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me. Guess nobody in goes as far back as Dead

yarns - wouldn't talk o’ nothin’ but his dead ‘dog. Goin’ on seven years now, he “ain't had nothin’ but that dead dog 0’ his’n on his mind.’ ” I said. “Thats how

“Yese, only his dog ain't dead.” “The dog isn’t dead?” =» » ”

OPE, the dog ain’t dead. Dead Dog just thinks he is.” The hotel man paused, looking beyond me toward the street. Then he said, in a believe-it-or-not tone, “There yuh are. See fer yo'rself.” Curious, I crossed 4he lobby to the Rereen door to get a better look at the old man who was shuffling

beside. him. 5 “Wanna meet him?” asked the hotel man, joining me at the door. “I'd like to—yes,” I replied. The proprietor raised his voice. “Hey, Dead Dog! Come here!”

HE shuffling figure paused, then stepped down ‘hesitantly from the boardwalk and started across the street, the dog tagging at his . heels. I opened the door, and the proprietor followed me out into the hot shade under the tin-roofed awning that jutted out over the boardwalk from the hotel front to

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LONG, awkward pause followed. Duffy didn’t move a muscle. Finally, he let down the front legs of his chair slowly, took a last drag his cigaret, and tossed it into the road. “Guess there ain’t not use tryin’ to ooh you, stranger,” he said, a little sadly. He pushed his hat back off his forehead and turned toward me, 1 looked him straight in the eyes and didn’t say a word. After a moment, he tipped his chair back against ihe wall again. “I know my dog ain’t dead,” he went on presently, “but I don’t wanta be pitied an’ I don’t wanta be sent to no county home. 1 was born in this hills over there, rode this range all my life, an’ I wanta spend my last days here. So, for goin’ on seven year now, I been pertendin’ my dog died one night. That

“1 don’t wanta die nowhere else. So if you've got any respect for a old man’s feelin’s, you , won't tell folks you know my secret. Can I have yo’r promise on that?” I didn’t hesitate a minute. There, in the twilight, I gave my promise and, never during all the time I was in Patterson City, did I reveal the secret that Dead Dog Duffy was

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meet a friend o' mine. He writes fer magazines.” “Howdy,” said Duffy. voice was weak, noncommittal. He didn't raise his head and he didn’t offér to shake hands. But as I returned his greeting, he said

‘Why, he’s—" I began, glancing at the mongrel, but the hotel man interrupted quickly.

“NTO, Dead Dog,” he said. “We aln’t seen him.” “Well, I guess I gotta be goin’ then,” said Duffy. “My dog went an’ died, an’ I gotta find him before the buzzards git him, Pleased fo've metcha, stranger.” : He turned and started down the

significantly. “Dead Dog's a little off,” he explained. “He thinks the dog is dead, 80 we gotta humor him. He's gettin’ old, yuh know.” : “But wouldn't it- be better to tell him-—" “Nope. The shock o' findin’ the dog's still alive, after all these years, might turn him violent. Dead Dog’s harmless now. He lives by himself out at the edge o’' town an’ don’t trouble nobody. He could tell yuh some great yarns, if yuh could jest git him talkin'.” # ¥ 8

T evening, after supper, I walked out to Duffy’s place. I found the old man sitting outside

querulously: ‘ , national convention here Oct. 13 Bary ont seen my dog no place, and 14, arg to be discussed at the state conventibn Monday in the

State Group Prepares for National Meeting.

Arrangements for ‘the National Star Route Carriers’ Association

Severin Hotel. The association is composed of persons holding Federal contracts for carrying mail from larger cities to offices in towns not served by mail trains. Both the national and

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supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to H. C. Updike, Indianapolis, state

attend. Following a banquet at 6, a business meeting is to be held at which time officers are to be elected and by-laws adopted. Speakers are to include E. J. Velder, national president, and Mrs. Katherine Velder, executive secretary. Both‘ are from Bonesteel, S. D. : :

SEEKS $3000 DAMAGES

Evansville Man, Bitten by Monkey, Enters Suit Against City. Times Special : EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 11.— Damages of $3000 as result of being bitten by a monkey are asked in a

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