Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-09-01

snatched at the bread. He was pre-
vented, however, by the goat, and with
a toss of her horns she sent the ferociou:
beast sprawling to some distance; but
he was only stunned, not seriously hurt
and, furious at his repulse, he sprang
upon the poor goat, seized her by the
throat, and shook her with rage. Marie
uttered piercing shrieks, and MacHenry,
having got hold of stick, ran to the
rescue A sharp blow on the head caus-
ed the dog to lose his grip of poor Fam
Ghetto and turn against his new enemy,
seizing him by the shoulder; but peas
ant, coming to the assistance of the art
ist, forced the dog again to let 60; and,
limping off and growing, he at last
took refuge beside his master, who all
the while had been an unmoyed specta-
tor of the scene.
Great was the general grief at the
sight of poor Fanchette motionless on
the grass, bleeding profusely from the
wound in her throat; and strong the in
dignation excited by the ferocity of the
dog and the conduct of its brutal mas
ter. Many were the threats NUT
tered against both; and there is
little doubt that the dog at least
would soon have paid the penalty he de-
served had Fanchette's wound been NOR
tai: but on examination it was found 10
be less serious than it appeared, and her
masters care of her soon effected COM
plete cure. The inhabitants of the
hamlet, however, resolved not to let slip
no far ri ..f ha
obnoxious knife-grinder. This ill-favor-
ed individual was received, whenever he
showed himself, with cries of ''Be off,
and quickly, too, and be thankful we do
not throttle your wretch of dog first"
Unable to resist the general storm of
Indignation, the man and his worthy
companion were about to take their de-
parture; but they had hardly reached
the entrance of the village when they
were met by a party bringing along with
them an orphan boy of about q or .
years of age, whose parents had been
found murdered some days previously
in one of the detached cottages of the
which some still ventured
to inhabit. The child, at the sight of
the knife-grinder and his dog, uttered
a loud cry and covered his eyes with his
hands.
''What is the matter, my poor little
fellow?" asked one of the by-s;anders.
At length he was able with difficulty to
reply, his words interrupted with deep
sobs: "That man! that dog! 1t was
they that killed my mother! I saw it all
from behind the curtain in which l was
hid"
Every one looked in astonishment at
his neighbor, not knowing whether to
believe the strange assertion of the child,
when MacHenry produced the pocket
book and informed those around him of
its contents. The child Immediately
cried out that it was his mothers, and
had any doubt remained it would have
been dispelled by looking at the portrait
that was contained in it, for its re-
semblance to the poor little boy was
striking.
Inpresence of such proof, there could
be no hesitation, and two men immedi-
ltely set off in pursuit of the fugitive;
but he had already got considerable ad-
vance, and fear lent him wings, so that
before they could reach him he had
gained the protection of the German
He did not succeed, however,
n evading the fate he merited, for short
y after the news arrived that he had
ALLEN into the hands of detachment of
French trdncs-tireurs, and having been
convicted of being concerned in the
burning of farm, was Immediately
and shot.
MacHenry adopted the orphan boy,
md never had cause to repent of his
generous action. 81 have now two
he used to gayly say; "for
ny gentle Intelligent Fanchette is al
most as dear to me as if she were hu-
nan creature. "-Chanbers' journal.