The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-08-29

and she forfeited the dainty honorarlum.
One evening she had been out all day,
and returned long. after her usual
time, looking very muddy about the
feet and very tumbledz and dirty about
the coat. Her tail, usually deaantly.
poised In the air, was curled tightly be-
tween her legs, and she crawled rather
than walked into the library, where
her master was waiting for her.
The door was closed and the curtains
drawn, and then Pickle, looking the pic.
ture OF downcast doggedness, was lifted
upon the table and Won Glabenized.
sYou bad dog" /" exclaimed her master
sharply, "what makes you,:so Later
You've been playing with those low dogs
by the canal Look ct your coatl"
"No, / haven't been playing by the
canal, ard / don't t-know any low dogs"
'fWheEe have you been, thenT
aOnly next door"
"Then, you wicked dog, why didn't
YOU coma into the house before7"
"Beca,lse- well, because I didn't want
tho police detectives to see me. =
"What had you done, then?"
.tDont be cross and I'll tell you all
about 1t. You know little Tommy
Bowles, who lived next door2"
"The boy that comes after my apple
tree2"
eyes; and you said you'd cut his head
of il you caught him again: Well,
somebody has cut his head off, for bis
father found him lying just against the
garden wall without It, and sow him
picked up, and 30 J. thought I'd listen;
and presently Iiheard them say they be-
neved you'd done it, but the difficulty
would be to prove It,"
s"But I never cut Tommy Bowles bead
ofPln
1"Yes, you did,
"What do you mean, dog' Are you
mad?'
"You know you flung o broken plate
over the wall this morning, didn't you%
sWell?'
"Well, just as you threw 1t, Tommy
Bowles was climbing up the wall to get
at your apple tree, and it caught his
neck and cut his head right off.
The young man sprang to his feet In
an instant. A cold perspiration burst
from every pore He had taken human
life, and his victim lay headkss next
door. He turned huaiedly to Pickle for
further information, but the dog had
left the table, and Yves stretched quietly
on the hearth rug, gnawing bone. The
concentration Of her masters Will had
been disturbed, the conditions under
which the phenomena were possible had
been destroyed How must this awful
danger be faceds e
For fully an. hour be endeavored vainly
to bring himself into ht state to CONTROL
the animals will At last by mighty
effort be succeeded.
.Pickle, go on; tell ms all you heard" :"
The influence was evidently weak, for
Pickle, instead OF answering, caste visit.
full glance at the half gnawed bone ON
the hearth rug.
.sYou shan't have that bone again at
all, if you don't answer cried the
master, angrily.
For moment the dog cooked her head
On one side, and appeared 10 be thinkngi
thsn she resumed her narrative, but In
hasitatlnTg, ttiid6rQIs manner; not usual
With her, when talhas
"pid any Aon1 ses the-ah -accident,
ptcEle9s
"NU but Tommy Bowles. father anda
,,t,.Lbo~ ~ 3rno,,od IN tco{H fbnvi5
beard you threaten p dnit'o oven and over
again. Then one Of them said, tAh, if
that dog Of his could speak, # would tell
ns all about 1t, IwarranH and tben"-
eco on. so our
aHuaht Perhaps somebody b listening"
"Whtsper.'
"Well, then the detective jumped up
and said, BY Jove! it wouldn't b. the
first dog who'd banged o manr and then
said presently, IL that dog saw 1t done
-and ten to one she did-f'll have 1t out
Of her, see IL I DON'T"
"What did he mean, Pickle2
"Why, he's found out that you Won
Glabenize me, and make me talk; and
he'n do the same If he catches me. When
Iheard this, master, I sneaked out OF
the room and ran for my life; and !
went, obi such long way round, and
waited till 1t was quite dark, for fear be
should see me come In; and that's what
made me so late. may finish that bone
now, mayn't II
Freeing the dog from control, the
young man flung himself heavily into
chair. Els position was desperate. The
little harmless dog, gnawing away at its
bone as if nothing had happened, had
bis Life upon his tongue. Why, In the
hands Of man Like the detectiye-a
man who evidently knew the secret be
fancied be himself alone poesessed-the
dogs evidence would hang him twenty
times over. He felt his collar tighten
around isneck as be thought Of 1t. Who
would believe it was only an accident2
His threat to cut off Tommy Bowle5
head had been heard all over tie neigh
borhood. He had flung the fatal plate;
the dog had seen him do It; tho dog could
be made to speak, and the detective
knew how to make it.
Suddenly the thought struck him,
"Pickle is the only witness who could
provo the actual deed. How II I wero to
-tto-put her out of the way7e
The. worstl Great powersl Why, at
any moment the myrmidons Of the law
might be hammering at his door; be
might be IN jail, and Pickle in the power
Of TINT oonfounded, meddling detective
Not second was to be lost.
Late that night young man stole eau
hously down the steps Of the house In
- street, and hailed . passing hack,
From beneath the folds OF his ulster
peered the sharp muszle of little dog.
Three weeks later man and dog stood
upon the deck OF the good ship Grampus,
bound for Ujiji, with ice, lucifer matches
and gray shirtinga
"What is that island yondorr asked
the man Of the first mate, who was lean
ing over the bulwark near him.
The man shaded his eyes and looked.
"That2 Oh, that's desert island
We're out Of our course, through the
togs, I, g good bit, or we shouldn't b0 near
'.Dont ships go nearer than this to it7'