The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-10
Black and Tan.
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fcopyright, 1911

! friend In everybody and was every
body's friend. Joe had started in with
the bank In one of the lowest posi-
tions and had climbed up to be the
paying teller.
Now and then he invited some of us
young fellows to his home, aud we
were made very welcome by mother
and sister There was what you
might call a fourth member OF the
family. 1t was black and tan dog,
and never was there a more Intelligent
animal. 1t seemed as If he could do
everything but talk.
on the 1st of a certain August the
bank had been In business twenty
years Joe had been with it that long.
It was also his birthday and the day
he was to set out on his annual two
4 weeks vacation. He, with two dry
goods men, had purchased n power
launch, and the trio were to make a
trip along the north shore of Long
Island The dog would have gone
with them except for the fact that lie
had run Il needle into his foot and
carrying $4,000 life insurance for two
years past Before going on the trip
he secured $4,000 In accident insur-
J ance. The two others took out $4,000
each. They started away gayly enough,
and we heard nothing from them for
week; then came the news that there
had been an accident and that our pay
! Ing teller had been drowned.
, It was some time before we got the
p particulars, and then IL appeared that
while the launch was making for Hunt
ngton bay and was within half a mile
OF the shore and running slowly In a
fog she struck floating log. Joe was
on lookout In the bows, while one OF
the men was cooking supper and the
other attending to the machinery. The
collision hurled Vaugn overheard. He
made n great splash and called out
{ but he was neither picked up, nor did
I he succeed In catching hold of log or
boat
Three months after Vaugn's death,
his body having not been found, the
black and tan dog was missing Some
one had stolen him. AS matter Of
fact, II was private detective who did
tie stealing. The dog was sent up to
: farm IN Connecticut, and when al
! most year had passed the detective
took him under his arm and set out on
quest He had learned many things
IN few months that were unknown to
= us who had known Joe for twenty
years One OF these was that the teller
, had made Il study of geology another
that he had an itching to become a
prospector and dlscoverer; third that
! he had cousin In Mexico who was a
rich mine owner and was In CORE
? spOndence with him. This latter fact
was not known to mother or daughter,
The detective headed for Mexico. He
did not know where the cousin was lo-
Gated, but he intended TO spend five
! years If necessary to find out. lie did
not know the cousins name. but he de.
pended upon luck TO ascertain 1t. He
knew that Naugn would disguise him
: self, and there had been no photograph
) of him for years, but he would depend
= upon the dog. 1t Is doubtful II any de.
2 tective ever started out facing harder
: proposition. At the end of three
months he had not learned one thing
! He had cautiously inquired for an
, American who was a stranger to the
> country, and he had found scores OF
. them. He had inquired for American
mine owners and had found scores
more. The dog was with him day and
!. night, but he was no longer a trick
r dog. He had changed masters. was
| well used and seemed to he content
I but some day the detectives ease
would depend on the cannes nose
! After the third month he got some
' slight encouragement. After the fourth
! he believed that he was on Vaugn's
|. trail, but 1t was five months and over
!. before the climax came.
!. One evening the detective was eating
dinner In a restaurant In Mexican
city The dog had been left locked IL
s his room. He sat down to table
}, where there were four gentlemen, ant
! after a glance at them he began hi
meal. He had learned that day tina
: the man he wanted or a man sup
!. posed to be he, was prospecting In the
n mountains 600 miles away, When thu
4 dinner was half oyer a chambermaiC
} upstairs entered the detectives room
In the line of duty, and no sooner wa
the door opened than the dog sllppe,
out and ran downstairs. His nose le'
k him to the dining room and the hea,
u waiter sought to keep him out Their
;, was a scuiiie to attract attention, ant
=, then the dog rushed across the room
q to one of the gentlemen at the detec
' tive's table and INDUCED In the mos
If eXtravagant antics lie was repulse'
c again and again, but he persisted.
was patent to all that the black ant
tan had found an old master, After
little the man rose up In confusion an,
D went TO his room, the dog still frollclS
ing around him, aud when the deteC
!" tive knocked on the door It was opene,
by the paying teller, with the remark
well, suppose you want me? Gla
% to SEQ my dog again, but he shouldn'
x have given me away"
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