The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-05
RESCUED BY A NOSE.
HOW A HUMAN BLOODHOUND SAVED
A KIDNAPPED GIRL.


That Restored the Young Womun
to Her Friends ana lnmnsl.rd tho
Villain In the Case
Prwostc Paratolc of mid lie Texas il
IA human bloodhound. SAYS the New
York Press His amazing power of
scent, for Il long time exhibited for tho
amusement III Ills friends. WAS once mt
to practical test and resulted in run.
ming down the iidnHlrr of "A voun.,
girl. He is an Australian by birth and
passed his youth ainon:, I'll eG niShm,n OF
the interior of that continent. acuiIlrin.
from them his wonderful nasal equip
mcnt. which. ~ look at is not different
from the nose of any one else
s5allie N1ayne. Il ncighbor of Paratolc.
disappeared. She had left ncighbor y
house about sundown TO go half a mile
to her home. Forty or 30 persons. among
whom was Paratole. began to search
the woods the next morning when it
became known that Sallic had not re.
turned. She had several admirers in
| cluding Il young man named Shade and
IL rich old bachelor named Gadson She
had recently qnarrclcd with Shade.
who had seemed to he her favoritc
| Shade did not Join in the search
| though Gaison did This helped to
throw suspicion on the young man. and
no one thought i'll of the rich bachelor
Paratole. with his nose close to the
ground. followed the path that the girl
was supposed to have taken. He stop
ped suddenly III the woods and began
to smell of the bushes
lit occurred right here. smell
Shadci'' exclaimed Paratolc "Whcre
is he? He had something to do with
this business.
ooh. we will find himi" shouted
Gadson and Al dozen others. and they
set out to arrest Shade Paratole kept
smelling Of the bushes. and finally
turned aside from the path and went
out into the woods ''Ccoic! Cooic!'
(the cry of tho Australian hushncn) lle
shouted. Here is mess don't smell
Mr.. Shade any mere. smell another
man. Can't quite make him out .
Away they went through the woods
for q mile or more. until they came to
the shores of Polloy's lake While
searching along the banks and peering
into the water. fearing that they might
find the dead body of the girl another
crowd came up with Shade The young
man was nearly scared to death He
admitted having met Sallie in the path
and said that they had long talk and
had made up.
81 believe every word he says" p" said
Paratole. He met Sallie. but some one
else brought her out here They were
rs, I
into the water so or 60 feet. A great
ledge of ovcrhanging rock protruded far
out. The man with the bloodhound nose
kept smelling of the bushes and the
rock.
''That girl was here not many hours
ago. he said. land believe that. dead
or alive. she is not far away right
now
AT that instant no happened to pass
near Gadson. and shifting tho air like
an animal lie eprang at the mans throat
with fury.
ga rope-a knifeI' he roaref
bring ME Il knifel He knows where
she isl" Gadson' s friends at once rallied
around him and resented the accusa-
tion.
''Stand back snarled the Austria
liam. ''He knows. Produce the girl
he shouted. ''or I'll tear your heart
out" Gadson fell on his knees and
pointed to the ledge. and there they
found Sallie bound and gagged. When
released. she confirmed Shades story
and told how few moments after she
left him she met Gadson. who had q
gun on his shoulder
''He threatened to shoot me dead, ;"
che said, land made me go off into the
woods and brought me to this place.
where he bound and gagged me and
then told me to lie still and he would
come for me in boat during the night
and carry me off to old Mexico" And
then the girl threw her arms about
ParatOle's neck and kissed his wonder
full nose. Gadson escaped by the skin
Of his teeth. The girl interceded for
him. and he was permitted to leave the
country.
Paratole was born in the far interior
Of Australia more than 1000 miles
from the coast. He is pretty sure that
his father wns Frenchman. AS to his
mother. he doesn't know Neither does
he know where his father settled among
the naked savages, with whom the boy
grew up. They were fond Of the boy.
and he frequently staid for months in
their villages He says he does not re-
member when he learned that he could
scent and trail an animal like his little
playmates.
When Prevoste was 90. his father
moved to California and died there.
While in that state Prevoste married