THE SUNDAY OREGONIA2. PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 15, 1913.
They a
re searching out Trcida Secrete in all parts
of fh
eiond
Spy esptala telle how he nd kin staff of SO experts look thrash
Earom Aala, Africa aad booth America (or trade that caa ho
broaxht to thla coaatry.
practical kinta to bBaiaeaa aiea which win laereaao their owai
profits aad Siva more work to Americas labor.
W17 the failed States Should he oa rood tenaa with Great Bri
tala aad Caaada, aad Gersaaay aa well.
The thlaaa made la thla eooBtry which excel la materials, de
em aad workmaaahlp aad caa he eeld aarwhere.
Flae opBortaaltlea tor youag Amerleaao to become trade apeelal
lata la foreign eoaatrlea.
Explalaa Germany' woalerfal development "team work" tella
the whale story. Some o( the trick, of that eouatry.
Aa attempt to be made to ahow the 5000 commercial ornalaatlona
la the United Statea that they ahoald heeome local eentera of eaercr,
wiadom aad seed gBversmeat.
Where Concresa hereafter will geta Ira tariff facta.
BT JAMES B. MORROW.
BUSINESS spies of all nation
though epics may tie a harsh
name for them are hard at work
throughout the world. They wear frock
coats and stovepipe hats, and are re
ceived hospitably wherever they go.
Governments welcome them. Manu
facturers and bankers freely talk to
them and often entertain them at their
homes. Were they spies In a war of
arms. Instead of a war for money, they
would be shot as soon as found.
If they learn of a valuable trade
process, they are likely to lay hands
upon It and send it come, boma 01
them wl'.l enter factories and buy blue
prints of new machines from mer
cenary employes If any such faithless
workmen happen to be around. They
watch new buildings for hints in con
struction and study tariffs and the
rates of land and water transportation,
German spies able and t""hnlfal m.
peaking English and making no secret
of their activities are iom:U ui cverjr
oart of tbe United States.
Many cities, having tne trade scouts
of foreign countries right in the thick
of their own affairs, often "overlook
them, unless there Is a monument to
Kossuth or Rochambeau to be un
veiled, or the British-American hold a
reunion with Caledonian games, or the
"Wacht am Rhein" is sting at a fes
tlvel of merry and unforgetful Teu
tons. At the same time American
spies overrun the earth In all direc
tions. Once they were big-voiced pol
iticians uttering ready and maybe
shady recollections and voicing bout a
of their Intimate relations with bena
tors. Governors and Judges. Nowadays,
however, the words "American Con
sul" stand for something very much
better than loud eloquence on the
stump, or party diligence in wards and
precincts. Then there are special and
extraordinary spies, or commercial
agents, as they are called, with roving
commissions, who travel the globe in
a search for facts and the guarded
discoveries of Industry and applied
chemistry.
The Chief of the Spies.
In a sense. AlbertuS H. Baldwin Is
captain of the spies, stationary or itin
erary. The consuls, officially, are em-;
ployes of the Department of State. Mr.
Baldwin, however, is permitted to call j
on them for Information and copies of j
their trade reports go over his desk. So
they are auxiliaries to his own staff,
which numbers more than SO men.
Moreover, under a new law, he Is to
observe and help domestic trade within
the United States to keep tabs on
sales here and abroad and to promote
ail kinds of business whenever and
wherever he can.
Furthermore, ho Is. when asked, to
supply Congress with figures and the
general state of matters, Industrial and
commercial, so that Congress, whether
Republican or Democratic, may write
and enact a tariff law that will give
this country full protection, incidental
protection or no protection at all. The
tariff board, lust abolished by statute,
collected ' the facts and interpreted
them as well. Congress hereafter will
send to Mr. Baldwin for the bare ele
ments of a situation, such as rates of
wages, cost of raw material and so on,
and. reading Its own meaning out of
the data so transmitted, legislate ac
cording to Its political lights aad eco
nomic prejudices, not to mention the
orders or the threats It gets from home.
It will be seen, therefore, that Mr.
Baldwin Is a very Important man gov-
ernmentally. Until lately he was
known as the chief of the Bureau of
Manufactures. His Jurisdiction, which
Is a favorite term In Washington, con
cerned with foreign trade. If a bridge
were to be built over tbe Ganges, he
was supposed to spread the news that
bidders here might negotiate for the
contract. The Bureau of Statistics was
a separate organisation. It raked the
country for Off urea and then put them
into long tables so that writers, speak
ers and scientists might use them as
a thermometer to get the social and
financial temperature of tbe Nation.
Congress, In its clostng days this Sum.
mer, consolidated the two bureaus and
created in their stead the Bureau of
Domestic and Foreign Commerce. Pres
ident Taft chose Mr. Baldwin far the
new chieftaincy thus established.
Started ea 9GO a Month.
All wage-earners, all business men.
every American Indeed, should be mors
than ordinarily Interested in Mr. liaia
win. Boards of trade and chambers of
commerce are to feel the thrill of his
reviving touch and personality. He is
to stir things up, to put the case plain
ly. "Work for the American workman
and dividends for the American cap
italist," could properly be written over
the door of hla private office. Like
many another useful man in National
matters, Mr. Baldwin Is the son of a
preacher, a Presbyterian minister, who
d reached all his life in New Haven
County, - Conn and who. through his
interest In oyster culture started a
journal devoted to fishing that is still
being published.
It is said that Washington mummi
fies youthful energies and aspirations.
Yet Postmaster-General Hitchcock was
Government clerk. So was George
B. Cortelyou, once Secretary of the
Treasury and now president of the
Consolidated Gas Company of New
York, and so was Frank A. Vanderllp, '
president of the greatest bank in the
country. Mr. Baldwin, leaving Yale
University, was glad to take a place
f -
III; ' - ''- "v ii,, tf . fe4ul
In the Bureau of Fisheries and a sal
ary of S50 a month. That was his
cheap and bumble beginning In Wash
ington.
Since then he has served in a num
ber of departments, always going up
ward, having a talent for executive
business. In the meanwhile he stud
ied art In Paris and became- widely
known as an illustrator of books on
botany, geology and Ichthyology. Hla
illustrations have won him medals at
Paris. Cooenhairen and St. Louie. He
has blond hair and gray eyes and is
about 46 years old. I asked him first
about the work he hopes to accomplish
among chambers of commerce ana
boards of trade.
Important Jfatloe-wlde Work.
"W, mean to tone them up to a
practical realization of their piwers
and opportunities," he answered. "V "
of them are very much alive and will
co-operate with the government, we
are sure. In giving new life to the
several hundred which are dead or In
a state of suspended animation. The
members of the average commercial
organization are. In tbe first place,
successful men they lead In business
and the various professions and often
include rational municipal reformers
and leaders of labor. The prosperity
of their city can be largely attributed
to them. As they have succeeded In
their own affaire, they are competent
to counsel and direct their city. They
are busy men, but they should under
stand that they owe some of their time
and talents to the public.
"Theoretically, the welfare of the
community In which they and their
families live, and in which they own
property and are making their money
is a serious matter to them. But it is
so In reality? Do they help elect May
ors? Do they suggest or pass upon
tbe financial policy of their town? Do
they meet and discuss subjects that are
of vital Importance to them, as well as
to the poor man who is paying for a
home? Do they attempt to make the
publie schools efficient in the train
ing of bovs and erirls? We know that
in many cities government has been
turned over to the politicians, some of
whom are honest and competent and
others of whom are not. Would
-manufacturer let the Councilman from
hla ward run his mill or factory?
"In Boston, where the potentialities
of its commercial, professional and In
dustrial classes have been organized
and put on a watchful and workable
basis, solicitors for churches, charities
and educational Institutions must, if
they hope to collect any funds, be in
dorsed by the Chamber of Commerce.
Such work, I think. Is one of the rea
sonable function of the business men
in a city.
Vive Theoaaad Enerary Ceaters.
"There are about 6090 commercial or
ganizations in the country. By what
ever names they may be known, they
are composed of sensible, enterprising,
and achieving men. They can become
S000 centers of energy, wisdom and
sound government. We aim to help in
making them so by getting Information
and then giving it to the public."
'What method does your bureau rot.-
low In promoting1 trade with foreign
countries?" I asked.
"Publicity is our method In short.
We obtain a knowledge of the facts and
then impart the knowledge to those
who can use it in their business. What
is learned about shoes,' for instance. Is
not sent to the manufacturers of pig
iron. Reports from our consular offi
cers come to the bureau, are picked to
pieces and distributed among our busi
ness classes. Then we. send commercial
agents of our own to foreign lands to
make special Investigations of partic
ular industries. We had 14 of them in
the field last year. If a city in South
Africa needs electrical apparatus, or a
railway in China' means to buy sreel
rails and locomotives, or tne tami on
some articles has been changed in some
country, we notify the persons and
companies In the United States who are
interested in such information. We try
to keep our eyes on the whole world to
the profit of our own people.
"And business men write us 0,000
letters a year, which shows that they
are very much interested in markets
other than those right here in tne unit
ed States. It was not always so, how
ever. This country was new and we
had neither the capital nor the desire
to carry our products to customers in
Europe or Asia, Countries which might
be called finished, because tney naa
fully developed their resources and Per
fected their methods, were in the period
of our growth, pushing their trade all
ever the world. They Became estao
l)atud. von understand, in the Orient
In South America and in Africa. The
pressure from within drove mem to
seek trade conquests in strange lands,
in lands which we neglected la the
struggle we were making to build up
ourselves.
Great Sales .Made Abroad.
"Occasionally, when there was an
oversupply -of some commodity, we
would ship the surplus abroad. But
audi outlets were merely periodical and
were abandoned the moment business
again became brisk in tbe United
States. Now, ' however, as our own
country is approaching Its finished
stage, our manufacturers perceive that
profits can bo made in the foreign
trade, but that such trade, to be cer
tain and advantageous, must be won
and then retained. We are selling two
billions of products a year In outside
markets one billion of raw cotton,
wheat, aad eo on, and one billion of
manufacture. The figures are large
and encouraging, but they are not so
large as they will be if we seriously
attempt to extend our foreign com
merce. "A merchant knows the names of
his best customers and tries to keep on
good terms with them. That is busi
ness. Countries should adopt the same
sensible policy. When we boastfully
and irresponsibly talk about war or
eay that we are so strong ana ncn
that we can snap our fingers in the
faces of the rest of mankind, we do
not know, perhaps, that Great Britain
annually takes 564.000,00 of our cot
ton and other products and that Can
ada pays us 1329.080,000. Nearly one
half of the money we draw from for
eign markets, you see, comes from the
two countries that speak our language
and are our kindred in blood, charac
ter and. aspirations. Germany Is third
anions our customers, with purchases
amounting to $30. 000,000. Mexico, Im
mediately at our door, which we can
reach by land or water, buys 158,000,000
of our machinery. Kerosene ana otner
manufactures. Cuba, right on our
coast, spends f 42,000.000 a year in our
markets. South America spends $132,-
600,000 and little - Central America
S3T.000.000. It should be remembered,
however, that Europe gets $10 to our,
f 1 In South America.
"The United States is actually dolna
an immense business In foreign coun
tries, although only S per cent of Its
$20,000,000,000 worth of products is
annually sent away from home. Our
sales of raw cotton amount to $600.
000,000 and it Is the best cotton in the
world. We can keep on growing cot
ton for all time to come and more and
more money will keep flowing in for
that one particular crop. American
cotton Is sold on Its merits and the
same Is true of our manufactured
products, which excel In materials and
workmanship, and the ingenlousness
of purposes and designs. The Yankee
aptitude for making machines that do
the work of men is bringing us money
from all over the globe. Our tools, else,
trical apparatus, sewing and adding
machines, cash registers, hardware,
household devices, agricultural imple
ments, automobiles and plumbers sup
plies can't be matched anywhere en
earth.
"Also we are selling certain kinds of
cotton goods in the Orient In competi
tion with England and Germany. Man
ufacturers in America, as a class, do
cot try to cheapen their products. They
use good Iron and steel and sound
wood. Our cotton spinners do not
load their prints with whiting, glue,
and clay nor paint them in glaring
eolors, all of which will wash out the
first time the Chinaman or the Japan
ese who wears them la caught in the
rain. The words 'Made in the United
States,' are a guarantee of value aad
mean something, no matter on what
article or where they are found.
"Altogether the United States Is pre
pared to contest almost any market
with any other country, but not In the
manufacture and sale of Interior goods.
And our business men have gone Into
training for tbe struggle. Chicago has
sent a permanent trade agent to
Buenos Ayre. There Is aa association
of exporters in New York that ha 10
members and annually sells flSO.eOO,
000 of merchandise in foreign markets.
Yet, bright as our prospects seem, we
are still far behind those countries
which have been compelled to hunt for
Customers abroad so that their own
workmen might have employment and
the means to live.
Why New Eagland Got Rich.
"The men of New England, settled on
sterile land amid hills and rocks, turned
to inventions and the use of their water
power. Factories sprung up and by and
by New England money erected sky
scrapers in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas
City, and tbe Northwest,, and waai
loaned out everywhere on farm mort
gages and houses and lots. The eco
nomic pressure in tbat part of our
country drove the people to use their
heads and to be energetic, alert and re
sourceful. "Such countries as England and Ger
many, experiencing the same sort of
pressure, put large sums of money in
railways, banks, manufactories and
mercantile establishments situated In
foreign lands. They strongly and skill
fully organized themselves in all parts
of the earth and that is the competi
tion this eountry is meeting and must
meet in the future. Some one has said
that the export trade ef a nation begins
with the export of men. of shrewd man
agers and capable salesmen. Young
Germans and Englishmen are educated
for business In distant regions. They
learn languages. Few Americans can
speak out of their native tongue. It
seems to me there is a fine op
portunity for young Americans to
take up German, French, Span
ish and Portuguese and then to become
trade specialists in South America and
Europe. Our people have the ability.
the enthusiasm and the products with
(Concluded en Page Four.)
srv UDLEY HORN was an orphant He
U lived with bis uncle, Hy Rocker,
foreman In a local "notion" fac
rr Mr. Rocker was a wlseneo. sour-
faced little man. of old Puritanical
stock. He even regarded laughter as
unseemly and sinful. Dud was large
and broad, and Just the antithesis of
his uncle. His Big. rouna. merry iace
was usually stretched in a vast smile.
Be had a rich, resonant. Infectious
laugh, that would set all a chuckling
who came within earshot
Though Dud was cursed with extreme
good nature, he was always In more
or less trouble. If anybody wanted
hslp that necessitated sturdy muscles,
Dnd was to tts fore, no matter what
real duties were neglected in the In
terval. If errands were to be run. If
bait had to be dug. If the neighbors'
children or dogs or chickens had
strayed from home. If wood was to be
cut. If anybody wanted a companion
or a burden-bearer on a hunting expe
dition. If rabbit pelts were to be cured
or birds stuffed, or coal to be shoveled
tn. or- snow to be shoveled off. Dud
was there, willing, smiling and cheer
ful. In a letter which the Rev. Wright
Bardsley, rector of St. Mildred's, the
Episcopal Church in Tiverton, wrote to
the Public Entertainment Bureau, he
laid stress on the fact that both the
lecture and lecturer which he desired
must have the saving grace of humor.
The churchgoers of Tiverton had cer
tain hereditary tendencies, the seed of
which was sown In those times when
the struggle for life In New England
necessitated a thrift that became habit
ual. The collection plates of the church
usually came back to the altar
sprinkled with a thin dressing of nick
els, pennies and Infrequent dimes, and
the new rector soon discovered that in
spite of his plain speaking on the vir
tue of generosity, habit was stronger)
than conviction, and use stronger than
conscience.
The bureau sent a man to Tiverton.
Charles Emerson Prlnkle was his
name. His lecture was on "Certain
Phases of Life in the Metropolis." il
lustrated by a whole lot of stereoptlcon
pictures.
The night of the affair came; Mr.
Prlnkie arrived, also his assistant, ditto
the magic lantern and other parapher
nalia. The schoolroom of St, Mildred's
was ready, and when Its doors opened
a good-sixed crowd took possession of
the front seats, and gave promise of a
full house. At about this time the Rev.
Wright Bardsley reached the church,
fearing, yet hoping. In rejrard to the
attendance. He sighed a tittle sigh of
relief as he saw a fairly steady line
of people making their way to to
schoolroom entrance. Then he canght
sight of Dud, who, leaning against the
railing, watched the others with a
wistful grin oa hla face.
"Well, Dud." asked the rector, rare
you coin rag in?"
Dud shook his bead, and hla grin
broadened.
"Ain't got the price, sir."
The rector looked grave. "A big fel
low like you shouldn't be without a
nickel. I thought you told me the
other day that you were going to get a
steady Job at the Farley Works."
Dud shifted his feet and looked
sheepish. "I was there for two days
and then" he halted.
"Then yon went fishing or tramping
around the country or butterfly hunt
ing, or had a spell of Idleness, eh?"
remarked the rector sharply.
"No, sir," said Dud earnestly. "But
Jim Cordy's bull -pup got hit with the
distemper, and Jim didn't know noth
ing about dogs when they is that way,
and so I Just had to fix up the pup
and and and "
"Left your job to do so. Dud, how
many jobs nave you thrown un for
Just such silly reasons?"
"Never quit tor a bull-pup afore.
retorted Dud.
The rector smiled In spite of him
self. He. handed Dud a ticket to the
lecture. Go In," he said, "but come
to see me In ths morning. I want to
have a long talk with you about the
way In which you are wasting your
life."
Dud's smile seemed to spread all
over his countenance as he bolted for
the school-room, taking no thought of
the morrow or of the arraignment of
him which It would bring.
Durine the rector's opening address.
Mr. Prlnkle bad an opportunity of etz
Ine no his audience, and with a readi
ness born of experience, came to the.
conclusion that, temperamentally and
Intellectually, it would be hard to move.
If. indeed. It could be moved at alL His
first attempt at a Joke, which was that
he hoped that nobody would gel tost in
New York, whither he was about to
take them, was received In silence. So
were other Jests. He tried to localise
some of his witticisms, bbt these, too.
failed to evoke a smile.
Dud, meanwhile, sitting near the
door, had been enjoying himself Im
mensely and repressing himself with
difficulty. A score of times he had
been on the verge of letting loose one
of his laughs, but In each case he had
choked It off with a good deal of diffi
culty. For he felt that being at the
lecture under sufferance, he was
& by wehmA
bound to be on his rood behavior.
which Included a check on his natural
sense of humor. So he sat and listened
in a. aort of transport of self-suppression,
wriggling and perspiring, and now
and then giggling a choky giggle when
he found it impossible to prevent tbe
escape of a little merrimental steam,
Mr. Prlnkle, with contemptuous de
spair, began a string of stories, an
oient of years but new to ths Tiver
tonians. Dud, listening, forgot bis -row of
silence, and once er twice emitted an
audible laugh of a subdued caliber.
Some et tbe audience followed suit and
Prlnkle looked approval into the dark
ness round about Dud.
More stories followed, also mors
laughter, which was stia lacking In
volume and heartiness.
Then Mr. Prlnkle told the good old
yarn of the four families who lived tn
one tenement-house room, each oc
cupying a corner, and bow they got
alone; very well until the famity In
the northeast corner took tn a board
er, when the others protested.
Suddenly and without warning. Dud
let forth a peal of unctuous eachra
nstlea that seemed to set the rafters
shaking
Instantly, and In concert, the rest of
the audience Joined him, and for nearly
five minute ths lecturer was unable to
proceed by reason of the "Hal Ha's!"
that came from the throats of the gath
ering. After that the evening was an easy
one for Mr. Prlnkle, and of indescrib
able relief to the rector. Prlnkle simp,
ly aimed a stale Joke at Dud, and the
Tivertonians followed with a unani
mous gntta.w. As the lecture drew to a
close, the laughter increased In quan
tity and ouallty: punctuated frequently
and thoroughly by the dominant note
that belonged to Dud.
As the sehooi-room was belnar cleared.
somebody touched Dud on the elbow,!
and, looking around, bo saw a young
man who smiled affably.
"The boss wants to so you for a
minute," he said. '
" "Who is the boss?" grinned Dud.
"The. gentleman who has been giv
ing the lecture Mr. Prlngle."
"All right." said Dud, who never
questioned anything In ths nature of
a request or suggestion, "Where la
he?"
The other led the way to where the
lecturer was sitting In ths rector's
room. Mr. Prlnkie held out a friendly
band. "So you're the fellow that
started ths people laughing are your
Dud nodded rather shyly, and. ths
other went on.
"I have been asking Dr. Bardsley
something about you, and ho tells ma
that you're out of a job. iso you want
oner " ,
"I guess so," replied Dud.
"Then come to the hotel In the
morning; ask for me, and we will talk
It over. You can help my men take
the things over there now if you wish,
and here's fifty cents for your
trouble."
Dud - returned to the schoolroom, a
bit dazed by his luck.
"That's a bully laugh of yours," re
marked Prlnkle's assistant after1 a
few moments of silence, "and tbe boss
is crasy about It."
Dud smiled Inquiringly.
"Sure," went on the other. "I heard
him tell the main guy here. He is
going- to make slides of your mug and
show It on ths muslin." .
"All right," said Dud. Tn willing."
"It's a pity he can't make slides of
the sound that goes with the mug,"
said the bland assistant.
Mr. Prlnkle, ever on the alert to
boom his business, had been seised
with an Inspiration. It occurred to
profitably use Dud as a aert of hilar 1-1
ous elaque. Mr. Prlnkle knew the
value of a reputation as a mirth man
ufacturer, and ' he knew, too, that a
laugh counted more with an audience
than wisdom or information.
Mr. Prlnkle explained at length to
Dud Just what he wanted him to do.
laying stress on the. fact that while
his laugh could be as copious and fre
quent as he pleased during the lec
tures, he must not laugh in the wrong
place, and must never let tne puoac
know that he was in any way identi
fied with the show. Then he briefly
recited the other duties of the posi
tion, asked some questions about how
the boy was placed tn regard, to his
relations, and wound up by offering
him traveling expenses, board, and
S3 a week for his services.
Dnd, if he had been alone, would
have literally Jumped for Joy; but," a
It was, he restrained himself, grin
ning cavern oufily. The Job, as Mr.
Prlnkle pictured It, suited him to a
dot traveling, fun, and plenty of ex
citement. Nevertheless he hesitated.
"Can I take Snoop with me?" he
asked.
"Who's 6noop?" queried Mr.
Prlnkle.
Snoop was a disreputable whits eur
that Dud had rescued from some
youngsters who were playing lynch
ing with It Tbe dog was knowing
and affectionate, and loved Dud with
a love unspeakable. Dud. recipro
cated. The two were Inseparable, and
it was only on those somewhat, rare
occasions when Dud was working,
that Snoop was not with him. I
"I am afraid It cannot be managed,"
said Prlnkle. "That would be extra
transportation to pay, and in some
d laces they would not let you take a
dog Into your room, and there would
be a whole lot of trouble generally.
No, the dog must stay at home if yomj
oome with ma."
Dud's features fell and he hesltat
ed.
"Look here," said Prlnkle. . "Ill tell
you what I'll do. I'll give you an ex
tra quarter a week; perhaps tnat wui
Day you for Snoop's board walls you're
away. . I guess you know somebody
who will take care of mm."
Dud nerked up Instantly. . "It is
go, sir. he said'Mim Cordy will take
care of him. When do you want me
to start?"
"This morning," said Mr. Prlnkle.
"I have to reach" he named a con
nectiout town "by seven o'clock this
evening, and there is work to do in
the interval."
"I ain't got much to paek up," re
plied Dud easily, "so Til be back in
a Jiffy."
Dud fell Into the vortex of his pro
fession like a rifle-ball into Its socket
He not only laughed all the phases of
laughing gusto, but if the audience
were composed largely of children, he
would giggle like a schoolboy at his
first circus, On the other hand. If
the audience were more austere and
gray-headed, he could emit a digni
fied guffaw befitting tne occasion.
Wherever Mr. Prlnkle went he could
rely on Dud with absolute assurance.
He never failed to put tn an appear
ance, and he studied the lectures
carefully, and the audience also.
It was only once, while trying to
arouse ths members of a young la
dles' seminary, that he almost met his
Waterloo. The fair audience took Dud
for some asinine Individual who had
wandered in aimlessly, and they
finally began to laugh at him, paying
not the slightest attention to the
Prlnkle wisdom.
One evening. Dud was preparing to
leave his hotel for the hall where the
lecture was to be given, when a letter
from Jim Cordy arrived. It was brief
and written shakily, and was to the
effect that Snoop, while hunting rats
la a woodpile a couple of days before,
had, somehow or other, brought the
whole business down about his ears.
Both the dog's front legs were
broken, and they thought he was in
jured internally and could not live.
Dud sat for a little tune stunned;
then he rose and walked mechanically
to the lecture-hall, feeling sick at the
thought of having to laugh ' with
Snoop dying hundreds of miles away.
However, It had to be, and with a
tremendous effort. Dud prepared for
bis evening's work.
Ths lecture of the evening was In
aid of a newly formed oraranlsatloa
for the prevention of cruelty to am
mala, the first of its kind in that city..
Mr. Prlnkle, In the fashion of his
kind, led off with a story that was in
tended to put his audience In good
humor. It was about a spaniel of so
Intelligent a sort that when his mas
ter's house caught fire, he rushed
Into the smoke and flames, to pres
ently emerge scorched and with his
tall blazing like a torch. But In his
mouth he bore the fire Insurance pol
icy, wrapped in a wet towel.
At the last word. Dud broke Into a
shout of laughter that cracked sud
denly, adding to Its total effect. Ths
audience, partly because of the anec
dote and partly on account of the
queerness 1 of th laugh, expressed
Itself hilariously, even uproariously.
applauding meanwhile. And Mr.
Prlnkle was content. JJua cnoiceo
back a sob, and with a big sigh
waited for his next cue.
The cue developed In a minute or
so, but Dud. in spite of himself,
missed it. There came before him
the sight of the dying Snoop, with his
queer, ugly body, his nondescript legs,
his square muzzle with its ridiculous
mustaches of bristly white hair, and
his big, brown, loving, eyes, with a
silent soul behind them.
"As I was saying," resumed Mr.
Prlnkle, after the titter of laughter
had flickered for a moment or two,
then snuffed itself out, "one of the
distinguishing features of civilization
as opposed to savagery, is that of tbe
treatment of that truest oi our cumo
friends the dog."
Dud came to himself with a start.
He felt rather than understood that
ha had for once failed in doing bis
duty. It seemed to him that the lec
turer's voice had a "wake-up-tnere"
note In it of an unmistakable kind.
A few moments later Dud's em
ployer spoke of tbe Indian dog feasts.
Dud shuddered as an uncanny vision
of a fricasseed Snoop flitted before
him.
'The Invited guest of one of these
feasts." said Mr. Prlnkle, "who won't
or can't eat dog Btew, puts a grave
affront on his host In some cases his
refusal Is looked upon as a declara
tion of defiance, or even warfare. On
the other hand, if the visitor eats
heartily and dips his hand again and
again in the dish, hunting for choice
morsels, he Is credited with showing
deep regard for the host of the feast.
In fact the Indians give a literal
meaning to the old maxim, 'Love me.
love my dog.' "
This, of course, called for a laugh,
and Dud was there with one which
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