Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-04-29
c-ArEAu oE MoNTE-cHRIsro.
rac Home Upon Which the Rider DaanHs
 ~quander~d a Fortune.

| ~quanderea a Fortune.
 Athis architectural folly of Monte. | CEristo. near St. Lave,
 which he built at cost of upward
 of 1Ou, GOO francs, and sold for S6. O00 ! francs in lS8s, Dumas had unin-
 ciosod grounds and gardens, which, with tho house, afforded lodgings and entertainment not only to a
 host of bohumiaa "Sponges. but to
 all the dogs, cats and donkeys that chose to quarter themselves in the place. It was called by the neigh
 bors la maiSon de Bon Diou DO Thcro was a mena-c-ie ID the pa-k. peOVled by three gpes. Jusartha,
 tho vultura whose transport from Africa, whence Dumas fetched hun, cost 4o, OO0 francs lit would bo too
 long Co tell whyl; a big parrot call.
 ed Duval; a macaw named Papa and
 another Christcnod Everard; Lucul
 Jus, the golden pheasant: Caesar.
 the gamecoCk; a peafowl and guin-
 ea fowl; Mysouf II, the Angora cat;
 and the Scotch pointer Pritchsrd
 This dog was a character. He was
 fond of canine society, and used to
 sit Tn the road looking out for other
 dogs to invite them to keep him
 company at Monte-Christo He was
 taken by bis master to Ham Co visit
 Louis Napoleon when a prisoner
 there. The latter wished to keep
 Pritchard. but counted without the
 intelligence of the animal in asking
 Dumas before his face Co leave him
 behind The pointer set up a howl
 So piteous that the governor of the
 prison withdrew the authorization
 he had given his captive to retain hiE. Some of the dogs that Pritch- ard invited in staid altogether. oth- CTS remained only for a meal
 One day Michel, the gardener, said to his employer, Docs monsieur know how many dogs there arc in his propertyy" No Michel; don't. Well. there are l3. An unlucky number. Take caro that they don't all cat together. for If they did one would be suro to dio in the year. " "Oh. it's not that that troubles me pursued Michel What is it. them" I'm thinking that all these brutes aro ahlo Co de- vour in one day wholo ox, horns and all You don't Iae=a to say that they q eat the horus;" 'Oh. .i monsieur takes the matter as joke. l have nothing moro Co s3y. " But l don't see any joke in t. ." Well. then, just let me lay tho whip Un l2 Of them. and the house will be rid of them right away Watt q bit. Michel. You see that all these Gogs. in Quartering themselves hero, pay @ compliment to the house Give them a grand dinner tomorrow and st tho end of the dessert tell them Co clear out If thCy don't Go. show severity. Michel was withdrawing when Dumas relonted Hold" be cried. 'YCu see, when the bon Dieu gives Us riches. q fine house and po- sition, he also imposes ohargus upon ns. Since the dogs-which. after all, arc his creatures too-are in the 1 house, l prefer that they stay. l don't believe that any ore was yet 1 ruined by what poor brutes ate. | However. sec that the number of l3 | Is changed. Will monsieur let me l turn away, and then there will l be only I2F" No; encourage Pritoh- lrd to invite another. which will | bring them up to IA" But it will | then bc pack. With all my l heart, provided the dogs don't quar. rel and go mad" !" They never did | park and bite, but lived in fraternal kindness until Monte-Christo was old Dumas. before be left it, got l .3 friends to take as many dogs, and kept Pri.CharJi, who died with him # old ayo. The Elder Dumas. " by Emily Crawford. in Century