The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-24

much delighted with the meeting as
was Herman, the boy guard. The
storm had by this time abated, and
Herman sat down on a rock and
fondled the mastff.
Listen to me, Bruno" said the
boy, as he saw by the starlight the
large eyes IF the dog fixed upon him
"Do you know that you are accused
of crossing the frontier alone? They
say that you come over into Switzer-
land one day and 60 back the next.
Aha, old fellow are you smuggIer,
too ?"
Bruno's reply was renewed lick
ing Of Herman's hand.
"COme to the cabin with me-" con.
tinued the boy, rising.
And when he started off down the |
pass, he had the dog at his heels.
A few minutes afterward the Swiss
boy reached the hut and was about to
turn on the dog, which had followed
him in, when he was accosted by a
gruff voice.
Are you the guards boy ?" it
said,
Bruno set up low growl as Her
man turned and saw before him a
rough, desperate-Iooking character, a
man who looked bad enough to do
anything.
81 am Sergeant HatelPs son." Her
man answered.
II thought so. You don't want
people to make living, but you
watch them like hawks day and
night"
1--WE guard the boundary as best
we can, which is right"
Eyes but you report everything
you see."
Isn't that right, too ?"
"NO"
The right foot of the man slipped
forward, and Herman, as he instinct
lively retreated. saw a long knife
along the smuggler's sleeve.
The boy-guard hardly knew what
to do. He knew that the man was
bent on dark mischief. for his eyes
seemed tC glow likS GOALS.
Suddenly Bruno, without warning
of any kind, leaped at the smuggl gler,
and in a twlnkling the two, man and
dog, were struggling against the wall
of the hut.
Then it was that the man became
unmasked, for in the fight his false
beard dropped to the floor, and Her
man tecognizcd fellow whom be
> well knew
With sharp cry the man pushed
the dog off, and struck with his knife
at the same time: then, as Bruno
was recovering at Herman's feet, he
: darted from the cabin and disap.
peared.
l The next moment Herman opened
his eyes wide with amaZement, fol
; Bruno was no longer the beautiful
dog he had been. He stood erect
= looking sheepiShIy at the boy guard
for the handsome JACKIE of hair which
+ had covered him from his legs to his
shoulders lay under his feet, and hi,
body was wrapped closely in fine lace
e The knife of the smugger who haC
= fled had solved the mystery of the
e frontier, and Herman knew why tht
; officers had given his father orders tt
watch the dog.
/ "YOu're a shreWd old fellow, Mon
L seur Moscow !" laughed the Swiss
Il boy, as he examined the treasure car
: ried by Bruno. II have made dis
= covery that will keep this place TO
/ father, and / am going to see that tht
e noble friend who saved my life to
e night ceases to be smuggler's prop
II erty."
e Herman was as good as his word
!. for when the Swiss officials heard o
|, the strange discovery he had made
It they took steps to arrest the littl
s. Frenchman but he affected his es
cape, getting away without his dog
d Bruno was presented to Herman b!
o the custom officers, and when hi
y yellow coat grew again, he becam
n the most watchful frontier guard il
the service.
After Herman's adventure the lac
- trail was abandoned, showing tina
It "Monsieur Moscow" and Bruno wer
its principal patrons.
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