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Show i STOPPED THE YELPING. Rostand's Psasant Who Had Qreat , Powor Over Animals. ! "When Kdmond Uostand had completed com-pleted hla beautiful villa at Bayonnc, he was on the vergo of a nervous breakdown liccausc of his Inability to sleci'." soys if Paris paper. "The rest-fulness rest-fulness of the place, however, and the charming surroundings worked won-i won-i dors, and after a few days, had pasr.ed the vtenry writer was able to sleep, 'and his friends. looked for hla speedy i return to good health. But a dog blocked tho progress of the cure. One night the dog began to bark, and In n short time dogs In all directions answered, an-swered, nnd the concert kept up until day broke. All efforts to locate the mischief making animal failed, -livery night at the same time the barking began, be-gan, and no one could auggest a remedy. rem-edy. One day one of the servants told about n tie'er-do-well In a nearby village vil-lage who had great power over dumb animals possibly be, might help. Ho waa called, a large reward was promised, prom-ised, and the barking ceased. A fow weeks after the reward had been collected col-lected Uostand was again disturbed by tho dogs tinder the leadership of the same unknown barker. The peasant peas-ant was again called, and Rostand aald, 'You must 1)0 well acquainted with the ways of animals to havo such power over them.1 The man beamed under the Influence of the diplomatic dip-lomatic flattery and proudly showed how he could Imitate the whistling of birds nnd tbo uolscs made by animals in woods, barn or poultry yard. 'And how about dogs?' said Rostand. Thcu the man began to bark, and Immediately Immedi-ately tho voice of tbo arch dUturber was recognized. 'That's enough,' said Rostand. 'Here Is a twenty franc piece. If we should hear the dogs bark again, the police will be called.' The peasant saw that ho had fallen Into a trap, the dogs wore heard no moro, 'and that,' says the writer. 'Is my dog story without with-out a dog.' " |