The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-11-15
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The animal turned and made mo
tion as though he would leap up oil
the sentine's bosom, but the s0ldie
moiioncd him off.
bravo, Prince" Pierre cried, reach
ing forth his hand and patting th,
head Of the great shaggybeast, whicl
had sat upon It's launches. Pierre
recognized the iniruder now as
great dog of the breed of ST. Bernerd
which had been owned IN the regi
ment for over year, and which hac
been missing for about aweek. liz
disappeared one night from the pick
| els, and alb search for him had beer
unayailing. ~ sGs @Sa y
,"Parbleau, mon grande Prince
Pierre uttered, as though the dog
lcould Understand every word; tho
men will 10 happy TO see you; where
have you been SO long?" s
The dog made no answerto this,
save . low whine aud a. familiar nod
ding of the, head. x Ils ....,a y. - 81
"Now, mon arnie, you Just keep
your sitting there until the guard
GENES, and then we'll go to the camp
together. Mind that, will you ?"
And with these words. uttered
with solemn emphasis and due mean.
| Ing, Pierre started on his beat again.
He had got half way to the rock,
when the idea OF looking around
struck him, and he did so. lie
Prince was moving toward the camp
again. 'F 1'.-y's go
Hal Prince, that won't dol Stop,
stop or IN shoot Diable. tile Colo.
mel was positive In bis orders, ] was
TO let nothing pass my post without
the counters:gn. A dog is. some
thiiig. You can't 20, Prince, so now
lie dcwhl Down, down, l say?"
With this the dog lay fiat upon his
belly and stretched out his fore. paws.
Pierre patted him upon the head
again, aud having duly urged upon
him the necessity ot remaining where
he was, he resumed his march once
more.
During the next fifteen Minutes the
animal lay perfectly quiet. and ever
and anon tho sentinel would speak TO
him by way of being sociable. But
al length the dog made another at
tempt 10 go into the camp. Pierre
had nearly reached the rock when he
hoard the movement, andun turning,
he couldjust see his uneasy compan-
ion making of.
".DiablcP the honest fellow uttered.
II must obey orders The Colohel's
word was plain. Here parbleau
come here! Here, Prince! Mon
Dieu yon must die If you dont"
With a few quick bounds the SOL
dier had got near enough 10 the dog
to fire, and as the latter s,oppgd, he
stopped. .eI -
mon cher anne, you must stay
with mel Ilerel Come back must
shoot II you don't. Par5leau! what
athing TO start the whole camp Tor,
to shoot dogl .,,s..ss j
But by coaxing and threatening,
the sentinel got the dog back TO his
post, and there he made him lie down
III, Tho 'tramn os ,ha eaa,ing a,,ar,,
,.a. haar,. '.''' Ns ~
"Ah, now Prince will berelieved," !"
the soldier said, stopping near the
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The ,ramn oftbee con,,oo o,.ra
drew near a,,a P;srre ,yas s nsensrIn., s
~ hail ,ssm whaa ,ha doa ,"ns :
raw tum and ,na now d;roc,;"r %
h,s % ,;,ns .,.r,;u, ,ho nns., vos.V"'
Hare hare pri,cs ! 'psrh,san Ssn,,
Won r,,n III aa,in - 49,.
NRnt ,ie ,oII6m foo,;nolo,,,o no,;,o
!, ~ ~ v a',, ,Y ~ 'vvH Nv ysn 100 ,os
sel,i Nal, ' !, - IasaiS ,is 'pe'e'
.uCrom,, n;o,,,a S,h,s io.tovo,.n..
lion was roreeJ trom p;srrs,s lims hy
| seeing ,be doy lean r., lis S,na'lay, ..
on., "a, ,huss H. p ~ ,,,,aa, ,,o,n,,ss =
h"ro, ,,nnn h,n, nn;s,, as,na,,.,.,
| he clapped h's gun to his shoulder r
az, rrSu 1T a., w re =" '',a ~ - ;,e, ~ 'n',;u
puisb ] 0ya tbe dim outlines Tvu pow uv' and a he
)iired. There WA a sharn erv and
| then Pierre had 10 turn. for the guard
were approaching. Ssls I
.Ooe test IaY 3wbo "a there ?, he
cried. ','.g' "a
elseIief Guard, was the answer.
/ And having obtained the counter.
sign, he iuformed the officer what
lhad happened, IS,
"a dog ~ cried the officer. "Priuce
did you saw p, ..... :. -
l"IIo looked like Prince: but,
diable. Won should have seen him run
of ON his hind.legsl" Y
"Eh? Ilind.legs? 80
,"Yes.p t aiiit}
"Then come; show us where he
was.n With this the officer Of the
| mounting guard pulled his lantern
from his breast, and having removed
the shade, be started on. Pierre led
the way 10 the copse, and there the