Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-25

TUNE 2a.-I met very pleasant dog
- yesterday. whom | called Mr.. Fo-
garty because of his sober Countenance
and the benign, hut rather puzzled
expression in his large, lrnpid eyes,
which were almost completely hidden
by his bangs. lie was evidently a
visitor i'm camp. so | took him around
and introduced him to the rest of the
dogs and several of the better. sort OF
goats. In all these he displayed
friendly but dicnited interest. lie
refused to be separated from me; how
ever, and even broke into the mess
hall from which he was unCere-
moniuuSly. elected. but not before he
had gotten half of my ration. In some
strange manner he must have found
out from one of the other dogs my
name and address and exactly where
swung. for in the middle Of the night
| awoke to hear lonesome whining
in the darkness beneath my hammock
land then the sniff. sniff Of AN inNeSti.
eating nose. As | know how it feels
TO be lonely in big black barracks
in the dead of night I carefully de-.
scended to the dock and collected this
anima it was my old friend Mr..
FoGarty. and he was quite OVerloyed
at having once more found me. After
licking my face in gratitude no Sat
back on his Launches and waited for
me TO do something amusing. ! didn't
have the heart to leave him there in
the darkness. Dogs have a certain
way about them that gets me every
time ! lifted Mr.. Fogarty. a huge
hulk of dog. with much care. and
adjusting of overlapping paws into my
hammock. and received a kiss in the
cva for my trouble. Then | followed
MIR. Fogartv into the hammock ana
resumed my Slumher, hut not with
much comfort. Mr.. fogarty IS a
large. sprawly dog, who evidently has
been used TO sleeping i'm vast spaces.
. Consequently he considered mo in the
nature of piece of gratifying up
holstery. He slept with his hind legs
on my stomach and his front paws
/ prOpped against my chin. When he
/ scratched. as he not infrequentlN did
/ what ! decided must he Il liea, his hind
! leg beat upon the canvas aud pro
duced a noise not unlike drum. Thus
we slept, but through some miscalcu
: lation ! must have slept over. for ii
, seems that the mastcr.at-Hrms. very
large and capable lrishman, came
/ and shook my hammock
Hit the deck there, sailor" he said
shake Il leg. shake a leg
At this point Mr.. t'ogartY took il
/ upon himself 10 peer over the side o
| the hammock to see who this dslurbel
of peace and quiet could be. This was
just a little out of the line Of duty fOl
! the jimmy legs, aud ! can't say as
blame him for his conduct under
. rather trying circumstances. Mr.
i.FoCarty has II large. shaggy head. no
unlike "A lions, and his mouth. too is
! quite largo and contains some vcr!
long and sharp teeth. 1t seems tina
| Nj. Fogarty, still heavy with slumber
uurc naturally yawned into the horri
fed face of the Jimmylegs, who, mis-
taking the operation for hostile de
! monstrati ion. rotreated from the bar
racks with admirable rapidity. crying
| i'm a distracted voice as he did so:
BY the saints, it's beast hcl
turned into during tho night"
It seems | have been washing ham
I moCks ever since. Mr.. FogartN sit
/ around and wonders what it's al
. about. ! like Fogarty, but he get
me in trouble, and in this need NJ
, help whatsoever.
.Tuly This day | almost succeedoc