The Dermott news., 1919-06-19
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4 Dou and . Dansel.

AS Stl OH utlfIi III AlntiSotl square after half past eleven in the evening dog came trotting up to me. stopped at my feet and whiued.
 There Is nothing remarkable in hav- ing n strange dog run to one. nor in seeing the creature rise on its hind legs and paw at you for notice and Il caresS. Only. this happened to be an Eskimo dog.
 stroked the beast. which lay down at my feet. raising it's head sometimes to whine and sometimes dartng off little way and coming back to tug at the lower edge of my oyereoat. But my mind was too much occupied for ne to take any but perfHnctory in terest in ifS maneuVers. My eight years of thaHklcSS drudsery ss q clerk. following on q brief adveHtur- ous period after l ran away to Sea from my English home, had terminat- ed three days before upon receipt of legacy and I had at onre left Tom Garson'S employment.
 Six thousand guiuraS .thjrty Ihou- sand dollars-thc will Said
 had seen for some time that Car son meant to get rid of me. | had been satisfaction to me Ia get rId of him iuStcad
 He had been alternately a preSPee- tor and company pro-lotcr all the working years of his >haSy life. Tom was as secretive as clam, except with simon Leroux
 LerouN was n parish politician from some place near Quebec. and his cleasshaven, wrinkled face was aS hard and mean as any city boss in the United States. He and old Tom used to be closeted together for hours at a time.
 l never liked the man and I never cared for Carson'S business ways. was glad to leave him the day after my legacy arrived.
 My plans were vague. had been occupying. al a low rental. tiny apartment consisting of tue rooms, a bath and what is called a kitchen ette." st the top of an old building in Tenth street which was about to be pulled down. had half planned to take boat for Jamaica. l wanted to think and plan.
 The Eskimo dog was growing un easy. Ii would run from me looking round and uttering succession of short harks. then run back and tug at my oye7coat again.
 Evidently It wished me to accom- pany it. and l wondered who its mas ter was and how 1t came to be there.
 rose and followed the beast. which showed It's eager delight by running ahead of me, turning round at times to bark. and then continuing on It's way with precision which showed me that 1t was certain of its destna. ton.
 The dog turned down street In the Twenties. ran on a few yards, bound. ed up flight of stone steps and be- gan scratching at the door of house that was apparently empty.
 This place I knew by reputation. IL was Un Daly's notorious but decently conducted gambling establishment, which was running full blast at time when every other institution of this character had found II convenient to shwt down.
 So the creature's master was Inside Daly's. and It wished me to get him out I looked in some disappointment at the closed doors and turned away
 mennt To go home, and had pro ceeded about three paces when the lock clicked. stopped. The front door opened cautiously and the gray head of Jim's negro butler appeared
 Then emerged one of the most beau tiful women that have ever seen.
 She could not have been more than twenty years of age. Her hair was of a fair brown, the features modelled spiendidly. the head poised upon il aawiess throat that gleamed white be- ,enth a neckplece of magnificent abls