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DOG 
evidently those which had issued from the wound 
of the dog himself, and part must have been of long 
standing, as they were dried into the boards. His 
lordship went back into the bed-chambcr, but the 
dog remained in the closet. On his return, the dog * 
met him, breathing hard, as if from violent exer- 
cise, and he followed his master into the cham- 
ber. 
The state of the man-servant, upon whom feat 
had operated so as to continue him in a succession 
of swoons, now claimed his lordship's attention ; 
and, while these vyere administered, the dog again 
left the chamber. A short time after this, he was 
heard to bark alpud, then crying, accompanied by a 
noise, as if something heavy was drawn along the 
floor. On going once more 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 now 
assisted the poor dog in his labour, and, though 
that labour was not light, curiosity and the appre- 
hension of discovering something extraordinary on 
the part of his lordship, and unabating perseverance 
on that of the dog, to accomplish 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 room ; but every person, who in the beginning 
of the alarm had rushed into the apartment, had now 
disappeared. 
The opening of the sack surpassed all that human 
language can convey of human horror. 
As his lordship loosed the cord which fastened 
Ihe sack's mouth, the dog fixed his eyes on it, stood 
