The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-18
4 DOG ON HIS 4EATELs.

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Il. the days s,,leI. England protected jhe
Trui.u Isles, an Albanian Sle6U-GO- iivt d
H the citadel Of Corfu. Ills name was
S~ero. short for Srridus, Il C PATTON SENT
Of he place the name Spcro, amongst
CUE. o., answering 10 Jack with tie
Rritish but lie was also called ''il:C SUI
altern's Comp anion," for there va .
subaltern's guard at the eli adel gate, and
when the officer commanding it took over
the various properties Of tie GIaid-room,
Spero insisted on being t&hCn over TOO.
For twenty-four hours that officer was hIS
master and his friend hut oTcc relieved
he would barely notice him, hIS allegiance
being t.aus fern ed to the next conner. He
was on good tail waggiug terms with all
Englishmen, however, but hated his own
countrymen like rats. IF Greek gentle
man, attired in the garments common to
all upper-class Europeans, entered the
British quarter on a visit, Spcro merely
growled and retired but when a native.
clad in petticoats, greavcs. and gaudy sash,
presumed to come over the dgawbIidgc,
Spero rushed at him with unmistakable
hostile intentions, and had 70 be he'd. As
for going into the town where the objects
of his enmity dwelt,'he never Thought Of
such a thing. AT what period of hiS pup
pydOm he came into the citadd ! C I'D II
learn, but there was no record Of his ever
having left II up to the time Of his taking
his two months leave.
For one day Spero sad 70 himself: Il
am getting ON in years my faculties are
all right at present, but they cann"t re-
main so forever, and as | should like to
see the country of my adontion before |
die, L had better not lose any more time.
80 VIII n the next mail steamer WAS
starting he went down to the landing
place, jumped into the fin st boat that Dut
off for the vessel, and walked ON beard
rs coolly as if he had PAID his cabin fare.
There was no fear about his reception :;
Jack is a wonderful fellow for Icts and
as n ither birds, beast, nor baby happened
to be on board, Spero was master Of the
situation, alId had a very pleasant voyage
20 southampton. When the vessel was
mooIed alongside the quay, Spero stepped
on shore, ard disappeared for a fortnight
There is absolutely no trace of him during
that Uunc, 50 that how far lie extended
his investigations, the data upon which
he formed his Judgment Of England, con-
sIdered as a canine residence, and what
II at judgment was, must ever remain a
II yst ~. One thing l am perfectly ceI-
tam Of, If his impressions could be cor
rectly interp eted, and given to the world,
they would be well worth penlsing; and
that is more than can be said for ali travel
err notes.
the fourteenth, but in minor matters |
cannot vouch for accuracy, as | write
from memory of what happened sixteen
or eighteen years aGo-SperU IeappCarGd
AZ Southampton, somewhat leaner than
when he landed. but in very good case
and Te-embarkCd himself Oh a COrfu-Gound
boat. He made his passage in safety, and
turned mp in his old place at the citadel
gate one morning when the guald was be-
ing mounted.
There is every reason to hope that the
result of his visit was not altogether un-
favorable to the English character for
he did not withdraw his friendship for
tie British officer, but continued to be
the suL"!teIn's companion, wien that
subaltoTn was on guard as eretorore
know that this feat OF Spero'S is not
half SO strange as some that have been Ic-
corded Of other dogs, but it is worth men
uou as showing thought and design. W hat
the old fellows motive was We cannot
guess. hut he must have had one. What
bothered me most for long time was
how he managed To pick out the right
vessel at southampton when he wanted to
return home but it occurred to me at
last that he probably recognised some sail
OF employed on that route, and followed
him on board.
Poor old Spero he died before his
friends, the English, accCdCd to the 70
mantle desire Of the Septnsulars, to ruin
themselves for an idea, and am sorry to
say that his days were cut short by violence.
Once again he quilted the citadel and Wis
lted the landing -place-whetEer mCGita-
ting another trip or not cannot be told
and a native policeman, creature who
carried a double barrelled carbine instead
of a truncheon, shot him. L. II.