MISCELLANEOUS. ESSAYS. 
‘by observing he had recojleéted an 
immediate busmess, which demand- 
ed dispatch—*‘ let my horse be got 
ready,”’ said his lordship, *‘ and do 
you attend, and let that meorrigible 
‘creature be hanged, or some other 
way disposed of, so as I may never 
‘set eyes on him again, when you 
return.” 
They left the apartment, and the 
fate oi the dog was for a few hours 
suspended. The interval, though 
short, was not thrown away. ‘The 
condemned was sufficiently an adept 
‘in the tones of his master’s yoice and 
in the history of his master’s looks, 
to believe there was any thing left 
for hope of a reversal of his sen- 
‘tence, or even for a longer respite. 
He, therefore, adopted the only al- 
ternative between life and death, by 
atiempting to escape, which, while 
the judge and the executioner were 
performing their other engagements, 
he was fortunate enough to effect. 
In the course of the same evening, 
while the same servant was waiting 
at table, his lordship demanded if 
his‘orders had been obeyed respe¢t- 
ing thedog. ‘* After an hour’s search, 
he is no where to be found, my 
Jord,” answered the servant. The 
rest of the domestics were question- 
ed, but their replies were similar, 
“not a soul in the house had set 
eyes on him since his lordship rode 
out.” Indeed, every one of the 
household supposed he had, as usual, 
followed his master. a 
The general conclusion for some 
days was, that the dog, conscious of 
being in disgrace, and of deserving 
it, had hid himself in the house ofa 
tenant, or some other person ‘who 
knew him, till his master’s displea- 
sure should be passed. A month, 
however; succeeding without any 
thing being heard respecting him, it 
891 
was thought that he had fallen into 
the hands of his late accuser, the 
farmer, who perceiving him still at 
liberty, fancied it would combine 
public good with ‘private vengeance, 
to unite, in his own person, the tri- 
ple office of accuser, judge, and 
executioner. 
in process of time, however, the 
memory of both the otiender and the 
fault died gradually away, till the 
fate of the poor dog, like other un- 
happy favourites, ceased either to be 
thought of or lamented. 
About a year after this suspen- 
sion of the circumstance, while his 
lordship was journeying into Scot- 
land, attended only by one servant, 
it happened that a severe storm 
drove him to shelter under a hovel 
belonging toa public house situated 
some distance from the road, upon 
a heath. ‘The tempest continuing, 
threatening rather to increase than 
abate, the night coming on, and no 
town or house suitable to the ac- 
commedation of such a guest, his 
lordship was, at length, induced to 
dismount, and togo into the littleinn 
adjoiing the shed. On his en- 
trance, an air of surprise and con- 
sternation marked the features and 
conduct of both the innholder and 
his wife. Confused and incoherent 
answers were made to common 
questions, and soon after a whisper- 
ing took place between the two fore- 
mentioned persons. At length, 
however, the guest was shewn into 
a'small parlour, a faggot was thrown 
on the fire, and such refreshments as 
the house atlorded were preparing, 
there being no appearance whatever 
of more favourable weather allowing 
them to depart. 
As the servant:maid of the house 
was spreading the*cloth, a visible 
tremor shgok her frame, so'that it 
was 
