The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-08-13
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KILLED ny A D0g.
AFeafrul Tragedy IN Georgis-How a
Dog Protected hts mistress-The
Throat Torn from n william,

AFeaeful Tragedy In Georgia-How q
Dog Protected his mtstress-Tho
Throat Torn from n william,
From The Augusta tea.j Chronicle.
In one Of the mountain counties of
Georgia there lives two families, each bo-
fore The war noted for It's wealth and re-
nnement Since the war tho families
whom we shall call respectively II and ~,
though they had, like nearly everybody
else, lost ever thing by the conflict, still
retained the high position In society which
they had for some long time filled. Ono of
them, the LIS, lost several Of it's members,
as we'll as it's fortune, by the war, and at
tho time of our story consisted OF Mr..
Il, a gentleman SO years Of 0ge, his vito,
nearly the same ago, and nm unmarried
daughter Of about 25. Within about n
quarter Of n mile OF their house lived one
Of the R.,s, a young man who had recently
married a very beautiful Young Indy Of tho
county, and having left the pntornal man
sion, was farming by himself on q small
tract of ground. Tho two fnmilice lived
some distance from tho county town, in q
s%parsely inhabited section Of cuuntry, md,
being each the nearest neighbor OF tho
other, wore, Of course, on terms Of great
intimacy. Between tho young vito and
the daughter OF Mr.. l.. q fast friendship
WINS soon formed.
A fow days since MI. r. Informed his
wife that he had received a letter, which
would compel immediate attendance IN At
lanta, whore he would have 10 remain Hev-
cnl dnyp, and ~ it would bo inconvcntont
for him 90 take her with him 10 that city,
advised that she should ask hor young
neiphbor 10 stay with her during his alb
senco. Tho noxt morning he set ont In his
buggy for Atlanta, and his wife during tho
morninu went over 10 L. y for tho purpose
ofinvitinq her young friend 10 stay wit her.
The young lady, after consultation with
her mother, readily assentcdto tho propo-
siiion, and promised 10 como over during
the afternoon.
About 3 o'clock Mrs. II. began to feel q
little uneasy, ns Miss l.. had not yet como,
when q servant came mp to the house n
brought q note from her expected friend,
stating that she would bo unable to. spend
the night with her, ~ h had promised, ioI
her father, from somo cause or other, ma
positively refused to give his consent TO the
arrangement. After delivering the note
the servant took hia departure, and the
brave woman prepared 10 spend tho night
by herself. Feeling that she htda protoo-
tor I'm n largo and very iorcc ynrd-dog be-
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her bedroom, and after securing the u
Law downand resigned herself TO sleep.
About 10 o'clock she was awakened from
her slumbers by a noise in the house and
tho angry growing OF the dog, and discoy-
cred that the hall door had been forced,
and that some one was standing at her
room door, seeking an cutrance. speaking
ns loudly M her fright would let her, Mrs.
R asked, "Who IL thereY" A mans
voice, which sho did not recognize, replied
by telling her TO "open the door Again
she asked tho same question, and again re-
ceived the Rameanswcr, tho stranger adding
that IL she refused he wonld 'brcnk tho
door down." During this dialogue the dog,
still growing, crouchod upon the floor az II
ready 10 spring. Thinking TO intimidatc
this man, who sought her ruin, Mrs. R
cried 10 him that ii he forced tho door sho
w5uld shoot him.
Laughing s%cornfully, tho ruiiAn threw
his weight against tho light door, burst II
open and entered the ~room-whcn, quick
as Thought, the savage dog SPRING forward
and fastened on his neck. The NM, aston
ished at this suddon attack, attempted TO
kill the animal with n knife which no held
in his hand, but uusuccessfully, and the
powerful animal dragged him to tho
ground, still retaining his hold upon his
throat. Stunned at first by this unlocked
for %deliverance, the woman in q fow sec
onds, regaining her presence of mind somo-
what, ran screaming from the house never
stopping until she arrived ut tho place of
tho Lis, where her cries soon aroused tho
family.
Her talo wuslnpidly told, and tho servants
were preparing 10 20 10 tho scene OF dan
ger, when suddenly Mr.. L. was missed,
and his wife almost on the instant as II
struck by a sudden presentiment, screamed
'Merciful God ! il must be my husbandG'
With a cry of horror the party SGT forth,
and run as fast 10 the house OF Mrs. IL. as
the latter had run away from itA fow min
utcs before. Arrived there they found tho
man still on the floor, and tho dog still
grasping his throat. Beating him away,
from his prey they found the suspicious Of
Mrs. l.. but too correct IL was her husband
but the teeth Of the dog had done their
work, and he WIS dead.