Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-05-21
CHASED BY MAD DOGS.
HAlRssSAorH ESCAPE OF A CLUB
MAN AND HIS BEST GIRL

A Yarn which Goes 4" Prove That hsrk.
ting Dog. Do Bite >"m-itm-s stu
Some Savage Brat.- Don't Waste Much
Time in barking wb-a oui fer Bi"od,
No one had spoken al the club fur
about AN hour when a racont"ur rose 10
the occasion. Laying aside his pipe with
o look Of regret he began;
Its "a popular saying that barking
dogs don't bite. Like other popular say
ings tins Is n,llacy aud misleading.
Barking dogs do not bite while they are
barking. but there is only one species Of
canine that sne,sks mp TO yon aud takes
hold without saying word. That is
the Scotch collie, which inherits its habit
of silent biting from sheep nipping an I
cestry."
STORY! story" called out the pres
| ident
"Story? God bless you! have none
10 tell. sir" quoted the raconteur, re- |
membering his classics; ''this is only n
memory Of two dogs, accursed brutes,
that lived with an unfriendly man on q
hill, over which the postroad was laid.
This man, who Was Cain among his
fellows. kept two savage mastiffs, who
not only barked but bit whenever 1t WAS
possible. was courting my first wife
up there in the Cumberland mountains
in British North America where this
happened. aud had TO pass the house
regularly drove blooded mare that
went like bird. and the dogs were no
match for her. but 1t was very annoying
to have them follow me down the hill
for mile or more barking and yelping
like demons TE>. would bark at the
stage coaches and ruis',ang distances
after them, hut the passengers .sare safe
inside and the driver and those ON tine
outside were too high for them to reach.
But heard frequent stories of their Mt
tacking men, and being beaten of with
sticks and stones. asked why they
were not killed and my answer was
always the same. shrug Of the should
ers and the remark: 'You don't know
, the kind of man their owner is. 1t
seemed that he lived alone with his
dogs, and people feared him so much
4 they dare not go to MIN to complain
or call in the provincial laws to help
: them.
TERRIBLE CHASE.
my sweetheart out for sleigh ride in a
i low pung belonging to her father, TO
n which was harnessed my own sure and
swift footed mare. II was lovely day
o and we expected to make safe and
v rapid descent of the mountain, n dis
4 lance of ten or twelve miles. The air
4 was crisp and cold, the sleighing fine,
and we SKINNED up the ascent and
a reached the landing before we knew we
had started There we were met by the
> dogs. | think it would have been les
difficult TO have gotten rid of pair o
wolves. dare not give my mare hel
y head going down that long, steep declivi
IL ty ON frozen snow. and tine dogs, en-
boldened by the cold or maddened b,
u repeated lashings from my whip. jumps
er at my companion and tore her cloak ant
her dress in mouthfuls dubbed wit
rs my whip and beat them ON the head, bu
y. they did not even seem TO feel my blows
"a Their great black and yellow frame
quivered with ferocity. The hair o
/, their backs stood up like names; thei
!. eyeballs cleaned red and angry. and tn
noise they made was deafening and dis
= tracing
p ".0hr exclaimed, why haven't l
y pistolg
sh Look in the box under the seat
II cried my companion, whose face wa
% blanched.
Il looked quickly, and found a rust
Sc double barreled horse pistol OF a make q
in forty years ago.
II els it loadedr asked.
- ".Yes, but don't shoot II you do ths
no man will kill you.
% TWO SHOTS FIXED THEM.
81 remember thinking how like
-, woman IT was to tell me where to fin
", the pistol and then ask me not to shoot
'r' 81 laid the reins loose on the mare
10 back and away she went like the wine
beyond my control now, and knew 81
Ise would never stop till she was mile b
he yond the level ground at the foot OF d
'as hill.
De- IF the pung held together; If nothin
he made the mare swerve from the dire'
of line; IL, in fact-if Providence kept q
be eye on us, and the breeching didn
nd break, we might escape breaking OF
- necks. looked back and saw the dol
-, gaining on us. even at that mad gait
NV then took aim and fired. Bangi Ban
There were two dark objects lying proi
'O on the snowy road, and as quick rs 81
10 could gather her feet under her my ma
~. stopped in her tracks. She was trains
to the use of gun.
nd "But my companion urged me to hu
~ on, and we were soon down the
I'd cline and beyond the reach Of recogr
at. tion or pursuit. and strange to say !
II one but our two selves ever knew WI
do killed those dogs We heard the me
~ marvellous accounts Of the slaughter, {
,an weapon varying from Queen An
- musket 10 a cannon. but dead they we
20 - as door nails. and their reign OF terr
l over. imagine their owner did not ca
sue to venture ont to avenge their death.
on drove boldly past the house every da
ie' but was never molested or even suspe'
'ro- ed. But often heard their unknoy
ati. slayer praised and applauded for {
the deed which rid the neighborhood Of th'
In hateful presence. Detroit Free Press
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