Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 18, 1928 — page 153: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

By HOLDEN WATT Te man and the dog slushed along through the dark and the wet. The rain mixed with the dirt of the road, making wads of mud that clung to the feet at each step. Unprepared for anything of the sort, the man turned up the collar of his coat and plowed on. He led the dog by a rope. But the dog followed closely. He seemed afraid of losing the friendly contact. ‘Seems as if we must be ’most there,” muttered the man. The road was deserted; not even an oc- casional car passed. The rain settled into a steady patter, At frequent intervals the man stopped and patted the head of the dog. No realization of the damage being done his clothes crossed the man’s mind. He had not yet become used to considering a small item like a tailor’s bill. The com- plete change in his fortunes confronted him only at odd moments. It was the last of August that the blow had fallen. Now it was the end of Octo- ber. Two months was hardly time to get used toa complete change in one’s way. of | Se 2 = Comic living. And Jed Livingston was still: a bit dazed at the trick fortune had played him. He had left collegé in the spring with no other thought than to return for his senior year. As usual, he had accompanied his mother abroad. for the summer months. For some unexplained reason his father had refused to go with them. Then just after his mother and Jed set- tled down in Cortina to enjoy the Dalomite country, they had received word that Jede- diah Livingston, Sr., had died. The famify fortune had preceded him by a fety days. There followed one of those- nightmares through which one manages somehow to live. At last the city and the country homes were sold and the bills paid. Jed and- his mother found themselves in a small cottage in the suburbs of a strange city. They preferred making the fresh start in a new place. Much to Jed’s annoyance, Mrs. Living- ston insisted on helping with the income. She spent her days in a firm that needed some one whe could attend to the foreign _ correspondence. She said that she liked | $3 job hecause it kept her from: thinking. 3 - wie KS