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II guess you think I love you"
started to crawl out. "But you are a
bad. bad dog. and don't love you" l
wriggled back.
"Muzzer. he's hungry" The pup
put her arm around her mothers neck
and acted like lamb person herself
/ stuck my head out OF the hole and
tried to catch the white woman's eye.
She looked at me a minute. and / sat
up and begged She laughed out loud,
and l threw myself upon her and we
licked each other-I mean did. Then
we all went around to see the black
woman. and had bone.
Soon after that we went to the sea.
shore. and I grew up. don't think
much Of tho seashore. People who
don't have to do 1t 60 In the water
every day. and 1t makes me sick.
I got big and strong. and my legs
and back were all springs. They
taught me a lot OF tricks, but I hated
to pray the most. learned all right,
but ! never would do " II could help
1t. When I wouldn't pray. the shiny
man looked at the white woman and
said 1t was a plain case OF heredity.
She leaned her cheek on my head
and told me that nothing but her low
financial state made her stand the
things he said. He laughed "Haw,
haw!" and asked. what, AGAIN." She
looked the other way, and said she
was a broken woman, and thought
she must have lost some OF 1t this
time. He suggested that she might
find 1t In the little shops along the
boardwalk.
couldn't sec why the white woman
had such trouble keeping her money.
! wanted to suggest to her to bury 1t
as did my bones. but I couldn't mako
her understand.
We came home when the weather
was getting cold. The white woman
and the black one cleaned the house
and the shiny mans mother fixed the
billiard room up as a den for his
birthday. 1t was lovely, with green
carpet and lots of books. Once ! ate
book, but the shiny man said down
deep. Here. you brute. come out OF
that" / came out. He certainly had
heavy hand. have never cared ioi
books since then.
After the house was all clean, tne
white woman went shopping. The
black woman was making jelly and
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with me. One moonlight night I came
round to the front of the house and
found long row Of pansies. They
had such saucy faces that I stepped
up to mako friends. They hadn't the
first idea how to play. 30 l taught
them. I'd take q mouthful of them
and growl and throw myself back.
ward. and the pansies and I would
roll over together.
1t was great fun, but I didn't want
to hurt anyone's feelings. and / pulled
them all up-every one. 1t took me
nearly all night. and when daylight
came I began to feel quito nervous.
wondered what the white woman
would think. You see. We didn't al
ways think alike. It was very uncom.
Portable. 30 I crawled back under the
veranda. It was almost providential
that did, because very soon she came
out. Gracious, she was mad! ! never
saw a wet hen. but II It could get
madden than the white woman,
don't want to meet one. The shiny
man came out and asked II she would
like another lamb person for her
birthday.
III you are going to talk like An
| AoAOIs JOu AAoy 6O o0WASOWn'
Then the pup came out and looked
so pleasant almost wept. "Oh.
muzzer!" she cried. Hes so little.
/ know he's sorry"
He'll be sorrier still when I get
him"
crawled back In the dark and hid.
Tho black woman came around from
tho kitchen. She had broom In her
hand.
He certainly do need to be whipped,
Miss Lacy; he's plum spilled, that dog
is," she said. HE just needs the
life hammered out OF him. That's
what he needs"
III you can crawl under the house
and get him. I'll whip him; but II
you can't. you can 90 in the house and
mind your own business"
"Yessum." And tho black woman
went In the house.
The white woman began to plant
the pansies. and ! felt so lonely
nearly died. ! crawled over to the
hole ! had used to get under the porch
and looked as pleasant as could
She didn't seem to see me, and
groaned. She looked at me and
wagged my tail. She frowned, and
7 wagged some more.
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woman stood up and took of her slip.
per. I doubled up against the walt
and tried to swallow myself "Bosco,
come here!" Her voice was awful.
Just like the dog catcher before got
my license. I didn't come. l really
could not.
"Bosco. come here at once!"
didn't bulge. The voice froze my
blood. Come, you brute, or III come
over there and then"
I started to crawl to her. I couldn't
look at her, and dragged myself to.
ward her very slowly. Just as she
laid her hand on my collar, l had the
inspiration OF my life. I sat up on
my launches, folded my paws over my
nose and prayed. My, how l did pray!
The white woman took her hand
away from my collar, and the black
woman said: For the lands sake!
Look at thatl"
The white woman took my collar
again, and, lifting the slipper, said:
"IIl whip you just the same, because
you are a wretched beast and have
spoiled everything" Before she could
hit me the black woman broke in:
Don't you do it, Miss Lacy.
honey. You mustn't do it. He amt
nothing but a poo dumb beas. and
| he didn't know no better. Sides that.
he's er prayin'. and nobody can't do
moro than pray. You knows yo'self
that hits mighty easy to stray from
the right way. but eff you whips that
poo dog you Is going to have a jedg-
ment sent on to you. That's what
you IL, shonun."
opened one eye and looked at the
white woman. but she still looked aw
fully mad. My tail was numb from
sitting on II, but 1t was no time to
stint myself on prayers. 90 I shut my
eyes tight and sat up and groaned
horribly. heard her catch her
breath, then she sat down on the floor
and began to cry. I rushed into her
lap and licked her face, but she still
cried. She needn't have kept on cry.
Ing. I forgave her at once. She had
never chased q cat, and, OF course,
couldn't understand.
and said she was her mammy's baby.
but she kept on crying. Then I tore
down to the back yard and got q bone.
1t had been buried a week and was
very choice. I took 1t upstairs and
AAAN ~ IA hOA AoP dho otSPPOo OoSN
to see her enjoy herself She didn't
take 1t. but she laughed and laughed
and laughed.
Take the horrible thing away, An.
ME. But wasn't he smart to do IT."
| "Yessum, that's q powerful fine dog,
and We 10 mighty lucky to have him"
climbed into the white woman's
lap again. and she held me close. and
I put my head up under her chin and
was a lamb person for long time
Then we all went to work and cleaned
up. Fresh milk took all the ink out OF
the carpet, and we put big picture
up behind the mantel. 1t didn't take
long, and liked It better.
When everything was done. the
black woman and went down to the
kitchen. She sat in a chair, and I
sat on the floor in front Of her.
put my head on one side and winked
slowly with my left eye: she said:
go way from here, yo' sassy dog.
No winkin' at me-a settled woman
Yo' Is scanlous! That's what 20 70
Scanlous!"
Copyright, The Fronk a. A1nsey &C J
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All the ink In the bottle poured over
me az I came out, but the cat was
on the closet shelf. splitting and max
ing faces at me.
shook the ink of my back and
made q lunge. She saw me coming
and backed out OF sight, but when l
fell brought down Z lovely play.
thing. a new white chiffon dress.
never played with one before. but
would recommend 1t to anybody with
a playful disposition. I took up great
mouthfuls. and when I bit down on II
there was nothing there. It was soft
and slippery. and I pulled and tore II
all to bits. Then I got It all OF the
silk lining and ran round the room
with 1t. rolled in 1t and got some
more ink of my back. After that
made 1t into q ball and jumped on II
and growled.
was fearfully tired and mus
have gone to sleep. for I Weakened W
when I heard tho white woman com
ing in the front door. I ran and put
my plaything In the closet and pushed
the door shut; then I went up In tht
corner and sat down.
was very uncomfortable. You see
I couldn't tell them that the cat hat
done 1t all, and felt pretty sure they
would blame me. I hate to be blamed
at any time, but to have to stand fol
the wrong-doing OF q cat was very de
pressing.
| The white woman came up to hel
room and stopped. Then she said
For Heavens sakei Annie, Annie
come up here at once and tell me
what this means!"
The black woman came running, and
she stopped. She said she had been ir
the laundry and hadn't heard word
but OF course It was Bosco. He wae
so plum ruint for whipping. He'll
tear the house down next"
This hurt my feelings 20 that
groaned. and they came running W
to the new den. ! really thought the
white woman was going to burst.
never saw anyone so mad.
II wouldn't mind 30 much" she said
IL his mother had not dxed the room
What will she think Of mei"
She's gwine to think you 10 q
mighty poo excuse, Miss Lacy. She
sho Is"
"Oh. WE'LL" snapped the white
woman, she always has, anyway, 90
she won't have to change her opinion
much"
mo. ma'am. she amt going to like
you no better for this. You knows
that. What's that dirty rag under the
closet door"
crawled 90 close In the corner
almost stood on my head. Tho white
woman opened the door and gave ont
shrek.
"Oh, Annie. my brand-nsw whit,
dress! Oh. what will do? II ISM
paid for. l haven't even worn II
What can do? What can / dot"
you can't do nothing to the dress
It's done spilled. but you can beat tina
low-down Bosco to death. That
what you ought to do. You 10
mighty nice lady. but you don't Whit
nobody like they ought to be whipped
He is Just 90 stuck up he thinks b.
owns the place. and you Just got I,
git to work and kill him. It's tn
only way you ever kin teach him Il
behave hisself. jest wish you'd lie
me do 1t. I wouldn't leave a hair o.
bis hide"
. ! felt positively faint. The whit
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They fed me lovely puppy cakes and
soup and carrots, and all things
healthy for youngsters. The only
trouble was that l never got enough.
They gave it to me in little dish,
and every time the white woman
fixed my food she hammered the
cakes to bits on the corner of the sink
1t was very misleading. OF course,
thought every time anyone ham
mered 1t was time to eat / know
walked a thousand miles around the
table while the cook was beating bis
cults, but l never got crumb. One
day a carpenter came and did some
thing to the sink. He hammered, and
wagged my tail and smiled. Then
he hammered some more, and
wagged again. 1t went on half day.
And do you think he gave me NOR
sci? Not he-my tail was tired for
week.
The week after I came the family
expected company; so the wnlte
woman put on long apron and got
some laundry soap and carried me up
to the bathroom. She wet the soap
and rubbed it all over me. ! didn't
mind that I tried to bite her fin
gers, anu VIC udu d 6OOo IAAot O"e
when was all soapy she put me down
in tho water. 1t nearly scared me into
dts. She rubbed me and scrubbed me.
and the pup came and helped to hold
me. and wished I was dead; and l
forgot that bullterriers never whined,
and ] whined and whined. 1t was
over at last. and she wrapped me up
and sat by the fire till stopped shiv.
ering. Then she held me up before
the mirror; l was all pure white with
black nose. She told me that
was a beautiful thing and lamb per-
son, and that my name was Bosco'
This surprised me, but was so sleepy
Just burrowed under her arm and
went to sleep.
was always hungry. There was q
pleasant-smelling can in the back yard
where the black woman put lots OF
good things, but she would never give
me a taste. 1t sat up on box and
couldn't reach it; but I was growing
and l knew that before long ! was
going 10 have one square meal. One
day the white woman went to town
and the black woman came out with
some delicacies for the pail, when q
friend called her. She set the dish on
the ground and went to the fence
!. My, oh, my! There was pie and lemon
j. peel and meat (ham. think) and cole
slaw and coffee grounds. ate 1t all
!. It was a rapturous time. When she
: came back she called mo o greedy
!. thing. and said. II speck rs going Il
catch 1t now for sure"
1 We went in the kitchen. lay down
Q but wanted to get up. When wal
up I wanted to lie down. Inside
I felt like I'd swallowed a high wind
n everything seemed 30 upset. I fell
d like something awful was going t
r happen, and 1t did. The black woman
put me out of doors, and lay in {
9 corner and grosned till the Whit
e woman came. She said It served vi
both right. and took me upstairs.
y didn't even bite her fingers, but jus
d lay still. She said she thought I'd bet
I ter have pie often II 1t made me 81
o quiet. ! didn't care; ! was so glat
r to be lamb person again that moth
a ing mattered
Q I was growing very fast, but some
times ! got lonely for someone to pla
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to a gray old man, her father, doubt
less, and while they took an evident
interest in wha. was going on around
them, that interest struck me as pc
cuiarly sad and reflective. 1t was
the amethyst and silence that had
them, rather than the lights and the
crowd.
"And ] believe that 1fa-rees was
ar American, too" Mabrouk went
on, but he never said so. He might
have been Irish or Scotch. I've heard
Irish say they were Americans. and
I have heard Americans say they
were Irish. It's droll. Perhaps he
was English. Ha-rees is an Eng
lish mama"
'IIarris. you mean." said, en-
l:shtcned.
That's right" answered Mabrouk.
"And Sidi is also English. meaning
like a vagabond."
"seedy Harrs-that's English, all
right, or American, or Irish
Irish, probably" Mabrouk ex-
planned with unbroken seriousness,
for it was the name an Irish cor
poral of the legion gave him before
no enlisted It was also good Arabic
--Sidi Ha-rees-the name he died UNI
der: the name cut In Arabic on his
headstone.
mo one would ever have thought
that Sidi Ha-rees would end like
that. In the legion, you know, we
bad-German deserters are among
the best and italian cutthroats are
among the worst, but the heroes
are chiefly found among those fell
lows who have made some slip and
are just waiting for a chance to get
killed. Sidi Ha-rees was one Of these.
He was a detected, bitter, vicious
vaurien when we took him in. He
remained pretty much like that up
to the day Of his death. But he
didn't die that way. All, no; he had
a glorious death, thanks to that wo-
man, your compatriot, the Ameri-
cam
Mabrouk's voice trailed Off into
silence for a space, as he rolled and
lit a cigarette. Had 1 seen this wo-
man before? If she would only turn
around. AS looked at her head and
shoulders, 1 was thinking almost
unconsciously Of that other red-head-
ed woman, Thomas Becker's wife; OF
the day she opened the door of n Har-
lem fiat to let me in, too late to
get the absconding bank clerk. That
was seven years ago. And even now
1t wasn't Becker that we were after
so much as 1t was certain letters
written by a certain senator, concern.
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by and by the Touaregs got our
range. shooting high and dropping
their bullets on us from above. The
day was very long. We had no more
water. My blood could hardly flow
from new wound.
"'Comrade,' I said. your MESA &c
Is delivered
"He answered: I got to hurry
home
After Sidi Ha-rees had been shot
the fourth time and he couldn't see
any more, I heard him say again:
'Good-by. Nellie; I'm going to work.
and then: Tell papa good-by.' And
I heard him laugh. When I got a
chance to give him a little attention,
Sid Ha-rees was dead.
THE funny part of It was" said
Mabrouk, after a moments reflec.
ton, 'our officers never knew we
had deserted. Our companies got to.
gether again near the place we had
with military honors, and I got my
cross. Since then Sidis tomb is one
of the holy places Of the legion-as it
should be-
There was the same babel Of French
and Spanish and Arabic around us
as Mabrouk finished his story; the
same riot Of costume and color. But
the amethyst had now purpled into
the velvet Of African night; and,
shutting In our oasis Of sound. there
desert. The red-haired woman in
front Of us stirred slightly, and
caught the line Of her profile.
"Mabrouk." asked, do you know
the name Of the woman in front Of
us?"
II have known 1t all along" he
replied And he looked me in the
eyes with an uncanny smile on his
bearded lips.
I didn't need his reply to tell me
that my search was ended. Mulberry
street would never bother Becker any
there in the desert, some place, in a
lonely, starlit grave. the great silence
all around, and an Arab tombstone
at his head.
Mabrouk and I were long silent.
BY and by the red-haired woman
and the gray old man who accom-
panied her got up and went away.
We followed them with our eyes.
"Mabrouk," I said, my brother.
when this man and this woman make
their pilgrimage tomorrow let us go
along. Mulberry street will make
amends. Mulberry street will carry
fresh flowers to the Koubba Of Sid
Ha-rees."
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lay in the hall doing, when right
through the front door walked large
black cat One with green eyes and
a long tail-just such cat as would
have selected.
She arched her back and spit az
soon as she saw me; and / bristled
and snarled and got ready to jump
but she slipped by me and ran up
stairs. was there to protect the
white woman's home. so I rushed
after the cat, determined to see that
no harm came to anything under my
care.
Oh, dear! It didn't turn out at all
as I wanted It to do, but l know my
intentions were the very best. II the
cat had gone down In the cellar
where things didn't break 80 easily
feel sure my family would have q
much higher opinion of me than they
now have.
1t wasn't my fault that she Jumped
on the dressing table. where all the
white woman's knickknacks were lit
tered around. jumped after her
and l must say Q good many things
fell on and broke. The mirror struck
chair and there were bottles and
brushes and lots Of stuff. There
really was no room for a dog, 90 az
soon as the cat jumped of I fol
lowed.
She went up on the mantel. and
sailed after her. l couldn't get quite
up. but l caught her tail and swyne
all my weight on 1t. What do YOU
think happened next? The glass be
hind the mantel leaned over SO
could see myself, and then 1t fell ant
split all to pieces. 1t was o mercy
got away unhurt; but the cat lit GU,
for the third floor. and l went, too.
wasn't thinking very much abou
protecting anything now. JUS
wanted to get the cat and kill her {
few times. and then 60 out for wall
before the family came home. In al
the fun and excitement, I still felt thu
most curious nervousness about thu
family. II was worse than when
taught the pansies to play.
The cat made Decline for the new
den, and tore after her. upsettinl
everything ! passed. She leaped OF
the table, and was up nearly as sool
as she was. There was a pint bottl
Of ink, which went over as soon as
touched It. She few for the closet
and took short cut under the table
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r GUESS you never were a lamb
i person. l never knew anyone but
me who was It's very pleasant, espe-
cially If you are only a month old and
have just been taken away from your
mother.
The way it happened was this: A
colored boy took me and my brother
In a basket to a house where black
woman sat in q white dress. She
told the boy to wait, because they
was at dinner" She and the boy
talked and my brother slept. but
wanted to know; so I climbed up on
the side Of the basket and howled,
Just enough to let people know was
there.
I heard q rustic and a white woman
In a black dress came in. There was
another one with her. only smaller.
decided she must be the white
woman's puppy liked her. She al
ways made you feel that she was
wagging her tail. Poor thing!
found out afterward that she didn't
have one, but II she had I know she
would have wagged it all the time
She took my brother. and the white
woman took me into another room
where man with q shiny top sal
eating cake.
The white woman put mo on the
table. and the shiny man laughed
"Haw. haw!" Then the pup put my
brother on, too; and the shiny mar
laughed "Haw. haw!" again. which
one?" he asked. aud the pup said tc
keep my brother. They put US on the
aorr. and brother whined and wen
to sleep; but l wanted to know. so
took corner OF the table cloth ant
pulled and g.owled. Then the shin,
man laughed. "Haw. haw, haw!" ant
said. LOOK at the little rat"
The pup said, "Oh. father, look n
n,ine!" And he did look. and said HI
WAS "a buster and no mistake"
Then the white woman took me VI
under her chin. But. Sam. look a
niue; ne Is his mothers lamb per
SON
Tho shiny man laughed again. 20
course that makes all the difference II
tho world. A lamb person Is some
thing no lady should BIO without"
She made. face ct him. and toll
me in confidence that she had to pu
up with his iIdeness because she wa
financially embarrassed and was hoI
ing he would buy me. He said tina
when I knew her better I would fin
tina. financial embarrassment was he
chronic state.
Es took o coin out of his pocket an
said. Heads. lamb person: tails, tn
slob."
He threw It UP. and when 1t fell
was tails UP: but the white woma
said she hadn't agreed, and they woul
keep mo. So cuddled under he
chin, and the shiny man laughe
"Haw hawl" and gave the boy som
money. That was how / began to b
O. lamb person.
The FIRST night was awful The
put me in box and went to bed an
loft me. I could see out and
couldn't get out. and wanted
know; so I howled and howled. Ate
while I scrambled out and found
nice corner on the bare door, wher
! slept n peace
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Juneau, Alaska, February l2, 1915.

 Juneau, Alaska, February l2, 1915. NOTICE is hereby given that Otto BergstrOm, of Seward, Alaska, who, on September 30, 1914, made home stead application, No. O1722, for the s.W.Ks.E.A sE.Hs.W.K Sec. 22, W. MNE.KE.hN.w.H N.W.As.E.K N. E. K S. w. A, Section 27, Township S., Range 1 w., Seward Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make five year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the U. S. Commissioner M. J. Conroy at his office, at Seward, Alaska, on the 31st day of March, 1915.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 Frank L. Ballaine, of Seward, Alaska. w. A. McPherson, of Seward, Alaska. S. L. Colwell, of Seward, Alaska. George Sexton, of Seward, Alaska.
 c. B. WALKER.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Fred McGary:

To Fred McGary:
 You are hereby notified that we have expended Three hundred dollars in labor and improvements upon the Panama Association, Homestake and Wild Cat Association Placer mining claims on Dollar Creek, Left Limit, as will appear by Afidavits Proof of An nual Labor for year 1914, recorded in the Office of the Commissioner and Ex-Oficio Recorder, Cook Inlet Pre- cinct, Territory of Alaska, Third Divi- sion, in order to hold said premises under the provision of Section 2S24 Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount required to hold the same for the year ending December Sl-1914; And if within Ninety days after this notice by publication, you fail or refuse to contribute your pro- portion of such expenditure as Co., Owner, your interest in said claims will become the property of the sub cribers under said section 2324. Dated at Susitna, Alaska January 18th, 1915.
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