The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-14
"UNSER FRITZ"
a True Story of One of the Truest and
Most Faithful of Friends.

'''' I,'0 ! ~ l Ii "O0'' " 'p0'N -
was Il crown Irlpco among uoSS' ne
was st. Bernard of the most magnlh-
cent proportions, with strain of the
bloodhound, which made people at
times littIo afraid Of him. But he
,,a1.a, tua,I,IoJ tl,as, ,,,,Ia.- .,,oua was
i'' 81 'io''oi0' 'ic'n ',ii'I'. '''0io was
Somethlng suspic'ous-IookhS ABOUT
them, OF which he took it upon himself
to be the Judge. He was as black as a
coal from head to foot, with the eXcep-
ton of a white star upon his breast.
He was most superb Watchdog; no
regiment OF the old Kaiser's grenadiers
could have guarded our premises more
vigiIantlv than did he, and if the Ger
man Fritz look, after the affairs of his
Empire, when he comes to govern it, as
well as our Fritz did after his charge,
his subjects will be admirably taken
care of.
Fritz was doc of very lofty bearing,
very exclusive in his associations. and
the soul of dirnity and pride. He WAS
slperior 10 aII the ordinary little mean
nesses of do~-hood: he was never
known to take anythino he was forbid
den TO touch. for his obedience was alb
soIlte.
have from my friend Rose Kinos-
lev an anecdote Of q doc belon ripG to
her father Charles KINGSLEY. who once
so far FORGOT his principles Though
reared in The Eyerslev Rectory) as TO
steal a beefsfcak willie the family was
at church. Mr., KINGSLEY called M the
doc and in 4 crave manner reproacbed
him with what he had done From
that day forth. till the day of his death,
the word ..bcefsteak" was never ut
tered in the dor's presence without his
droppjno his head and sIluIkino away.
with his tail between his lees. Our
Fritz was higher bred, and had more
honorable PRINCIPLES than Mr.. Kings
Iev's doc: he never stole beefsteakI
His devotion to his master was exclu-
sive and extreme. | believe he would
have let his ears be cut off if his master
had wished TO do it. and would have
made no fuss about it, He went with
his master everywhere except to church;
and as he always knew when Sunday
came, he had never to be told to stay
at home that day. He was not allowed
to enter the library where his master
usually sat, unless on special oc .asions:
and a motion of the 'fnger was then
sufficient to beckon him in or to order
him out Yet he would lie with his
muZZle on the RUG. at the bibrary door,
with mathematical precision, bringing
it to line with the door holdings, but
not intrud NO a half-inch bcvond-So
L a. =.
dicnce He would b rund to the cham
Der and BRING down his masters Slip
per- when he saw his master come in.
and if he heard an order given for the
riding horse to be cot out. he lust a.,
caoerly hunted up and BROUGHT the
r.dinu-boots.
His devotion TO his master was of
such watchful character that if any
STRANGER approached him, he ALWAYS
MANAGED to stand between his master
and the newcomer. keepino n stnady
eve ON the latter.
The way he would kiss and caress his
master and the horse his master rode
was natbetjc TO see: he never seemed
nnrfrctIv hannv unless he had in sfoht
the face and form that were dearer to
him than his own life.
shall never FORGET touching scene
that occurred last October of orr moor
Fritz's life. Our VIRGINIA gentlemen
hove evprv autumn what tbny call tho
fail bnnt. when about twenty Of Them
form an cncampment in the mountains
some twenty or thirty miles distant
where tbcv remain = fortnioht for door,
shooting They carry several tents
With them. beds and bSddjpo, cooEin@-
stova = coIorcd man-cooi, And al the
utensils and arron dement's for \ FORT
ni~Lt's comfortabIc livino All tho
hacks of hounds in the neiobborbood
are gathered tooetber in a leash.
on the morning of which | sneak. tbe
whole cavalcade. hunters. horses. bao-
Gaoe-wocons. servants and many packs
Of hounds. were Gathered tooclbcr in
our stable-yard. awaiting the SIGNAL for