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THE EUGENE REGISTER-GTT ARfr
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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)
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State.
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