Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-02

shs strest There was something "
sudden In the attack that the Chs!aliss
Macaire was almost thrown o. ~
ground. With their walking canes b
and his friends beat OF the dos. and ~.
Dc Narsao coming up. It was called
away. and. still trembling and growi-
Ing. followed its master down the street,
A few days later the same thing o.
Cured. De Narsac and the Chevaliss
Macaire CHANGED to encounter each
other, walking In the royal park. In .
moment the dog had rushed at Macaire
and. with q fierce spring at mis- Unreal.
had tried to pull him to the ground. d
Narsac and some officers Of the kin~'s
bodyguard came to Macaire's assis; Anc's
and the dog was called OF. Tho rumoa
of this attack reached the king, and
mixed with the rumor were whisperings
of q long -standing quarrel between Ma
caire and Aubrey de MOntdidier. Might
not the dogs strange and unaccountabla
hatred for the young officer be clew
to the mysterious murder of his late
master? Determined to sift the matter
to the bottom, the king summoned Do
Narsac and the dog to his presence q
the Hotel st. Pol Following close on
his masters heels the greyhound enter
ed the audience room. where the king
was stated, surrounded by his courtiers.
As De Narsac bowed low before his
sovereign, short. fierce bark was
heard from the dog, and, before no
could be held hack. he had darted In
among the startled courtiers and had
sprung at the throat of the Chevalie:
Macaire, who, with several other
knights, formed a little group behind
the kings chair.
It was impossible longer to doubt
that there was some ground for tho
surmises that had rapidly grown to sus-
picion, and that had reached sudden
confirmation from the fresh evidence Of
tho dogs hatred.
The king decided that there should be
q trial by the judgment of God. and
that q combat should take place be-
tween man, Ii accused. and dog, the
acouser. The place chosen Tor the COM
bat was a waste. uninhabited plot of
ground, frequently selected as dueling
ground by the young gallants Of Paris.
In the presence Of the king and his
courtiers the strange, unnatural combat
took place that afternoon. The knight
was armed with short thick stick, the
dog was provided with an empty barrel,
"a q retreating ground from the attacks
of his adversary. At given signal the
combatants entered the lists The dog
seemed quite to understand the strange
duel on which 1t was engaged. Barking
savagely, and darting round his oppon-
ent, he made attempts to leap at hia
throat, now on this side, now on that.
he sprang, jumping into the a'r, and
then bounding back out Of tths
stick. There was -r"h u. ISIS and
determination a. - his ...ovementS.
and something so unnatural in the COM
ebat that Macaires nerve failed him.
His blows beat the air. without hitting
the dog, his breath came in quick,
short gasps, there was look Of terror
on his face. and for q moment, over
come by the horror of the situation, his
eye quailed and sought the ground. At
tina: instant the dog sprang at his throat
and pinned him to the earth. In his
terror he called out and acknowledged
his crime. and implored the kings
mercy. But the judgment of God had
decided. The dog was called of before
1t had strangled its victim, but the man
was hurried away to the place Of execI-
ton and atoned that evening for the
murder of the faithful greyhound's
master.
The dog had been known to posterity
a. the Dog of Montargis, as in the castle
of Montargis there stood for many cen
turtles sculptured stone mantelpiecc.
or which the combat was carved.