
is to guard his collar should not like to
be the man who would try to rob him Of it.
Here; lBeEis, ~ said be, in soft caressing
tone, Y 4 won't touch itagain, looE fellow
Come and make fnendsr ,e.,. mimi -,,i...,
The greyhound hesitated, still growing.
At length he returned slowly toward his
master, and began to lick his hands; his
muscles gradually relaxed, and he trembled
like leaf. asaf a.s IL. "a % II rsfl Z,
There. boy, there said Mr.. Derman, ca
ressing him. 1--WE won't do it again. Lie
down now, and be qaiet." = .sl'irniid
Thsnaog nestled between his masters feet
and went to sleep. Ny fellow traveller, then
turning towards me began: ..--., &c..
~ am native Of Suabia, but I live in 4
little village Of the Sherland, at the foot o
the Grimsel. My father keeps an inn for the
reception of treyelers going to ST. Gothard
About two years ago there arrived at our
house one evening q young Englishmen,
with pale, sad countenaf1ce he travelled
on foot, and was followed by large grey
hound, this Bevis, whom you see He de-
clined taking any refreshments and asked
to be shown to his sleeping room. Weg gave
him one over the common hall, where we
were oil seated around the fire. Presently
we heard him pacing rapidly up and down ;
from time to time uttering broken words,
addressed no doubt to his dog, for the ami
NAL moaned occasionally, as II replying to
and sympathizing with his master aii1 ifi
"At length we heard the EngIishman stop
and apparently strike the dog a blow, for
luC pun DCdSN kaNC- a lOuQ nOhi VI ",
and seemed as If he ran to take refuge under
the bed. Soon after he lay down, and all
was quiet for the night Early next morning
he came down, looking still more pale than
the previous evening, and having paid for
his lodging, he took his knapsack and re-
sumed his Journey, followed by the grey
hound, who had eaten nothing since their
arrival, and whose master seemed to take
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when the creature ventured to caress him.
"About noon happened to be standing
at the door, looking toward the direction
the Englishman had taken, when heard
howls OF distress proceeding from . wound
ed dog that was dragging himself towards
me. H'i3ini in2t' nH.7ie1 H" 'iod
II ran 10 him and recognized the English
mans greyhound. His head was torn, eyi-
IDENTIFY by bullet and one Of his paws bro
ken. Iraised him in my arms and carried
him into the house When I crossed the
threshold he made evident efforts to escape.
so placed him on the ground. Then, in
spite of the torture he was, suffering, which
caused him to stagger every moment, he
stretched at the door Of the room where his
master had slept, moaning at the same time
so piteously thst could scarcely help weep
ing myself opened the door and with an
effort he got into the room, looked about
and not finding whom he sought be fell
down motionless i'''ni +'iH ''.l ~
81 called my father, and perceiving that
the dog was not dead, We gave him all pos
sible sssissance, taking indeed as much care
of him as though he had been q child, 50
much did xe feel foF him. In two mOnths
he was enred. and showed rs much affecton
we found it.imPossible 10 take of his eols
lar even for The purpose of binding up his
wounds,z As soon as he was able TO walk
he would often 90 towards the mountain,
snd be absent for .houn. The second time
this occurred we followed him He proceed
ed as far as part Of the road where mar
row dehIe borders precipice; there he con-
tiuued for q long time, smelling and scratch
inc about. We conlectured that the Eng
lishmsn might have been attacked BY rob
bers on this spot, and his dog wounded in
defending HIM. 9 = ..,,..A 8, !. 2 =. - {.
However, no event of the kind had. oc-
Cured In the countrv. xfif 9ftef the strictest
search 40 corpse could Be discovered Re-
collecting therefore the manner Ia which the
traveller had treated his dog, i came 70 the
conclusion that he had tried TO kin the
creature. But whereforel This was the
mystery which / could not solve. ~ sbsa
Bevissresnained with Us, testifying the
utmost gratitude for our kindness BIS IN
telligenca and good hnmor attracted the
strangers who iequented our inn while the
Inscription on his collar, and the tale which
we had 10 tell Of him, failed not to excite
their curiosity. One mdrning IN Autumn, l
had been out 10 take walk. accompanied
by BeviSa When returned, 1 t0und seated
by the fire In the common hall newly ar
rived Traveller. Who looked around IS ! en-
termed. :. As scaE IS he perceived Bcyis. he
started and called him The dog immedi-
atelv serted toward him with frantic de-
monstrstions Of joy, BE ran arotnd him,
smelIiud his clotheH and uttered snort Of
salutatisn with which he honorsd you just
now. and finally placing bis fosepaN IN the
Travellers knee begsn % lick bis face. s9l-z1
afWhers Is your msster, Beyis Where
is sir zEth1r said TIE stranger 10 En-
oIiSh -rf-ph 1as1e5z riod Ak ri - sTzG .lir .
GThel noble dog hoxled pifeeusly and lay
foxn At ire travellers feet Then the lat
ter bearsd us to explain his presence. I
did 20 and a. 6e listened. Issv tear fall
on the t5sznfifnf head Of the grey hound,
whom - Ieaned over % cares. 2 sz.lsl1
aMohsienf.r sid he, addressing me, @from
what vea ten NE venture to hope that Sir
Arthur sig lizss We hare been friends
from childhood About thres years since
he married. 4 fich heiress, and this dog was