The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-06-26
CHAPTER /,
A Dog and a Damsel.

Al sat on a bench in Madison
ruare after half past eleven in the
evening a dog came trotting up to me,
ropped at my feet and whined.
There is nothing remarkable in hav-
irr q strange dog run to one, nor in
SEEING The creature rise on its hind
Y.gs and paw at you for notice and q
aress. Only, this happened to be an
Eskimo dog.
Istroked the beast, which lay down
rmy feet, raising it's head sometimes
10 whira and sometimes darting off
little w1y and coming back to tug at
the lower edge of my overcoat. But
nv minu was too much occupied for
me to take any but a perfunctory in
terest in it's maneuvers. My eight
yeaE Of thankless drudgery as a
clerk, following on brief adventur-
GUS periad after I ran away to sea
from my English home, had terminal
ed three days before upon receipt Of a
legacy, end l had at once left Tom
Carson's employment.
Six thousand guineas-thirty thou
sand dollars-the will said.
had seen for some time that Car
son meant to get rid of me. 1t had
been satisfaction to me to get rid
Of him instead.
he had been alternately a prOspec-
tor and a company promoter all the
working years of his shabby life. Tom
was as secretive as a clam, except
with Simon Leroux.
Leroux was parish politician from
tome place near Quebec, and his
clean-shaven, wrinkled face was as
hard and mean as any city boss in the
United States. He and old Tom used
70 be eloseted together for hours at
time.
never liked the man and I never
Jared for Carson's business ways. ]
vas glad to leave him the day after
ny, legacy arrived.
My plans were vague. I had been
occupying, at a low rental, a tiny
apartment consisting Of two rooms, a
oath and what is called a Kitchen
ette' at the top of an old building
IN Tenth street which was about to be
pulled down. / had half planned to
@ke boat for Jamaica. I wanted to
mink and plan.
Inc Eskimo dog was growing I'M
easy 1t would run from me, looking
-Vuuu and utter4ng a succession of
'nort parks, then run back and tug at
~y overcoat again.
evidently it wished me to accom-
p0ny 1t, and I wondered who it's mas
vi was and how it came to be there
rose and followed the beast, which
a ~ Its eager delight by running
Deau OF me, turning round at times
OdrK and then continuing on its
way with a precision which showed
u e mat 1t was certain of it's destina-
n 1ne Dog turned down a street in the
a"enCles' ran on few yards, bound
~ W Hight Of stone steps and be.
~, 'NhIHS dC the door or house
." was apparently empty,
w.. .Hls place I knew by reputation. II
"SS Jim Days notorious but decently
TS' uucted gambling establishment
vhO on was running full blast at a time
ohO en every other institution of this
s sharacter had found it convenient tc
smut down. ~
n.y. W the creatures master was inside
ont and it wished me to get hin
At = | looked in some disappointment
e closed doors and turned away
caaa meant to go home, ard I had pro
locL about three PAGES when If1.
doo. clcked. I stopped. The from
bsoa opened cautiously and the gray
M VI J1m's negro butler appeared
t,tn, en emerged one of the most beau
ST. women that I have ever seen.
tvant could not have been more thar
Of .nty years of age. Her hair wa,
aplsD aalr brown, the features modelled
aawlonlol the head poised upon .
heath 9'S throat that cleaned white be
sS'a aeckpleCs of mAaaiacen