The Intrusion of Jimmy

The chair, struck by a massive boot, whirled against the wall. The foot-stool rolled away. The rug crumpled up and slid. Spike, with a

stairs, followed by a scuttering of feet and an appalling increase in the canine con

ad second-his fellow artiste, the baritone, a massive bull-dog, bearing a striking res

nstage, Jimmy; center, Spike and the bull-dog, their noses a couple of inches apart, inspected each other with mutual disfavor. On the extreme O. P.

lder. Spike and the bull-dog looked at each other. The bull-

quiet American home-

eholder

!" he roared, pointin

auders humo

y around in order to face the bull-terrier, who was now s

ll, you b

the same abstracted air, was beginning a

had had the worst effects on the animal's nerves. Spike, the croucher on all-fours, he might have tolerated; but Spike, the

n, he had been too busy to shift his gaze, but now the bull-dog's eye had b

, boss, call off de dawg. It's sure

red the revolv

. "I thought I had seen that damned red head o

hich indignation and self

had it in for me. But he comes up to me, like as if he's meanin' to be good, an' he says he's got a soft proposition fer me if I'll give him half. So, I says all right, where is it? An' he gives me de number of dis house, an' says dis is where a widder-lady

o this sad story of Gr

g, which growled f

yed it

l off de dawg,

grasped the animal's co

also do a world of good to this playful and affectionate ani

an glower

you?" he

" began J

, "he's a champio

older shut

" he

on. Gee, he's de guy! Tell him about de bank you opened, an' de jo

glar. The householder may be supposed to take that for granted. The side of your character that should be advertised in such a crisis is the non-burglarious. Allusion should be made to the fact that, as a child, you attended Sunday school regula

prejudicing the man with the revolver against him, had apparently told in his fav

crook from Lon

s' parlors in the small hours, and, more particularly, if it carried with it als

to come across, now

at! And come

een relieved, and matters placed upon a pleasant and busine

understand; but things seemed to be taking a t

lly, "is boss of de cops. A poli

d not been a newspaper-man in New York for a year without finding out something of t

aid. "We must have a talk t

rich, richer than he had ever hoped to be; but he was stil

our methods on this side,

ice. Spike Mullins will

minary informal call. We came in more t

id, di

him to stand on his dignit

e ordinary course of business I should h

pike, rapturously. "He eats dem

y. "And, now, as it's a little late, perhaps we had better

you at m

in. I shall be doing

I am here merel

eman coldly, "you'll look in at my office,

y be usual. But I don't fancy I shall break my vacation. By the way, one l

iceman

ow. It's just a whim of min

y of your-" bega

It's only that it mea

't for t

n pointed to

"I've had enough of you. And don't

vitation. He was through the window and out of sight in the friendly dar

the doorway was standing a girl-a girl whom he recognized.

ity of things. It was all so exactly as it would have happened in a dream! He had gone to sleep thinking of this girl, and here she w

mpany. Molly had turned the handle quietly, and her slippered feet made no sound. It wa

ol

ssured her. She did not understand how he came to be there, but evidently t

he dogs down to help you, father," she said. "And, then,

e visitor as a cracksman was now impossible, for he knew too much. The only real fear of the po

lliant idea

he said. "This gentleman

d Jimmy. "An ugly

he window, and got away,

immy. "I think he may have

t hurt yo

o, my

htened him," sa

scowled furt

't detain

s Pitt." He turned to Molly. "

iceman

ow my d

the Lusitania. Unfortunately, I was in the second-cabin

y sm

seeing you

ern bu

n, y

. The girl was bending over Ras

is manner was abrupt, but when one is speaking to a man whom one would

ould be going

, Mr. Pitt,

all meet agai

," growled McEacher

to the window, and, flinging his leg over

t his head in at

santly. "I think I must take up this-so