The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05

fss, hsrn. CoaS % he hepIns his sen.
e'E ,soadcied. but as ,nn.sse yk as the
~ ~ psI ana Kills hlmsen' hos ina Married
s.' 8. srse, but Biack Blacks ens Coast pur-
ss .,ss Thaxter saa L,s e Sailing sees
ssess Yacht aRd wh ae, I hnat He res
~ .s,svn nom distant o9a krnlsvard
% w ieIlow who e nsLsI nd H EnoWn as
81 y. .,, va Al a lonely lslana' MI nto ~ ex-
fsg n' land. Coast ssare sn oe some de-
y as ~ mace and comes upo"
sa:d buildings
t4aprea vI'.-tco"''"osd9
j. ,o,e. must have carried to the
y. - heard q whine. the quick
, I',a1n. 81 q paws, and a huge Scotch
y. bounded clumsily out OF tne
s ~. sassed him within an arms
nl.S IAN vanished and returned WIN,
= sircling, sose to ground. as II
y &C, - and unable to locate him. ne
s 4...sss The animal. haIf-stupehed
' ~ sender At It's errattc factions;
~ ~ ,.consciously moved slightly. A
.. - rated beneath bis foot Inc
r 4. ssseled toward him instantly
!. !. s.u,sd at attention. torepaW
y. ss.a s.rs pricked forward. delicate
...t,I, expanding and contracting
, ! !. shifted for the scent Of man.
.,,.,e how, herel" Coast called soft
:, ,ad the mex. moment had the ant
- Y. awning upon him. alternately
gI.ang at his feet and jumping W
!. @ps,le bis legs and hands. as Ii
d, ssrs his own masters
Good boyl Steady now! 500
4, nassIee By this demonstratiVe
s,,pticu. Coast bent over the animal
s.,rs % sooths It. with voice and
1.pd, /, was plainly In a state o.
M excitement and evidently deep
|, rsietul for his sympatheu'
tas,ation. He caught the finely mod
N head between bis palms, lifting
N ,he nuazle. Come. now" he salt
IA soothing tone. lets have q lool
aJea, old fellow. Good old boy-st'
ii tght now--steady why
De pOOr brute's biind!"
for e its eyes rolled up he say
ast they we're blank and lightless
III rides masked With a film Q
site
-Cahrset," be said. releasing III
is That's why he couldn't sc
ne | wondered he
d sAat row."
eouiOrted and treasured. the do
addfawn away and resumed It's my'
efiOus cifcling. nosing the earth wit
aEioas winnings Abruptly Is paused
tense 1.-THE frame quivering. the
made Of At a rapid trot In the dire
ll0n whence 1t had appeared. A MI
aent later the heartrending how
vailed out again,
Almost unEillingly Coast followe,
lsfvng himself against the discover
. cared to make.
Hall dozen steps. and he almo.
sl ilgef The dog. He recoiled with
q y hOrtihed CONSERVATION.
Appiegard!, !"
SaI ! vas not Appleyard.
Oa 'av, naked earth ID the midi
lls rude village street, a man. ia
pI0as With one forearm crooked b
RalA nis head. his other limbs r
ea'elg asprawl His head, nes
saea the collie squatted, lifting i
sialul r1uzzle to the sky, was bal
y nlcsly matched with reddi:
ne man had been murdered, fol
slsln by a means singular al
sugue outside the Orient. De,
Al a..
Nilsa 10 q crease round his thro
Wss' nad seen a knotted loop
sansOn SIR Whipcord-the bow.stri,
'as East Above it the face was
a'la'as mask OF agony and fes
s With congested blood; a ia
IS none the less-despite tho
asa'1ally Swallowed, blurred a,
.'susa leatures-had unquestionab
ltisA xay ''
s, fuse and searched the grouI
'paleations OF a struggle.
.saa none. No confusion OF fo
apoat the dead man showed
y lamp earth Apparently the v
!. asa oeen taken from behind. wi
sll warning.
MESQUITE, bafIled. be fingered
'lelAe' moment.
70 kf.s4fs
" lpas ue
utned, half-faint. and fed I
bearing with, him what he "
Y lofget tor many. night: +,
ss sa.e q The bind dog mourning II
'asu beside the crumpled. lilel,
mat had been Its master. th,
49,. sai'.e less snot OF death a