THE MONKS OF ST BERNARD'S TREASURES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2475, 13 December 1886, Page 2

THE MONKS OF ST BERNARD'S TREASURES.

»' 'I «gai A tragical Btory is told of an adventure that happened to the monks of St Bernard, when the breed of their celebrated doga was at its full perfection.- No less than thirty robbers, to whom' the sup. posed possessions of the monastery offered a rich booty, had by decrees-introduced themielveo into tk! retreat, arriving in

parties at intervals, ahfcwero always received in thfjjpost frienwyiha'niier. As soon as the wholo band were assembled, they throw off their' ■concealment and summoned the abbot to produce the key* of the treasure. Thß.mqnk waa, fprtttjhately; a man : vf ; nlor6res6lvite.character thau is usually-found itt ; these places of seclusion, und did notloao his presence of mind, He Observed to.them mildly that their conduct was unwprthyj and;an ill return for the' hospitable;attention, ,:thef had received; •The robbers as, may b» supposed, were deaf to i|& appeal and continued the'deraimd. ''lf it mußtbe bo," said the superior, "as we have no means of defence, I must submit ;' follow me, therefore, to the spot -'to the treasure is kept." Heled the way Jtnd was tumultuously attended by thoe»;baud. He placed his hand on a donr, buTueforo he turned tho key ho turned back and made another appeal He was answered with execration,'; and no. ohoioe being left him he threw the door .wide open. It waa the den in which the dogs were kept. He raisod his vnico, to which aloud yell responded, then gave a rapid jeignal, and in an inßtant tho*"powerful animals bounded forth upon their nrey, tearing Bouie, strangling others, a Amending tb« few of the robbem who leaped their atljaok, .flying for their lives headlong down the mountain in frantio tenor.