Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-07

He was shouting,
At once Emily became herself again
All her sporting blood stirred in answer
to these shouts. She forgot her agony.
Her sense Of grievance left her. Recog-
MIXING Hugo. she saw all things clearly
and realized In q fash that here was
the burglar for whom she had been
waiting ever since her conversation
with that wire-haired terrier over at
Webleigh Manor.
John had taken her TO lunch there
one day and. fraternising with the WEB,
leigh dog, she had Immediately noVlcea
in his manner something aloof ana
distinctly patroniEing, It had tnen
come out in conversation that they
had had q burglary A. the Manor ana
the wire-haired terrier, according 70
his own story, had been the hero. he
spoke with an ill-aSSumed offhanded,
ness" Of barking and billings ana
chasings in the night, and, though ne
did not say 1t in so many words. gave
Emily plainly to understand ina. ,, II
took an unusual dog to grapple WIN
such a situation, and that, In similar
crises. she would inevitably be found
wanting. Every since that day she hao
hAer longing for a chance TO show ner
nettIe, and now II had come. GAZING
instructions in a high voice. she raced
for the bushes into which Chimp mao
disappeared. Hugo bad thlro, Drought
up the rear.
btninr with swift movement some very
rapid thinking. Fortune had been
with him in the first moments OF TINS
dash for safety. but now. he consid-
ered, II had abandoned him. and ne
must trust to his native intelligence
to see him through. He had not an
ticipated dogs. Dogs altered the whoie
complexion OF the affair. To a go-aS-
YOU please race across country WIN
Hugo he would have trusted himself,
but Hugo in collaboration with a dog
was another matter. He looked ABOUT
him for some shelter from this canine
and human storm.
And Fortune, changing sides again
smiled upon him once more Emily
who had been coming nicely, Attempted
very injudiciously at this moment 70
take a short cut and became involved
in a bush. And Chimp, acceleratlng an
always active brain, perceived way
out. There was low stone wall I'M
medjately in front Of him, and beyond
IL. he saw the dull CLEAN OF water
It was not an ideal haven, but ne
was In no position to pick and choose
The interior of the tank from which
the gardeners drew ammunition Tor
their watering cans had, for one VINO
from childhood had always ~disLkeo
bathing. a singularly repellent air Those
dark. oily-looking depths suggested the
presence Of frogs, nevis ana otner
sIinsy things that work their way down
a mans back and behave clammliy
around his spine But II was most GER
tainly q place OF refuge,
ne locked over his shoulder. An egi-
tated cracking Of branches announces
that Emily had not yet worked Gear,
and Hugo had apparently stopped 10
render nFst aid. With silent snuooer'
Chimp stepped into the tank ana low.
ering himself into the depths, nesVieo
W,ISo was nnding the task of extri-
catinT Emily more dificult than he had
anticipated, The bush was one OF those
thoYry. adhesive bushes, and 1t twisted
itself lovingly In Enilys hair. Bao
feeling began to rise, and the CONVEX
sstion took ON an acrimonious tone. :,
stand still" growled HHso. Stano
still. you blighter dog" lit
Push" retorted Emily. Push, ten
YOU! Push. not pull. Don't you reailse
that all the while we're wasting time
here mat fellows getting away"
Don't wriggle. confound you. How
can get you out. If you keep wrlg-
"frv a lift in an upward direction:
No. that's no good. Stop pushing and
pun. Pull. Pull. tell you. Pun, not
push. Now, when say to you
Something gave. Hugo staggered
back. Emily sprang from his grasp
The chase was on again. i.
But now all the zest had gone out OF
II. The operations In the bush had
occupied only a bare couple Of min
utes. but they had been enough to al
lo,, lie quarry to vanish. He had COM
rlsk& disappeared. Hugo sitting on
the y Il OF the tank and trying to re-
cover us breath, watched Emily as she
darte'(G and fro. inspecting paths and
DRAWING strawberries, and knew that he
had failed. It was bitter moment,
and he sat and smoked modify, Pres
entity even Emily gave the thing up.
She came back to where Hugo sat, her
tongue lollinE. and disgust written all
over her expressive features There was
a silence. Emily thought II was all
Hugo's fault, Hugo thought it was
En1ilys. A stiffness had crept into
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