The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-12
Black and Tan.
Copyright, 1901


Joseph Marion Waugh was the way
he wrote his name, but all Of us in the
bank called him Joe, and be had n
friend in everybody and was every
body's friend. Joe had started in with
the bank In one Of the lowest posi-
tons and had climbed up to be the
paying teller.
Now and then he invited some OF us
young fellows to his home, and 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 more intelligent
animal. 1t seemed as II he could do
everything but talk.
On the LIST of certain August the
bank had been IN business twenty
years. Joe had been with it that long.
1t was also his birthday and the day
he was to set out on his annual two
weeks vacation. He, with two dry
goods men. had purchased a 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 he
had run needle into his foot and
could only hobble about. Joe had been
carrying $4,000 life insurance for two
years past Before going on the trip
he secured $4,000 in accident insur-
ance The two others took out $4,000
each. They started away gayly enough,
and we heard nothing from them for
a week: then came the news that there
had been an accident and that our pay
ing teller had been drowned.
1t was some time before we got the
particulars, and then it appeared that
while the launch was making for Hunt
ington bay and was within half mile
Of the shore and running slowly in
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 Waugh overheard. He
made great splash and called out,
but he was neither picked up, nor did
he succeed in catching hold of log or
boat
Three months after Yaugn's death,
bis body having not been found, the
black and tan dog was missing. Some
one had stolen him. As matter Of
fact. it was private detective who did
the stealing. The dog was sent up TO
a farm in Connecticut and when al
most year had passed the detective
took him under his arm and set out on
d 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 a study of geology; another
that he had an itching to become a
and discoyerer; third that
he had cousin In Mexico who was a I
rich mine owner and was In CORE
with him. This latter facr
was not known to mother or daughter. \
The detective headed for Mexico He /
did not know where the cousin was 10 (
Gated. but he intended to spend five
years If necessary TO find out He did
not know the cousins name. but he de-
pended upon luck to ascertain 1t. He
knew that Waugh would disguise him
self. and there had been no photograph i
Of him for years. but he would depend
upon the dog. 1t is doubtful If any de-
tective ever started out facing harder
At the end of three
he had not learned one thing
He had cautiously inquired for an
American who was a stranger to the
aud 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 trick
dog. He had changed masters. was
we'll used and seemed to be content
but some day the detectives case
would depend on the CANNES nose.
fter the third month he got some
.llght encoura cement, After the fourth
81 believed that he was on Yaugn's
iran but 1t was Eve months and over
before the climax came.
ono evening the detective was eating
iluner in a restaurant in a Mexican
,itv The dog had been left locked N
as room. He sat down to a table
where there we're four gentlemen. aud
after a glance at them he began his
meal He had learned that day that
he man he wanted. or a man sup
,os.d "a be he. was prospecting in the
200 miles away. When the
Inner was hair over a ehambermaid
,psisirs entered the detectives room
s the line or duty. and no sooner was
he door opened than the dog slipped
mt and ran downstairs. His nose LED
,im 10 the dining room. aud the head
Eaiter sought to keep him out There