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Punishment eluded. 



animal was sufficiently an adept in the tones of 

 his master's voice, to helieve there was any hope 

 left for a reversion of his sentence. He there- 

 fore adopted the only alternative between life 

 and death, by making his escape. In the course 

 of the evening, while the same servant was wait- 

 ing at table, his lordship demanded if his order 

 had been obeyed respecting the clog? " After 

 an hour's search, he is no where to be found, my 

 lord/' replied the servant. The general conclu- 

 sion for some days was, that the dog, conscious 

 of being in disgrace, had concealed himself in 

 the house of a tenant, or some other person who 

 knew him. A month, however, passed without 

 any thing being heard respecting him ; it was 

 therefore thought he had fallen into the hands of 

 his late accuser, the farmer, and had suffered for 

 his transgressions. 



" About a year after, while his lordship was 

 journeying into Scotland, attended only by one 

 servant, a severe storm drove him to take shelter 

 under a hovel belonging to a public house, situ- 

 ated at some distance from the road, upon a 

 heath. The tempest threatening rather to in- 

 crease than abate, the night coming on, and no 

 house suitable to the accommodation of such a 

 guest; his lordship was at length induced to dis- 

 mount, and go into the little inn adjoining the 

 shed. On his entrance, an air of surprise and 

 consternation marked the features and conduct 

 of both the innholder and his wife. Confused 



