“How long ago?”
“About a week.”
“All the dogs you speak of died since then?”
“Yes.”
“Did he give any explanation of the advertisement?”
“No. Acted half-crazy when he brought it to the office, the business manager said. Wouldn’t sign his name to the thing. Wouldn’t say anything about it. Begged the manager to let him have the weather reports in advance, every day. The manager put the advertisement in type, decided not to it, and returned the money.”
“Weather reports, eh?” Average Jones mused a moment. “How long was the ad to run?”
“Until the first hard frost.”
“Has there—er—been a—er—frost since?” drawled Average Jones.
“No.”