Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-07-25

with the shady-looking drivers and
vild-beast keepers and what not. more
or less Of the riGra1 order. who ac-
company them
Mr.. Dornley's face grew stern; Flor
euce. his wife. was already very pale.
biting her lips 20 keep back her tears;
the little boys were weeping audibly.
Yes. that was the worst Of il. A.
the coachman. determined. now he had
taken the plunge. 70 make a clean
breast Of il. related the tatal eoinei-
dence. the same though; struck every
one Faithful. -agucious Donal was
not lost but stolen
He Is far too Intelligent ever to be
lost. said the dogs master. sadly.
Besides. ] hs We often noticed that
when an away he has a sort Of feel
ing that he Is left in charge. Don't
you remember. Florence. a. we drove
OF the other day. DouaI was on the
lawn with the children. and he came
forward a. We called out Good-bye.'
and wagged his tail aad looked Up a.
much a. 10 say: Trust ne. I'll look
after them all No. Don i not lost
Nevertheless. he had to be found,
Little else was talked of in Upper
brooke for some days % cofne than the
sal event at the Hamlet. Mr.. Doruley
drove all over the neighbOrhOod. man
aging even to trace the w~ill-beas, show
10 a small town where il had made a
halt, and 20 interviews the proprietor.
bat with no result II any Of his peo-
pie had stolen the dog-and. after all.
a. he himself said. a dog was
OF no special value or attraction to
them; they hal quadrupeds enough
il was quite possible that he did not
know Of it. and more than probable
that the thief had already disposed Of
his hl-E0tteu gain There was moth
ing To be learned in this quarter. Then
the master Of the Hamlet went OF to
London; he put advertisements in
every daily paper, posters here. there
and everywhere; visited half the po-
lice stations aud all the dogs homes ia
the metropolis. in vain. coming home
discOn-oiate. To be met at the station
by Simpxins. the coachman. and .Jeph-
son. the groom. in an equally limp and
detected condition. having each Of
them been securing the country in new
directions on his own account. with a
like fruitless result.
Next followed the tantalizing tor
ment of false-not alarms. but hopes.
as quickly ~quenched a. excited. For
some days every post brought letters
telling Of canine waits and strlys, the
iOtsam and the Ietsam OF DogIand APP
parently. all Over the country. alike
but in n particular-their total aud
entire uulikeness to the collie 80 care
fully aud efficiently described in the
advertisements which had called forth
this food of useless response
1T must be the high reward you Of
fered. said Mrs DOrnley. illogicallv.
it must be confessed. rs il. ~ her hus-
band pointed out. any hope OF reward
could turn u mastiG or a pug into a
collie. though some few OF the letters
which cOntcnted themselves with in
forming the advertiser that a dog ''an-
swering description" had turned up AT
T~wickenham Ferry or st. Leonard-s-
on-Sea were even more trying. Forto
more than one Of these latter Mr..
Dorniey was tempted to reply by go
ing himself or sending SJmpkins. a
proceeding sure to end in disappoint-
ment and Indignation at the waste Of
time and trouble. as in no case was the
individual produced for their inspec-
ton the least like DouaI,
1T Is no use; we must give it up
and try TO forget him. said the %colIie's
master at last. bitterly. 1T really Is
the most mysterious thing. II one
could but be sure the lear fellow was
properly treated. and not suffering in
any way. it would not seem 80 bad"
He is surely too valuable and hand
some to run any risk of neglect or Ill
treatment Mrs. Florence ventured 10
observe. with more success this time.
n her usually sweet-tempered. but of
late sOrely-irritated. husband allowed
" III lt ~ItAAfAAAAlE2 ii EL1E-
Aud as the days went on the chill
dren. As children must. began to for
get their old friend "A little; they left
of crying when they said their pray
ers at night ut the special petition
they had themselves composed that
dear Don might 20 come safe
home; and the empty kennel was
pushed into a corner Of the yard. and
sImpkins even limited to Jephson that
.master'd do well to look out for a
good watchdog; 'twasnt we'll To be
without in n country place. and 50
many tramps passing; and this time
he hoped it I'D be 4 kind n was used
to BE- chained up" Bat he had not
got 50 far a. TO suggest this To mas
ter himself. in whose q heart
Don's own corner still aeheI ~ If the
wound were but now inflicted. when
one evening there came out orders to
have the dog cart ready for the station
to catch the 9-D train the next norm
Ing Dir Dornley was going up to
town
This was no very unusual o-ccurreaee
once a fortnight or - the Ovner Of
Brooke Hamlet ran up for the day for
be Was not an idle man. and belonged
to more than one scientific or learned
society
I'll speak OF 4 new dog tonight
when I'm driving him home. said
simpktns. 'Its really not hitting to