Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-24
XIV.
The White Bull Dog.

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Fry chose this point in the game to in
dulge in the folly Of individual ambition
1t was clear to him that Trafford was de-
termined to shield Grimbleshaw. and that
nothing less than the most incontrovert-
ible evidence Of the doctors guilt would
prevent his doing SO. With equal clear
ness Fry saw 1t his duty to the public to
see that the scheme did not succeed,
and he added. in behalf of the claims of
loyalty, that he owed the same duty to
Trafford himself.
Necessarily, he would be compelled to
pursue his self-appointed task under uiffi-
culties, for he could not neglect in the
slightest detail the portion Of the work
assigned him by Trafford, and, besides,
he would have to exercise the utmost
care not to run up against his chief and
what would provoke awkward inquiry.
His first duty concerned the drunken
Canadian, who had been SO conveniently
absent from the farm the night Of the
murder. and he found him so close
mouthed. until his tongue had been
loosened by a copious supply of bad
brandy, that he began to suspect him of
having something to conceal. This view
commended itself to him the more since
he felt that Trafford could present the
most logical reasons for believing that
the man really knew little or nothing.
When, however, his tongue was loos-
ened he talked with the volubiity of
Canadian OF French extraction and said
nothing. He had money that night, for
without money liquor was not to be had
In Lanceboro.
"Ah. oui Messiah Haltenbourg he gif
me un, deux pfastre. He gif heem for
hees wages
Hump! And you spend your wages
for bad brandy, do your
Mon, non. non! Messiah Haltenbourg
ne keep heem; only deux piastres. Me,
All TAX heem for What you call re JOLT
temps. 70 good time, hain't eet?''
swered. but should cali it getting roar
Ing drunk. That's what you were when
you got back to the house.
"Ah. ouf! re drunk, you call heem- Eet
was re 1oli temps; zat mean re same
We'll. II getting Jolly drunk means re
jolt temps you had 'ze JOLT temps all
right. Where was -Altenburg when he
gave you the money!"
Zen re room where ees re What you
call heem. re place where he writes?''
"Oh, his desk"
out out. out: re desk He tax re
bouk.pocket from re pocket. He gif me
when All tell heem All van un, deux
piastres. He say you yum d-n drunkard;
you tro' away re moneys; you yum d-n
fool!'
But you took it?'
"Ah, oui! All tax eet. All wanted re
joli temps; re greet drunk you call heem
He say you vun d-n fool All say 'Ah
want re piastres. re joli temps. All could
not geet eet, me, eef All had not re
pias.res. All want heem!'
At what time did he leave the farm?
Just after supper, about o'clock. After
he finished his supper in the kitchen he
went into the room and asked for the
money. and as soon as he got 1t put on
he did not go by the road, but through
the woods, and met Antoine, who worked
for Mr. Malbon, and they went to the
village together.
Did he meet any one as he went
through the woods?
"Ah. 0ui; All meets re dog
The dog!" exclaimed Fry. What
dog" -,
re bool-dog; Messiah Haltenbourg's bool-
"But haven't seen any dog round
there" declared Fry. There hain't any
dog round there"
Non! He gone: he not dar. You savez
where he go?'
NO Do your
ME? Non. non. non, He gone. Where?
All no savez. ! see heem no more All
meets him in les bois. All say to heem,
Il,
he say 'sacre,' All thinks. He gone! All
see heem not mooch more"
Fry made his note OF this disappear
ance, significant as 1t might prove. both
from the time of its occurrence and be-
cause of the seemingly utter failure Of
one and all to take note of 1t. If there
had been bulldog alive around that
farm that night he would surely have
been heard from. whence 1t seemed to
Fry that degree of preparation not be-
fore supposed was indicated. There could
but be Significance in the vanishing of
dog that was alive and close at home at
6 O'clock, and yet utterly gone two hours
later, when the need of him was most
pressing.
did you meet anybody else?" asked
Fry.
mon. All meets nobody. only ze dog
He geets heem out of my way
WHO? The dog?'
Non, non. All tells you All meets re
dog. All say, Go home! Ze man he
geets heem out OF ze way
What man? You haven't said any
thing about a man. said Fry. on the
alert At once.
.'Ze man Eat walks In front me. re
man he looks up; he stops: he say 'Sacre.
All tink; mails. he geets out re way into
re trees. He hides
THE devil he did, exclaimed Fry.
''What'd he do that for? Was he afraid
of your