Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-23
MONTE cRIsTo CHATEAU.


At his architectural folly Of Monte
Cristo. neur So GermaIn-en- Laye.
which he built NJ a enSt % upward %
100000 francs and Ss.d for aAi00a
francs IN 1SfS. Dumas hasl uninrinsesI
grounds and gardens. which. with tho
house. afforded I0,tgines AMI entertain
nent not &ly 20 host ~ hsshs niian
esponges.~ bur 70 an the dogs. eats
and donkeys that chose - quarter
themselves In the place. IL was c-ised
by. the neighbors In maisaa ae Fon
Dieu-" There was a menu-erie In rhe
park. pc0pled by three apes. Iugursha.
the vulture. whose transport frcm
Africa. whence Dumas fetrhesi ham.
cost 10000 francs az wouii he too
long to tell Why; a biz parrot called
puval: a macaw namgal Papa and an
other christenel EvcrarI: LIRnilus.
the golden pheasant: Caesar. the game
cock: a peafowl AMI guinea fowl.
Mysouf IL. the Angora eat. anil the
Scotch pointer PrilctardL
This dog was N character Tie was
fond OF canine society. AMI used to
SIT in the road looking cut for other
dogs To invite them Tn keep him COM
panr at Monte CriSto lie was taken
by his master To Ham to visit Louis
Napoleon when prisoner there The
latter wished 20 keep Priteharti. but
counted without the intelligence of the
animal In asking Dumas before his
face to leave him behind The pointer
crnor Of tho prison withdrew the au-
thorization he had given his captive to
retain him. Some of the dogs that
Pritchard invited in stayed altogether
Others remained only for a meal
One day Michel. the gardener. said
TO his employer. Does monsieur know
how many dogs there are In his prop
erty:- NO. Michel. I DON'T well.
there are thirteen AN unIucky
number. Take care that they don't aIl
eat together. for II they dId one would
he sure 10 die In the year "Oh. It's
not that that troubles me" pursued
Michel. What T. II. them I'm
thinking that all these brutes are able
TO devOur In one day whole or.
horns and all" You don't mean 10
say that they'd eat the hornsT' Oh.
IL monsieur takes the matter as q
joke have nothing more to say"
But don't see any Joke in IT,
''well. then. just let me lay the whip
on twelve or them. and the house win
be rid Of them right away wait a
bit. Michel You see that aIl these
dogs In quartering themselves here
pay compliment to the house. Give
them grand dinner tomorrow and at
the end Of the dessert tell them To-
clear out. II they don't 90. show Sc
verify Michel WINS Withdrawing when
Dumas reiented ssH0Id." he cried
''You see when the bon Dleu gives um
riches. fine horse and position he also
nIcn- AFTER an are hIs rrca-
lures. too-are I'm tlac house. prefer
hat they stay. 7 don't believe that
eny one vas Jet ruined by what poor
brutes nte. However. see that the
number Of thirteen Il changed" %win
monsieur Let me turn one away. and
| then there win be only twcIreT -Eos
| encourage Pritchnrd to invite another.
| which win bring them UP to fourteen"
But IL win then be- pack" with
all my heart, provided the dogs don't
| quarrel and GO mad" TheT never
did bark and bite. but lived In fra
ternal kindness until Monte Cristo
was sold Dumas before he left u rot
thirteen friends 90 take ns many dogs
and kept Pritchard. who died with
him of old age.