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i ! ? - Angnst 21. 1931. THE EUGENE REGISTER-GTT ARfr GWLTYiiLIPS WAURA LOU BROOKMAN jlm CHAPTER VI vJOKMA dropped Into the nearfit ! chair and read tbs note asain .lolv. Chris had written in great k.ie The words were scrawled. "awe waa no salutation. The note "'Minnie Baker's baby's been hurt ta .n accident. I've gone to ee what I can do. Minnie's nearly craij. I'll telephone later. Chris." Poor Minnie Baker! Bhe was the bookkeeper at the Hart Advertisms i" and of course in time ot foible she would turn to Chris, u hV oh. why d'd f"rt nd ,o often descend ro Iiresdy had their fill? Norma had . Minnie -Bake"; .but ?d heard Chris speaK oicen ol ucr. . knew Minnie's husband was in a san itarium fighting SBamst tuberculosis. rhr, Saunders had helped them Lw the money to send him there. Chris had saved Minnie's job for her, Jm though the bookkeeper did not ino'w this. Minnie poor, struggling ;?iniewas the sort who never in li, "world should have been in a bus, office. She would probably Jld the rest of her life there, a painstaking bookkeeper but a slow ""vorma siched. arose and put away hPr hat and mat. She Prepared a (rusal meal for herself. The bad news had depressed her and she was DOffb'neSIshe was dryins the dishes , little later the bell rang, summon inz her to the first floor. Norma threw down the dish towel and ran down the stairs. She supposed it would be word from Chris. But it was not Chris nor was it a telephone messnse which awaited her. Instead a small boy in not particu larly clean sweater and knickers stood framed in the doorway. Vorma looked at him inquiringly. "Where's the dog?" the young Tisitor demanded. "Vou mean ' Norma began, nes Itstinfi. The bnv flourished a folded news psner. "Here, it is," he said, "in The Press, It says you ve got a mimiy here just like my 'Spot. I ve come for htm. 'por gpi ! week when Dad and me were down town In the car. We parked nnd when we came back Spot was gone. I'm a carrier for The Tress. I read jour d last night bnt I eouMn t iet over here on account of getting somebody to carry my route. But I'm sure it's 'Spot' you ve got. He s fast like the ad says, gray and orown with a black spot over the rieht eve nnd a black tail.' That s why I named 'im 'Spot.' Where is " ... The long speech had come tumbling forth in excited jerks. The boy had his cap in his hand. His sandy hair slanted across bis forehead in dis ordered wisps. He had blue, very serious eyes and a determined man- "'s'he led the way along the hall and the boy followed. As she was about to open the door leading to the basement stairs he stopped her. "Wait a minute." the youngster laid, eyeing Norma shrewdly. "I suppose you'll want to know if It s reallv mv 'Spot' you've got here. 1 suppose von think maybe I made lip some of what I told you. We don t have to go downstairs to find out. Listen to this " ' ' He got down on his two knees before the open door, leaned down Into the darkness below and uttered shrill whistle. An Instant's pause sad then the whistle was repeated with three sharp blasts. For a moment, the pair eyed encn ther. Compassion swelled In the girl's heart as she saw the boy was sure to face- disappointment. He was such a sturdy little urchin, so confident. The boy did not whistle again. He was leaning forward, band cupped to Ms ear, straining to hear. Then a smile like sunlight crossed his face. "He's coming!" he cried triumphantly, "I hear him!" Sore enough! Norma heard the faintly perceptible tap-tap of puppy feet on the basement floor. A shout from the boy. Another instant and the barking, wiggling little animal and his youthful master were a rolling, squealing mass of ecstasy. They tumbled backward against the wall. They tumbled forward. With quick, bounding leaps the puppy was now In the ynunester's arms, now climbing over his back. Still holding the puppy, breathless. from the scuffle, the youngster said proudly, "Well, Miss, I guess I la' 111 right, didn't i' h,t" oow I always call nim by whistling." ... Norma thought she had never seen a happier child. "Of course I can see hes your dog," she said. "And m Ksd I read the ad and came tor him. Spot's a lovely puppy. You'll nave some grand times together. "Oh, sure!" the boy said, for soms reason at this late moment suc cumbing to bashfulness. "Sure we'll have good times together alf right. V always do." For the first time he caught sight of-the collar about the pups neck and inspected it with interest. 1.7 Pi C011"" N " plained ' so I could get him home safely the night I found him. There's a leash, too, upstairs. I'll get it" .,"Xever Hind." the boy Interrupted. I Ve got a leash fnr him . .- . ! Jar, too, at home only be didn't have em on the day in the car. Believe me. Snot a coin' t t i from now on whether he wants to or hm t , th do squeeze. Jberi backing sway and looking up ... ,in a stance mat was a perrect lmitntion of a dignified adult. said, "Well, Ma'am, what do I ww. your "Why for what?" "As a reward for fijdin' Spot." .,u,ul" mnsaen. iou (Jon't owe mn a thing in the world." she said. ' Not a thing. Take your puppv home and see to it that he doesn't get out again without that leash. By the way you haven't told me your "William Schwartz." Norma went nn to her room with a pleasant sense of satisfaction. It was fine to see anyone as happy as that youngster. He had made her mrget tnat trie world is filled with disappointment, sorrows and heart ache. ... Half an hour later when fhrt telephoned the soberer view of life came back. Little Junior Baker's rate was still in doubt. The child had been bandaged and treated br a physician. He was quiet now. Chris was ooing wnat she could do to com fort. Minnie, who was hysterical, ut terly useless in caring for the In fant. Chris voice betrayed the emotional strain under which she had been working. It required questioning from Norma to bring out what had actually happened to the child and even then the tale waa incoherent. The baby had, as usual, spent the dav with the woman who lired a flight below Minnie and who was paid to look after Junior each day while the mother was at work. The woman's name wsr Mrs. Sorenson. Shortly after ! o'clock only 20 min utes before Minnie reached home Mrs, Sorenson had gone to the dnor tot answer a knock Rnd the baby tod dled into the kitchen. There was a steaming pan of water on the stove. In some wav the child had over turned the pan. been drenched in the boiling liquid. "I'll call you at the office In the morning," Norma promised. "Oh. I do hope the baby's going to be all right:'1 ' How ineffectual the words aeemed enmparpd with the fine, valiant spirit with which Chris always turned to help A friend! For the third time that evening Norma turned to climb the two flights of stairs when the door of the first floor rear apartment opened, letting out a slanting wedge of light. Bessie Hawthorne's face appeared in the opening. "Oh, Miss Kent!" the girl called. . "Yes, Bessie?" j ' The custodian's daughter came forward. "Did he take him, Misb Kent? I mean the puppy. Did the boy take him?" Norma nodded. "Yes," she said. "There wasn't any doubt about that boy and dog belonging together. You should have seen them." Bessie smiled. "That's good," she said. "I was going to, tell you Ma's eominr home tomorrow so vou couldn't keep the pup downstairs much longer, un sue paused dra matically "did you get your message at the office?" "What message?' "Didn't you get It? Goodness me the man said it was Important!" (To Be Continued) Diagonal Blacks HORIZONTAL 1 Bird. tKing of Norway! 11 Stasmodic as a (motion) 12 Relinquishes. I Seat of the court in Hol land. 15 Arid. 13 3.1418. 1 Inlets. 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