The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
DEMPSEY HAS
SOFT MANNERS
FOR A. CHAMP
Dainty DamseI Finds Him
Feeding Puppy on Train and
Chaperone Changes Mind.
By FRANK G. MENKE.

By FRANK G. MENKE.
(copyright. 1929. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
TT was aboard the Panama
Limited" as the flyer of the
Illinois Central raced through
Illinois from Memphis to Chica-
20.
A dozen passengers, having
breadasted, were sitting inside
the observation coach as a brake
man came through and said:
"Jack Dempsey is aboard"
"Where, where?" exclaimed a
group of girls.
II guess he's in his stateroom at
the other end of this car" said the
brakeman.
= II Just must see him-I just
must" exclaimed one of the girls.
must BE CAREFUL"
MY dear" reprimanded a gray
haired woman, evidently a chaper-
oning aunt, you must do nothing
of the sort. Remember he is of a
brutal profession - and you must
always be careful to avoid contact
But, he won't hurt me-he isn't
coarse. is he?" asked the girl Of
the official.
II don't think so. lady-he seems
like a mighty nice young gentle
manly fellow to me" was the
answer.
The girl pleaded with the older
woman for a chance to see Demp-
sey. The other girls added their
pleas. The brakeman offered to
conduct them to Dempsey's state
room 'and. II his door is open.
: you can peek in. You won't see
him any other way until We get
to Chicago because he never
parades around"
THEY TAKE A PEEP.
The insistence of the girls finally
overruled the objections of the
chaperone. She agreed to permit
them to take a peek at the ruff
fian" but only upon the condition
that she go along so as to lend aid
in case this plug-ugly becomes
savage"
The girls and the woman tip
toed along to the compartment The
door happened to be open. Sprawled
on the floor was an athletic youth,
black of hair. swarthy of complex
ion. tailored in immaculate fashion
And in front of him stood
black puppy. trying vainly to chew
2 rather large piece of puppy
biscuit
What's the matter. old boy-too
big for your" asked the man of the
pup. The pup dropped the biscuit,
looked at the speaker. tried again
TO chew the big piece of hard bak-
ed food - but his little teeth
wouldn't permit II.
BITES 1T HIMSELF.
So the man on the floor. finding
II impossible to break any smaller
pieces off the cake with his fingers.
bit a piece off of it with row of
perfect teeth-and then offered
them to the pup. He ate rave-
nously.
The man crumplNd the rest Of the
dog cake with his teeth. fed them to
the pup. picked another cake out
Of box and cracked that. The pup
ate and wagged his little tail JOY
ously
''Thatll he about all for now ="
said the man on the floor. patting
the pup on the head. But the pup
thought otherwise. He began muz-
zlinC in Coaxing fashiOn-he was
still hungry.
The man pulled the pup into his
lap. lifted up his head SO that dog
eyes and man eyes looked into each
other. and said:
1T WOULDN'T BE GOOD"
Puppy. old hoy. I'd surely like
to feed you another-but il wouldn't
be good for you. see? Wouldn't ne
good for you. You're too young to
eat more than two cakes like that
AZ time. But when you get a
little older. why
The train lurched-tho door
slammed and the view Of the inte-
rior Of ttt compartment was cut off
What a pretty picture that was
the man cracking up food for
the helpless little puppy" exclaimed
the other woman. And then. as an
afterthought. TO the official. but
where was this plug ugly-this saw
age Dempsey"
THAT was Dempsey madame
that was Dempsey sitting on the
Nnor feeding the dog" was the
snswer ''Y'see. madame. some
body in Memphis gave Dempsey that
that little pup for present. He
wanted to take the dog hack to Los
Angeles with him. but nc didn't
want to subject the little fellow 70
an all-niGht ride in cold drafty
baggage car.
CAME IN OVERCOAT.
so what he did when he left for
the train last night. madame. was
to take off his pveTcOat. even though
II was very damp and raw outside,
wrap the puppy in il and come on
board with the coat thrown over his
arm as though he were carrying it,
He wanted to make sure Of slipping
the dog into his compartment where
II would he warm and cOZy for the
little fellow.
And this morning madame.
Dempsey passed up having break
fast on account Of that pup. He
figured if he went to the dining car,
or had food served in his room. the
presence Of the puppy in his com
partment would be discovered and
we'd force him tn put the pup in
the baggage car anyway
1T was just little while ago We
found out about the puppy and be
cause we'll be in Chicago in a little
while. the puppy can stay where he
is the rest of the way
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