Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17
cry of MAD dogl Put him outI'' ran

sudkl0g MS Q5I 0crcely at poor Bag
shot; the heavy man behind him did
the same, while the broad-brimmed
man in front turned and looked daggers
at HIM.
Bagshot was overwhelmed with con-
fusion, aud being timid man, felt all
the pluck dying out of him. 1t seemed
TO him that he had been guilty of all
the atrocities of which humanity is
capable, including highway robbery.
But his trouble had not reached Its
climax, for just as the dog reached the
farther end OF the car the door opened
and the conductor came IN, at whom
the animal made a dash, laying him
PROSTATE on his face by an adrolt trip,
and darted out with the speed of
cannon-ball, turning three or fouT
somersets before he reached the ground.
"Whose dog Is that?" shouted the
conductor, gathering himself up.
There were plenty to tell him, and
he came along toward Bagshot as if he
were going TO eat HIM.
"Look here,' said he. styou mustn't
carry dogs on the train.'
''Well, WON'T"
What have you got in that box
there?''
"Some bait; Pm sportsman"
''Can't keep it here; 1t must go In
the baggage-car."
He attempted to move the box,
when the remaining lobster, well awake,
finding his territory invaded, made a
grab at the conductors hand, and,
getting a good hold OF his protruding
| finger, he'd on. The conductor had
never seen a raw lobster before, and to
be seized In that manner was very
startling, as much so as it was to the
nervous man, who watched the progress
OF things very eagerly. Try all he
could the conductor could not shake
the thing off.
Take him offI Take him offI'' he
shouted, while the lobster nIpped the
harder
Bagshot didn't know what to do,
| but raising the window he threw out
| the box, which was a point gained
The whistle sounded the approach of a
station, and, with the lobster clinging
to his finger, the conductor went out,
| yelling ''lobsterln instead of Thorn
ton" as lie should have done. Outside,
he got a man to smash the cursed
thing with a hammer. and, after the
/ train started, came in to curse poor
Bagshot which he did for four miles,
TO which the three passengers most in
terested said Amen" although they
were Christian people and didn't swear.
But the longest journey must have
| an end, and $ on they approached
/ Dunfeld, on the Seawash river, much
/ TO Bagshot's delight. lie was free
/ from his dog, the Holsters, and his fel-
/ low-passengers, and he could now be
happy. He stood upon the platform
enfranchiSed. He could have shouted
| for joy, and came near hugging the fat
! depot-master who stood near. The
/ bell sounded.
"Hallol' cried Bagshot, "where are
| my gun and hsh;ng-rodf'
The train moved on, and, like the
| father OF "Lord Ullin's Daughter, " she
| was left lamenting.'' ''This was a mis-
/ adventure-abOut as bad, in its way,
as the dog and the lobsteT-for what
! could the sportsman do without his
tools. He had relatives. however, in
Dunfield, whom he soon found, and as
1t was the middle of haylng time he
bent his energies to haying, awaiting
the return OF his gun and fishing gear.
The next day he was at the depot
when the train returned. He knew
the conductor by having his hand tied
up, but thought he wouldn't speak to
him. lie asked the baggage-master
for his implements. He hadn't seen
them-oh, yes, he had, they were left
at Thornton-he would bring them
back Tomorrow So tomorrow he was
at the depot again. but they had been
forgotten. Promising brakeman a
dollar, he received them the next day,
and arranged for his sport
There was no trout brook within five
miles, and nothing larger than field
| mice had been killed round there for
many years. So he hired tam and
"went for" the brook. For day he
lashed the brook with his rod and his
most tempting flies; but not fish
responded. y daring squirrel came
near him on a tree. at which he hred,
but missed; and at the close, weary aud
hungry, he left for Dunheld, satisfied
In his own mind that If he should stay
there for a fortnight, not a tisn, or
game of any kind, would ever come to
that vicinity again. They had evidently
heard of his prowess, and kept away
But in the Seawash were great speckled
river trout, with horns on their heads
and mouths four inches across; and
these he caught In abundance as he
swung at anchor in the tide.
AS the time of his return drew near
he dreaded the questioning of his
friends, but determined to put the best
face on 1t. He was within twenty
miles OF home on his return when,
looking from the car window as they
stopped at a junction for an approach
ing train, he saw one man with a
buuch of line large gray squirrels, and
another with an elegant string or trout,
which they had Just achieved. Twas
an inspiration for Bagshot TO go out
and ask about them, and its climax
when he walked in again with both
squirrels and trout.
An hours further ride and he reached
the depot from which he had started, 9,
where he took a carriage, giving loud
directions as to how his sporting gear
should be disposed of, and showing
every one his game
1t was a perfect triumph, and that
which awaited him at home was as
marked. where his stock went up to
premium rates, and he was afterward
quoted as authority in sporting mat
tiers.
He told Simms that he had given
away the dog after using him, and was
enthusiastic In praise OF lobster bait
when speaking with Brown
Shortly after this, the following para
graph appeared in the papers published
along the railroad line:
SINGULAR DISCoyERY.-As some
boys were playing near otter creek,
over which the railroad passes, they
discovered the body OF a dog. OF the
pointer variety, lying upon the bank,
with a dead lobster holding by one OF
its claws to his tail So singular fact
has caused considerable speculation
among our scientific people. BY mos
it is believed that the dog attempted to
swim the creek, when be was seized by
the lobster, the struggle ending IL
: favor of the dog, who dragged hi:
assailant from the water, but was too
much exhausted to move and dlec
upon the bank. This seems the mos
plausible theory. But as the creek !:
forty miles from the salt water. whici
! Holsters inhabit, this is not, to US
wholly satisfactory. We can but Tegarc
it as a great mystery"
!, Henry / died OF gluttonv-