The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-16

choly way, as though it were trying to
inspire pity. The appearance of the
ground and the dogs singular conduct
led to search being made, when the
body of Montdidier was discovered.
The dog subsequently, attached itself to
the owner of the kitchen where it had
gone daily for food; and it was noticed
that every time it met Macaire, who
moved in the same society as his new
master, it few at him and would have
worried him if it had not been pulled
away by those who were at hand.
This behavior of the dog caused some
suspicion to grow up against Macaire.
Charles ", hearing of the matter,
wished to inquire into the truth of it,
and gave orders that Macaire and the
dog should both come before him. I'M
mediately the dog saw Macaire it again
flew at him with its accustomed fury.
The King severely questioned Macaire
as TO what he knew of Montdidier's
death, and exhortcd him to tell
the truth. MacaiEe denied all knowl-
edge of it. Charles then decreed that
Macaire and the dog should meet in
single combat; the man being furnished
with 3 thick staff; and barrel, with
one end knocked out being pro-
yidcd as place of shelter for the dog,
in case it should be hard pressed. The
duel commenced. The dog began by
bounding about, just outside the reach
of the staff, till it saw its opportunity.
Then it made furious spring and
caught Macaire by the throat and
dragged him to the ground. The I'M
fortunate man, finding he could not
free himself, cried for mercy and con-
fesscd his crime. He was thereupon
delivered from the dog, but only to be
given into the custody of the law, by
whose sentence he was afterwards ex-
ecuted.
The Duke Of Ossone is celebrated for
the many quaint judgments and decis-
ions delivered by him while Yiceroy Of
Naples. Some of them seem actuated
rather by a spirit of pleasantly than by
one of justice.
One day the Duke had to choose a
galley-slaye who should be liberated in
honor of some great festival. lie went
on board one of the galleys, and stand
ing in front of the first bench of row.
ers, six in number, he began to ques-
ton them all as to what had brought
them there. The first one eontented
himself by calling God as q witness to
his innocence, and protesting that
he was there for no reason at all.
The second said his punishment and
disgrace were the work of his enc
mics, and not the consequence of
any crime. The third protested that
crying injustice had been done him by
his having been sent there without
any trial. The fourth said that the
lord of his village had become enam-
ored of his wife, and had caused him
to be sent there out of the way. The
fifth declared that he came from the
hamlet of Somma, and that he had
been implicated in robbery there, in
which he really had had no part at
all, and that all his neighbors would
bear witness to his honesty. The sixth,
who had observed that all these ex-
cuses and Qualifications did not seem
to please the Duke, took different
tone. your Excellency," he said,
:" come from Naples; and though the
town is large one | do not believe it
contains a greater scoundrel than my
self. They have been merciful to me
in only sending me to the galleys.
The Viceroy looked at the man
keenly for some moments, and then,
turning to those in attendance upon
him, said: Let this scoundrcl be re-
leased from his chains; he will corrupt
all those honest men, Then he pre-
scnted him with some money to pro-
vide himself with clothing, and be,
sought him to try to live q better life
in the future.
Two days, afterwards, another pris-
oner was to be liberated, and the Duke
again proceeded to the galleys to Sc
lect one. Information as to what had
happened on the previous occasion had
reached the slaves in the galley which
the Duke boarded, and they believed
that the best way of getting their lib
erty was to blacken themselves as much
as possible, seeing that that COURSE had
succeeded so well before. Of all the
three hundred in the galley there was
not one who did not confess that he
was soiled with the vilest crimes, and
had richly deserved wheel or gallows.
"This is strange said the Duke,
''to see so many people with souls so
black. Their punishment is the health
of the state, which they would infect
by their bad example. What crimes
would they not commit if they were at
liberty! | shall order them all TO be
still moro vigorously guarded" Which
he did, freeing only monk, because
he ingeniously said that the chains of
the galley were less oppressive than
those OF the monastery. His punish
ment was the penalty of double
apostasy of which he had been guilty.
Well, I" said tho Duke, return to
your monastery, since there you under
go severer punishment. "
A rich old merchant, seventy years Of
age, named Morelli, boosted that he had
gained the whole of his fortune. with
out leaving Naples. He had never
been away from it, he said, for five
and-forty years, and he vowed he
would never 90 beyond the sight Of its
walls. The Duke of Ossonc heard of
the old mans speeches, and sent to
him one of his officers forbidding him,
on the part of the King. to leave the
kingdom on pain of FORGETTING fine Of
a thousand crowns. Morelli received
the prohibition with mockery, and
TESTED about it with his friends. To
leave the kingdom was the last thing
in the world he shouh think of doing,
Had he not said that nothing could in
duce him to travel out Of sight of his
beloved Naples? Soon, however, lie
began to feel curiosity as to what
could have prompted this command of
the Kings, and he began to torment
himself by all sorts of vague guesses
and reflections, till the matter took such
hold of his thoughts that it threw him
into a nervous and miserable condition,
and even prevented him from sleeping.
At last, to deliver himself from a
state of inquietude which he could no
longer bear, and to satisfy his long
ings to do that which had been
forbidden him, he sent thousand
crowns to the Viceroy, and passed
over the Neapolinn border into the
Papal States. He staid there only one