Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-26

license. IT'S very simple. Are
those shoes We have on yeer feet? Be
hivins, 1 thought So
Simple said Mr.. Hennessy scorn-
fully; tbs foolish"
Pass tn dope, Watson, Now bein'
full iv tn cillybrated Chow Sooey
brand, l address me keen mind to tn
discussion iv tn case iv Dorsey's dog.
Watson, look out iv tn window an
see if that's a cab goin' by ringin' a
gong. A throlley car? So much tn
betther. Me observation rof me it
was not a balloon or comet or a
reindeer. Ye ARE great help to
me, Watson. Pass tn dope. Was
there dog in tn car? No? That
simplfies tn thing ] had an idee TIL
dog might have gone to wurruk. He
was bull-tarryer, We say. Dye know
anything about his parents? Be
Mulligan's Sloppy Weather out iv
O'Hannigan's Diana iv tn Slough? "
coorse. Was ayether iv thin seen in
tn neighborhood tn night iv tn plant?
No? Thin it is not as nanny might
suppose, a case iv abduction What
were tn habits iv Dorsey's coyote?
Was he dog that dhrank? Did he
go out iv nights. Was he payin' amy
particular attintions to amy iv tn
neighbors? Was he baff1ed in love?
Ar-re his accounts straight? Had
Dorsey said anything to him that
wud've made him respondent? Ye
say no. He led dogs life but seem
ed to be happy. Thin it's plainly not
case iv suicide.
I'm gettin' UP close to tn criminals.
Another shot iv tn mad mixture. Wait
till | can find a place in tn arm.
There We ARE. Well, Watson, what
dye make iv it?'
IF We name me, Dugan stole tn
dog"
mot so fast" said Mr.. Dooley.
Like all men iv small minds We make
ye'ers up readily. TIL smaller TIL mind
tn aiser it's made up. Ye'eEs is like
a blanket on tn tlure befure tn fire.
All We have TO do to make it up is to
lave it. Mine is like large double
bed an afther I've been tossin' in it.
tbs no aisy job to make it up. | will
puncture me tire with tn favsrite flo
wer iv Chinnytown an go on. We
know now that tn dog did not elope
that he didn't commit suicide an that
he was not kidnapped be his rayturn,
in parents. So far so good. Now
I'll tell We who stole tn dog. Ulster
dab afthernoon | see a suspicious
lookin' man goin' down tn street.
saythe was suspicious lookln' because
he was not disguised an looked ivry
waniin tn face. He had no dog with
him. A damning circumstance, Wat
son, because whin he'd stolen tn dog
he niver wud've take it down neal
Dorsey's house Ye wuddent notice
these facts because ye'er mind while
feeble is unthrained. His coat collar
was turned up an he was whistlin' to
himsilf, a habit iv dog fanciers. AS
he whit be Hogan's house he did not
look around or change his gait or 9th
erwise do anything that wud indi
cate to an unframed mind that there
was anything wrong, facts in. thin
silves that proved to me cultivated in
diligence that hg"was guilty. | fol
lowed him in me minds eye ITO his
home an there chained to tn bed leg
is Dorsey's dog TIL name iv thf cirm
inal is PIX. O'Hannigan an he lives al
Twinty-wan hundherd an ninety nine
South Halsted sthreet, top fiat, lsear, E
plumber be pro-isson. Officer, arres
that man.
That's all right" said Mr.. Hen
Messy; but Dugan rayturned tn dos
las night"
ooh, thin" said Mr.. Dooley calmly
this is not case FIR Sherlock Hplme: