, 1870-06-10
ATERHIRI.E ADVENTURE.
An Invalid shut Up i'm n Room with
"A Mod Dog for Three KTouF1-

F7oz, the Detroit FREQ Fress, Jaa4a
About two months $50, whlle assisting to ns
out vessel in the river, = man nsned Peter
Demesy, living on Peterboro street. IN the
spike through the sole Of his left foot. and has
ever SINCE been laid up by the accident, once
narrowly escaping an stack Of 1ocktax- His
13malS conslsts Of wife and boy, The latter
,a anoat ~ years old. Sunday afternoon the
motles and boy went On = visit to Some friends
On ulauot roah, leaving the invalid lying on d
bed that stood ~ 5 :. 1ecess" OF the front roou.
In fact, tEcre Is but enc room in the house,
the 10y occupying lounge at night
had heavy one lying On the bod when the
family went awsy. For three years t.:sa family
had owned large cur dog, Of no particular
value, but kept around for tho SANG rexson
that nine-tcnths Of the families in poor cirrum-
1ess cur about to eat up, tho provisions thss
might otherwise be eaten By child The dog
wanted to 60 With the boy, but wasdrivan back,
and laid down on the STEP DeneEy states that
he had read for shout an hour, when his atten-
tion Was attracted to the dog. Tho animalhad
centre Of the room, utter1ng4 g1owling, wheez-
ing sort Of noise, his eyes shining, and the hxir
on his back bristliug up straight. He spoke
sharply to the animal, who slunk under the bed,
keeping up bowling a. II in pain 4 VIM
dow Is situated near the recess and almost
opposite the door, and this was up little way
at the bottom, the sash being held up by =
hook. 4 sudden breeze coming up crested
draft that slammed the door shnt, and Demezy
and his dog we're thus shut up, az it wars, to-
gether. He states that tie dog kep. up bis
annoying tones until he finally spoke sharply
to him, when, al at once, the hruts bounded
from under tho bed and commenced running
around the room. His ey es we're fill Of blood,
he kept snapping his jaws togethcr Ike
trap, and every hair on the animal seemed to
ham ff,AFF AtxS
brute's jaws, but be emitted > sort Of sudsy
saliva that scented the room ike musk. Round
he went, turning over cl,nifs, swapping at the
blowing window curtain every time ha passed,
and esch time he leaped over the cook stove,
which stood just out from the wall.
DemeEy cid not realize that he invoked any
danger in speaking to tho dog; he regarded
tie sf1air as arising from desire Of ths dog
to get out and follow the boy. So he yelled
sharply at the brute, bidding him lay down
The dog. just then. had halted near the door,
ing his crutch IN one hand, as he had notion
10 hobble over and open the door. Hardly
had he spoken, when tho dog bounded for
ward, giving 4 fearful howl. Instinctvely,
tie man extended his e1utch, which came IN
ing on the door. When he got up, it WAS to
resume his race around the room, looking
more frGLtful than ever Dcmery spr1ug on
the back side Of the bed, close to the WA4.
boiling his rutch ready for defanca, but
1oyi,,S that tho mad brute would not again AZ
tark him
It Was now time when Demery might a1-
pect his wife and child to return at any mo-
meut, and it suddenly occurred to him that
their return would only be to meet IN attack
from tie dog. II they ascended tha steps
and opened the door, As was entirely natural,
the dog would bite one or both There was no
longer room to doubt that he was r2bid, xnd
that his maLnees waa growing worse Ill the
time. He might shout an ALARM. as they stood
at tie door. but would they understand aud
heed it in time?
lis but due to sober, Industrious man to
state that in TINT moment OF peril to his FAM
ily and TO himself, hs resolved on deed that
should so down on record foF future genera
tons to read. Hc resolved to make that mad
brute attack him, hoping in tho struggle to
deal him death blow with the crutch- Care
fully getting upon hia knees, and securing
i'm Eold OF his Ctutcl, Demery yelled at the
dog. The animal WAS tearing around the room
ana1lirg and clasli1G his jaws together, and be
STOPPED, looked up for 8 moment, and then
sprang for tho bed He just got his paws and
head upon it, when down CAME the crutcb, and
he rolled orer and over T1rro times waa this
stunned by the blow, and, willie lie Lay gssping
OIL the floor, the czutca was broken in pieces
over his head, and he was afterwards finished off
with the axe. TAemhu lid not faint, nor grow
pale; be dragged the body ont doors aud waited
for Lis fa1nil:, who came in about haH an hour,
ard then the catcaEs was buried. Hc yesterday
lCbbled down to the Central Station to see If
he had Fio17ted the ordinance by burning the
tooy in his yard. Il was there that, il mod
ckt, hesitating was, he gave the above facts t.
or reporter.