The sun., 1916-09-17
ERIC THE B~LONDEHOUND.
Tracking the Sister.in.law. He Comes
upOu Rll and Five Pens.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sfr: I
wan to thank my unknown friend and
we'll w!sher for sending me by express
collect-a dog which In an anonymous
letter he describes as a blond-hound. lie
further suggests that I cal the dog
"Whirkey." This name IL not practical
because the dog would quite naturally
mistake an order I NIGH, give 10 sone
walter OF ba rtender for a call for him
and consequently be around so much
Of the time az TO become a positive
nuisance. Bill thought I ought to call
the dog "BenedIctine' because of the
color OF his. the dogs. eyes. This name
II too long. favor short and simple
words myself. Therefore I have de-
cided to call the dog Erie" II II q
short and distinctive name for 4 dog.
and what II far more important. a
hiccough does not interfere with its
enunciation. hope and trust that
Eric will he Of great aid to me In my
search for my lost sister-in-law. and.
too. | trust the donor Of tho dog will
read this my expression OF hanks he
fore ] have 10 change my mind.
II was nearly & o'clock tn. other
UOou WITH FsTlC anu J., dttfI " loIls
day spent In looking for Bill. finally
found him. Since early morning We had
entered innumerable cafes in search OF
him. In each place. as Is the custom.
We had a drink. That Is I had the drink.
Eric patronizes the free lunch exclu-
sively. I got so tired Of pushing swing
ing doors that at the last place We
entered followed Eric's example and
entered on all fours too. Perhaps this
was u~ndigniied and hard on the clothes,
but II was a change from looking for .
crack In the moor to guide one. and be-
sides. 80 many cafes have tessellated
foors now Bill. at the time the cole
customer of the place. was seated at a
table In the rear. Before him on the
table were q drink, a bottle nearly full,
a somewhat legal looking document and
i've pens. Gathered about him were the
manage Of the place. tho bartender. thu
cashier. the porter and a waiter. All
were very still n serious. This is q
weekday" said Bill. 80 7 shall sign II
again on Sunday TO be sure Hill was
signing the paper and using all Ave pens
TO do It. Then he gravcly distributed
the pens. n to each OF the fve abou,
him. Just as hs had finished Erie
nipped him on the ankle. possibly by
way OF Identification. There Is a good
deal ~ the police dog In f.ric's makeup
Bill jumped up and tried TO stand on
the cane seated chair. but ono OF hi,
legs went through. and an. chair and all
he climbed on the table. The chair
with its seat clinging about his knee
made him rather awkward and he upse,
the bottle and It's contents all over tn.
document. The fresh ink OF his recen,
signature was smeared all over the PAGE
In fact the whole paper was ruined
You couldn't tell what might have beer
written on II.
After we had succeeded In getting III.
chair OF Bits leg and order was re
stored. I called for some drinks for Bill
and me and a portion OF pretzels FOL
Erie. Then ! asked for an explanation
Well" said Bill as he patted my dog.
head. I'm glad It's all over and tn,
paper spoiled, And I'm grateful to Eric
just signed the pledge"
"Oh, ! see. But why the Ave pens p
7 queried, Haven't you heard OF III,
precedent lately set for signing impor
tant documents?" ne answered. Yes.
know" I replied. but I believe four pen,
are the proper number. and you used five
and besides. how can you use i've pen
to write Bill B-i-l-l, four letters? Wha
did you do with the NTH pen?"
WELL" said Bill. "in the matter o
pens I decided to 90 him one bette,
And as for tho nth pen. l made III,
period with that. Here's how. :"
New YORK, September rs. 7. r.