The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-10-01
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"Lie down, lie down, sirl"
ooh, never mind him, Frank, he
won't hurt you; go right in"
ooh, yes" said I, "it is all well
enough for you to say never mind
him. but, by George, he looks as if
he would bear great deal Of minding.
"Nonaense," said Alick, laughing
81 tell you the dog will not touch you;
but, If you will not believe me, wait q
moment and will go along with you."
l certainly was afraid to go into the
room alone, and think you, my read
.er, would have thought discretion the
better part had you been in my place.
Alick was talking with his agent as I
came to the hall door, and had walked
toward his library to wait his leisure !;
but when [ opened the door O large
black dog that had evidently been lying
on the floor started to his feet with a
growl, and exhibited a row of teeth
that would have made good stock in
trade for frst-class dentist. He was
"a villainous- looking brute, and L de-
clined trusting myself to his mercy, as
1 have told above.
Alick finished his business then
took me by the arm and led me into
the room-the dog slowly dropping on
his launches when he saw his master,
and paid no more attention to HIM
until had finished the business I had
in hand.
"What in the world do yeu want with
such vicious dog ?" 1 inquired, as
lit the cigar my friend gave me.
"I don't think much of your judg.
ment ii you call him vicious-looking
dog" was the answer.
"What breed is he? ?"
"He's cross of several Breeds"
eyes, / should think from the way
he showed me his teeth that he was all
"cross.'"
"Come, come, Frank, you must not
run down old Nap He has been too
good friend for me to listen to any
thing but praises of him.
"What did he ever do that was par
ticularly friendly? ?" L inquired.
Chap? I'll tell you what he did
he saved me fifty thousand dollars dur.
ing war-times."
L was about to give an unbelieving
chuckle, but glance of Alexis face
told me that he was in earnest, so beg
ged for the story.
"It was about the middle of the
war;" said Alick, "when 1 was treasur-
er of the Grafton Drilling Company.
Our office safe was as unsafe as pine
box would have been, and 1 disliked to
leave dollar in it. There were several
burglaries about the place and all OF
them were skilfully planned and exc
cuted.
"One night our Office was visited,
the safe pried open with wedges, and
the contents carried off. The burglars
found but few hundred dollars, but
the worst feature of it was that they
had hit upon a night when there ought
to have been q large amount of money
there. We had received large cash
payment the day before, but instead OF
trusting it to our old safe had taken
it home with me.
eve wondered if the burglars had
any knowledge of this payment. II
they had, then they must have extraor'
dinary means of gaining intelligence,
and would know whenever We received
any large amounts again, and would
they not come at once to my house
now that they had seen did not trus
the safe? The question was very
perplexlng one, and had an angry de
bate over it with some of our directors
1 was in favor of getting reliable saft
and employing night-watchman, bu
/ was out-voted.
"Old Evans. indeed, went so far al
to say that, as lightning never strucl
twice in the same place, neither die
burglars visit old safes the second time
And he was inclined to think ourmone,
would be safer if left in the Office thar
if carried to my residence. And h'
talked so many of the others into hi
way of thinking that resolution wa
passed declaring it against their wishe
to have any of the company's fund
kept anywhere except in the Office safe
eS" OF course, the effect of this wa
that If l carried the money home ant
lost it, the loss would fall on me indi
vidually, and not upon the company.
1 was angry enough to have re