Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-11-19
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"Oh, yes," said l, ''it is all
well enough for you to say 'nev-
er mind but, by George, he
looks as if he would bear a
great deal of minding."
Nonsense" said Alick, ,laugh-
ing; l tell you the dog will not
touch you; but, if you will not
believe me, wait a moment and
l will go along with you"
l certainly was afraid to go
into the room alone, and l think
you, my reader, would have
thought discretion the better
part had you been in my place.
/ Alick was talking with his
agent as l came to the hall door,
and had walked toward his Ii
brary to wait his leisure; but
when l opened the door a large
black dog that had evidently
been lying on the floor started
to his feet with q growl, and ex-
hibited a row of teeth that
would have made a good stock
in trade for a first-class dentist.
He was villainous looking
brute, and l declined trusting
myself to his mercy as | have
told above.
Alick finished his business;
then took me by the arm and
led me into the room-the dog
slowly dropped on his launches
when he saw his master, and l
paid no more. attention to him
until | had finished the business
[ had in hand.
"What in the world do you
want with such q vicious dog?"
| inquired, as l lit the cigar my
friend gave me.
81 don't think much Of your
Judgment if you call him a
vicious looking dog" was the
answer. Il
'What breed is he?"
"He's cross of several
breeds" a
"Yes, I should think from the
way he showed me his teeth
that he must be all 'cross.
"Come, come, Frank, you
must not run down old Nap
He has been too good a friend
or me to listen to anything but
praises Of him." .-
"Whet did he ever do that
vas particularly friendly" |
Nap? I'll tell you what he,
i'd, he saved me fifty thousand :,
aHars during war II mes.
i was about to give IN 9noe-
ewing chGckle, but a glance
f Alexis face told me that ne
as ia earnest, so / begged fcT
lie story. +
at was about the middle of
he war;" said Alick, "when l
as treasurer of the Grafton
1illing Company, Our office
fe was as unsafe as q pine box
ould have been, and | disliked
leave a dollar in it. There
ere several burglaries about
I4 PLACE and all of them were
Sillf1lly planned and execu-
ID. ii
Gone night our Office was vis-
ed, the safe pried open with
yedges, and the contents car
led off. The burglars found
ut a few hundred dollars, but
he feature of it was that they
ad hit upon a night when there
ught to have been q large a. /
lount of money there. We
ad received large cash pay
lent the day before, but instead
E trustino II TO our old safe /
ad taken it home with me.
1--WE wondered if the burg
4rs had any knowledge of this
ayment. IF they had, then
lev must have extraordinary
leans of gaining intelligence,
nd would know whenever we
,ceived any large amounts a.
ain, and would they not come
once tC my house, now that ]
lev had seen / did not trust
le safe? The question was a {
ery perplexing one, and / had
i angry debate over it with {
,me of our directors. | was ]
favor of getting o reliable !
lfe and employing a night
atchman. Int / was out-vOted. 6
"Old Evans, indeed, went so 4
r as TO say that lightning ney- 7
struck twice in the same :
ace, neither did burglars visit "a
d safes the second time, And 4
, was inclined to think our |
oney would be safer in the 1
fice than if carried 10 my res ,
enoe. And he talked so many {
the o;brrs ntdshis way of