Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-05-24

/" said the captain to Lucille
"the pup might hear you
You didn't whistle yer,
loud the first time"
Lucille whistled again with a consld
erably more audible result. We al
listened
There was faint whine and short
sharp, but distant bark / presume
that | was the most surprised person
In the party.
There she isr' Vida declared. 81
thought maybe she was up here"
but that doesn't sound like Too
ties" Lucille objected.
1T must be-" Bopp announced this
masterpiece of logic. '"There isn't any
other dog In the house, is there? Prob
ably her voice sounds different far of"
And probably she is penned In
somewhere and frightened. That
might make her sound different" Ali
Why did l have that idea, and why,
having 1t, did i not conceal it in one Of
the recesses of my brain instead Of
voicing 1t to all2
"Oh, my poor Tootles." Lucille be-
gan picturing her pet suffocating
Maybe she is dying or dead already"
whistle again." directed the cap
tain.
Lucille made several Intellectual at
tempts, but failed. 81 can't" she de-
clared. II have to cry"
LET me call her." 1 interposed.
'She knows me-"
As boy 1 used to be able to make
considerable racket by blowing on two
fingers held at the proper angle in my
mouth. 1 tried 1t with gratifying re-
suits. l must have been heard on. the
mainland.
The reply was immediate-short,
snappy banks, still a long way Off. but
very reassuring as to vigor and de-
light.
"She's right under usr' Lucille cried.
mo, over by the window, 1 should
say" argued Vida.
Poor darling, she has forgotten how
she got into the place, and she thinks
some one Is keeping her cooped up on
purpose. Please, Monty, keep on whis-
Ting. She does recognize you, and
she'll know that help is coming. We
must take up the floor"
In her excitement and time of need |
she had turned to me and not to Bopp. |
didn't know how Tootles, whom had |
ast seen dashlng up the beach amid a
loud of sand, could possibly have man.
lged to get under the attic floor. but
lucille had called me Monty, and rea-
on dismounted from her throne, and
arrival was king.
l whistled blithcly. piercingly, joy
ully, coaxingiy, and whenever I paus-
d the barking rewarded me.
TEAR up the floor" Lucille ordered.
We can't let her stay there any long
r."
Hadn't We better see IL she won't
ONE out by herself2" the captain ask
d tentatively. ut seems n shame to
EAR up that there planking."
mot for TootIes," Lucille replied.
What do | care for an old attic floor
hen my Tootles is in danger? She
hap't stay there another minute II / .
an help it." She tried to pry up a
card with her finger nails.
wait" requested. Let me do this
| wrenched leg from an old arm
hair which had already suffered the !
mputation of one OF its extremities
id with that as a lever pried up one ,
the flooring boards at the ends which !
Stended loose over the floor beams a
3 the plank came up amid cloud of I
ist Lucille gave me look such as /
ust have rewarded Launeelot from
Ie grandstand after he ran curtain $
Die through "a cast iron white hoop. 4
We assembled around the hole had B
ade. No Tootles In sight. a
WHISTLE" Lucille commanded me- Il
i obeyed.
Joyful barks, but nothing more. a
Take up some more boards" Lucille
light have been saying. wait until ri
N nee the whites Of their eyes" or '
Don't give up the snip" O
Hadn't we better waltz Captain "
srkins was an earnest advocate OF Ii
Q Fabian policy. el
"No." Il
took up another board and yet an Il
her. stopping to whistle each time,