THE DOG. 95 



A horrid discovery. 



into the closet, his lordship found the dog trying 

 to bring forward the sack which had been seen 

 lying on the steps near the trap-door. The animal 

 renewed his exertions at the sight of his master; 

 but, again exhausted both by labour and loss of 

 blood, he rested his head and his feet on the 

 mouth of the sack. 



" Excited by this new mystery, his lordship 

 how assisted the poor animal in his labour, and, 

 though that labour was not light, curiosity, and 

 the apprehension of discovering something ex- 

 traordinary, on the part of his lordship, and un- 

 abating perseverance on that of the dog, to ac- 

 complish his purpose, gave them strength to 

 bring at length the sack from the closet to the 

 chamber. The servant was somewhat restored 

 to himself, as the sack was dragged into the 

 toom, but every person, who in the beginning of 

 the alarm had rushed into the apartment, had 

 now disappeared. 



" As his lordship loosened the cord which fas- 

 tened the sack's mouth, the dog fixed his eyes 

 on it, and stood over it with wild and trembling 

 eagerness, as if ready to seize and devour the 

 contents. 



" The contents appeared, and the extreme of 

 horror was displayed. A human body, as if mur 

 ilered in bed, being covered only with a bloody 

 shirt, and that clotted, and still damp, as if re- 

 cently shed; the head severed from the shoul* 

 ders, and the other members mangled and sepa- 



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