The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-09
MoNTE cRIsTo cElATEAU.
1os1 y1hsSIl de Elder Dumaa
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ll,rS1 IJrl1Il UgIilGh de Elder D1naaa
8aaanderedtn Fortune.
At his arehftectual folly Of Monte
rfsfo. near St Germain-en-Laye
fen he built at a cost OF upward q
10000 francs and sold for $4,000
IA 1913, Dumas had uninclosed
rounds md gardens, which, with tne
oue AFFORDED lodgings and entertain
emf not only to a host Of bohemian
bonees,g bnt to all the dogs. cats
ma donkeyB that chose TO quarter
themselves IN the place. It was called
~ the nefghbors ia maison de bon
Iileh.H mere was n menaGerie In the
ark peopled by three apes: Jusiftha'
VuItures whose transport from
ffrfea, whence Dumas feTchel hin
10000 francs ut would b. Too
r 10 tell Why: big parrot called
Ijfr4ai.sa nacaW named Papa aud mn
other caristened Everard: Lucullus.
ne golden pheasant: Caesar. the game
coeR;a peafowI and guinea fowl;
IyB0uf II, the Angora cat a-id the
scotch pointer Pritchnrd-
This dog was character. He was
f6rd Of canine society. and used to
IN the road looking out for other
6eS to invite them TO keep him COM
f56uy nj Monte Cristo. He was taken
By his master to Ham to visit Louis
NAPOLEON when a prisoner there. The
Litter wished to keep Pritchard, but
e6tnted without the intelligence OF the
animal in nsl1ing Dumas before his
fdce to leave him behind. The pointer
et up howl so piteous that the gov
ernor OF the prison withdrew the nu-
i7IorizatiOn he had given his captive to
retain him. Some of the dogs that
I.rIfehard invited In stnyed altogether.
0fhers remained only for me ].
One day Michel, the gardener, said
- lis employer, docs monsieur know
nov many dogs there are In hi prop
.erfyl7 @No, Michel, don't" well,
mere are thirteen" "An unlucky
number. Take care that they don't an
al together. for II they did one would
be sure to die In the year" soh, it's
not that that troubles me- pursued
Michel aSVYhat is 1t, then2" "'Pm
thinking that all these brutes are able
to deVow In one day a whole OK,
horns and ALL you don't mean to
riS that they'd eat the horns?" "Oh,
If monsieur takes the matter as q
Joke I have nothing more to say.
@But don't see any joke in it"
well then, just let me lay the whip
ON twelve of them, and the house viii
Be rid of them right away" wait
bff. Michel. You see that all these
dogs In fquartering themselves here
nay compliment to the house. Give
them a grand dinner tomorrow and Mt
the end of the dessert tell them to
clear out If they don't go. show Sc
verify Michel was Withdrawing when
Dumas relented -Holdg' he cried
ssYoa see, when the bon DIeu gives us
riches 6ne house and position he also
Imposes charges upon us. Since the
cogs-whfch. after aIl. are his -crea-
lures. tooLare in the house, 1 prefer
that they stay. don't believe that
any one was yet ruined by what poor
brutes ate. However, see that the
number of thirteen Is changed" ''Wnl
monsieur let me turn one away, and
then there win be only twelve2' NO;
encourage Pritchard to invite another,
which win bring them up to fourteen"
'sBut It will then be pack With
all my heart, provided the dogs don't
quarrel and go mad" They never
did bark and bite. brt lived in fra
ternaI kindness until Monte Cristo
was sold. Dumas before he left it got
thirteen friends to take as many dogs
and kept Pritchard, who died with
him of old age.