Evening star., 1912-11-24

Three or four times every day, between games of
billiards and pin pool we'd of the hotel and
make for the quiet little street where the crlmbng
yellow brick house was, and there each time We d find
the hairless dog moucing round either the second
story lower porch, sometimes barking in a tone of
that could be heard all of feet away, else
squatting chair taking in the prospect. and snap
ping at flies And each time the star seuths shoulders
would shake at the thought of it.
"Say, honest" he'd say 81 thought I'd trcke
into anything soft as this All got to do is take
slant at mutt that looks like between lizard
and woodchuck three or four times day. and then
the whistle blows for It's and shame this
strain 1t is, honest. Let's go back and play
thirty-ive or forty more games of something.
1t didn't worry him that the Treasurer and his wife
weren't taking their short daily walks He figured that
probably they'd decided to be more discreet or some
thing The frequent sight of the dog other of
the porches satisfied him. He a regular sleuth,
never doubt that!
A ND So the day when the up steamer due to
make her afternoon sailing, the big-agency man.
with his papers all fixed up and his own dunnage
board the steamer, summoned me.
"Nlight we'll trudge along with me-" said he, @and
watch me gather him in. It's some case yknow, and,
seeing that you're not such bad sort of duck III let
you see how the things done
So l went with him. The hairless dog, jumping up
and down on the lower porch, barked furousy
thought he was barking urously: but the sleuth not
frightened a bit by this demonstration. went right UP
the steps and raped loudly on the door
Nothing occurred to disturb the tranquility of the
quiet Even the TO Sllf1 at
shoe leather. So Friend Sleuth raped again. this
time louder. could see that he was becoming annoyed.
Then the door of the little house door opened,
and the who owned the house whose steps
standing appeared, wiping her leahery hands
her apron. She asked what was wanted
"I1l get what | want, don't bother about that re-
piled the star sleth quite snoruly 81 want the man
that S living in this house, that's who want
The crone told him, IN Greaserese that had to
straighten out that the who had been living in
that house had sailed with the for Puerto Cortes
three four days previously she had forgotten which
If had known what the first aid for apoplexy was.
I'd have staked that bagency man to 1t then and there
I'd seen purpllSh and even Interchangeable human coun
tenances before; but that the first time
that true vermion. He couldn't speak, and
view that he put his shoulder the door and burst
it in. Then he searched the house from top to bottom
crawled through the cellar and climbed out the
roof.
"I reckon" told him. "the old dame next door must
have been telling the truth
"But how about this Internal mutto" he bawled at
me- pointing to the hairless dog which wheeziy followed
around.
At that moment-We were standing the porch
again neXdoor appeared in her door again,
and seeing the dog squatng at feet, called out to
it in Spanish:
"Come here Chiquita, little vampre-come home!'
Jaw dropping lower with each tick of his watch.
"She's calling her dog" told him.
"Her dog!" gasped the big-agency star. "Why, wha
wha- what the"
"My Chquita became friends with the little dog of
the American senior and sonora who went away the old
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