New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
DOG WENT MAD.

= .,,-,ea-ed that the former oWner-the one who
had reclaimed the land and set out the caoao Eees
had rrfuclt an enormous Great Dane with nm
f-or, England, and that after a couple or years
Is is the invariable rule with dogs IN that coun-
f-v II had gone suddenly mad one day IN the VII
L.. hiring several natives before it took TO fight
and disappeared ia the jungle The bitten oeF-.I-
.a ,,vd-or,lo5ia in its most violent FORM and IN
their madness bit = number OF other haNVes VINO
~re-e eDdeavoring TO attend them, SO lfI loi SUN
,,onrhs there was q considerable epidemic III th7
,;llaTe Later several OF the natives TeloTleu see
,,r .ba dog in the Jungle, one or them dec aTlh6
he had been chased Dy il, and when the pouS %
the planter was found, torn and bruised lh INC
,,,ir,osa one day his death. which a year before
,,-c,,Id have been laid TO lions. was Immediately at
,-fr,,7ed 10 the ubiquitous dog Gradually eNeTN-
sbing Of an unpropitiOus nature which happened III
The neighborhood, from crop failure 10 sickness
,z-ss checked up 10 the same account. the natives
fezr Of the spectral animal growing as the years
mont i,- and his supposed malevolence seemed 10
increase Recently. the Judge said the peast mao
s,lsured additional by the fact ja1 ne Ileu
been reported as having turned 10 fire 50 That ne
lighted I'd the jungle as he ragged through H. IeaN
,ne behind him a glowing trail, no trace Of which,
however. could be discovered IN the morning
The iudge seemed 10 take the whole thing rather
Eeriously, not that he took stock IN the IRE oos
mart OF il he explained, but because he could not
very vel ignore q superstition which had been re
spousIble for making his investment IN the lah'a-
lion c dead loss. The lieutenant was inclined TO
0ooh-pooh the whole affair. however, conteIdinS
by an hour All attack OF equatorial hydrophobia,
and ne vas citing at length instances in proof
f his contention when splitting yell OF NOR
Ia terror rang out :he bush An instant later
there was the sound Of running feet, and before
~ had risen from chairs the glass of the sun
rlarlor end OF the veranda shivered TO fragments
before the impact Of a great black body which
lunged through 1t and fell our feet. In its wake
came another black body, while through the doors
which they barricaded behind them, the rest Of our
Nasal came trco9ing, believing with terror
For five minutes OF them was able 10 say
anything "Loa, Loa: him doga come and
when We finally GoJ them quieted down II was 10
learn with disgust that two Of the boys-the ones
who had come through the glass Of the sun par
lor-had gone together 70 the hundred-lard distant
river a bucket Of wafer While they We're dip
ping Up the water the dog OF fire. rushed out OF
the bush and charged them sayageIy and pur-
sued them SO closely that they had barely man
aged 10 save their lives by Jumping through the
glass end Ct the veranda. When We found that the
wounds on the bodies OF both Of them were
only from broken glass, and that none Of the
other boys had the dog in pursuit Of them,
first impulse 70 drive the lot Of them
o1t Of doors and finish cigars and coffee: on
second consideration, however We decided that the
thing worth IN. estigating