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LD Dud Jackson lived near the source
of tho "Dig Black" In the Ozark
mountains of Missouri. Dud had
lived thero for sixty-five years. That
was Just his ago. His habitation
was rude but comfortuble and his
daughter Dess tended It with house
wifely care. Dess was Dud's only
Uhlld. She wub a coy mountain maldon of twen
ty, and as pretty as one of tho wild llowers that
peep from the ground In the Dig Dlack valloy In
March.
Dud had a neighbor, SI Withers. SI lived down
the stream a ways, and the holdings of the two
vnon Joined. SI had a son, Dill. Dutvseen the
swo mountain farms over In tho comer lay a
triangular piece of ground not more than two
acres In extent. Outside of tho woodland this
was tho only pleco of land on tho Jackson-Wlth-era
holding that was not cultivated. It was
weed grown nnd though It would have supported
a goodly crop of grain, no seed sown by the hand
of man over fell thore. It was known for miles
around as tho debatable ground. Dud and SI
both claimed the piece, and had wrangled over It
for years before tho feud became deadly. At
tho present status of things If cither .one set his
foot oi tho strip the other would have shot him.
Dud Jackson had a hobby. Ho was a collector
of birds.
Scientists from St. Louis and from tho West
ern state colleges came to his placo every sum
mer to look at his collection. Ho never would
add a bird to the lot unless It had been killed
in tho state of Missouri, provided always, of
course, that the bird was known to bo even a
raro visitant to the state. Dud didn't expect to
get any flamingoes In Missouri, but if he should
have hoard an Indian tradition that BOO years be
fore a flamingo had been seen on the Dig Dlack,
he would not have added the bird to his collec
tion until someone had sent him one with the
proper attestation that it had been killed insldo
the limits of his native state.
What a collection that was! Thero was pretty -near
everything in It from tho ruby-throated hum
ming bird to tho big bronze wild turkey. Dud
had to build an addition to Ills houso to store his
birds. Some people said that Dud cared more
for his birds than ho did for Dess, which was a
Ho For years Dud had scoured"'the woods of
the Oznrks, extending his trips to the adjoining
counties for tho purposo of getting one bird, the
ivory-billed woodpecker. Ho knew that tho Ivory
bill "was a dwellor of the southeast United States,
but ho also knew that straggling birds had been
seen In tho deep woods of the mountains of Mis
souri, and so he kept up his search with his
shotgun over his shoulder year after year. Ho
could have purchased an Ivory-billed woodpecker,
killed somewhere jjlse, for something like $0,
but ho would havo a Missouri bird or none. He
slept out nights in the woods and starved and
thirsted on the trail of reports that the big bird
had been seen. Generally It turned out that
those who told of the appearance of tho wood
pecker, not knowing much'about birds, had seen
the "log cock" and had taken him for his still
bigger bird brother.
Ono day in tho summer Dud noticed that Dess
had something on her mind. She started sud
denly whenever he spoke to hor and more than
once blushed vividly. Tho old man didn't say
much, but Just thought he would let tho thing'
come out by Itself. Dut It didn't come out. Dess
Just kopt on acting as though she were way off
somewhere in tho clouds. One day as the old
man was coming back from a collecting trip he
could' have sworn that ho saw Dill Withers, old
Si's son, making off across tho brook from tho
direction of the Jackson home. Dud gripped, his
gun tightly and felt a lump como up in his
throat. He thought' he knew now how to account
" for Dess blushing. He kept his own counsel,
however. Ho knew that if old Withers know of
It he would be Just as hot about it as ho was.
Dud eyod Dess curiously when she" entered tho
houso and casually asked If thore had been any
visitors whilo ho had been away.
"No," stammered the girl, and fell to blushing
directly.
"Humph!" said her father.
Two days later Dess went out to pick black
berrios. Half an hour after her father followed
In hor trail. Tho blackberry patch lay In tho di
rection of the debatable ground. Dud came to
a riso in the land and looked off toward the tri
angular bit of ground in dispute. Dy tho great
auk, what was that ho saw?. Thero In the center
of tho debatable ground were Dill Withers and
Dess Jackson holding hands and Dess' sunbonnet
was pushed way back. When Dud recovered suf
ficiently he looked boyond the patch and thero
stood old Si Withers grasping a gun nnd looking
at tho pair of lovers, j Thore couldn't be any
shooting that day on either side and both old
fellows turned and went home. It was not a
ploasant evening that was spent that night in "
either the Jackson of tho Wlthors homo. Dud
stormed and fumod and told Dess that sho waB
bringing everlasting disgrace on him by taking
up with tho son of that old thief, Wlthors.
SI Wlthors said a good deal of tho same sort
to his son Bill, -but Bill, being a fellow who
thought for himself, held tho old fellow pretty
well In hand.
About a week after this a negro appeared at
the Jackson homo and reported that he had seen
an Ivory-billed woodpecker in tho big woods.
Dess had been forbidden to lcavo tho house. Dud
seized his gun and made for tho big patch of
timber. Tho iegro had described the bird accu
rately. Dud reached the edge of tho woods,
plunged In and had not gone ton yards berore ho
heard n strange rattling cry. Ho knew it from
tho description he had heard. Ho went In its
diroctlon. In a minute he saw a great big bird
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BUILDING
Expert Sets Forth 8ome Sound Prln.
clples Which It Will ue Kroni
able to Obcerve. '
Thoro are n few principles In tho
solectlon of lands for parks, parkways
and playgrounds which aro finding In
creasing ncceptanco by city authori
tics. Briefly stated, thoy aro ns fol
lows: (1) To acquire thoso easily ac
cessible small tracts in dlfforont parts
of a city which may most cheaply bo
adapted to servo as local playgrounds
or recreation centers; (2) to seok also
somo inoderatoly largo tractH, oven
though less nccessiblo for thp presont
gonorntlon, provided they aro capablo
of conversion at relatively small cost
into park which will havo tho beauty
of , natural scenery; (3) to ncouiro
prdporty for largo parks In advanco
of n goncral settlement of tho neigh
borhood;' (4) to solcct generally,
though not nlways, lauds which are
not well adapted for Btreets and build
ings; (6) to distribute tho lands over
Uio city In such a way as to glvo tho
maximum of use to tho peoplo who
will bn called unon to nay for tholr
acquisition, development and main
tenance. "Thoso Ave common-senso principles
havo been approved nnd followed by
tho loading landscapo architects,"
says John Nolan in his report on Now
London.
CITIES NEED MORE SUNLIGHT
French Architect Urges Far-Reachlnn
Reform In Street Planning
for the Future.
Par-reaching reform in city plan
ning ns a primary factor In tho battle
ngalnst tuberculosis was demanded
by tho nrchltect, Augustln Bey, In an
address mado before tho French So
ciety of Civil Engineers.
According to M. noy, cities of tho
future must bo so constructed that
tho direction of all tho Btroota shall
corroBppnd to the sun's dally courBO
in tho hcavons In order nhat tho in
habitants may receive tho maximum
of light, which Is tho greatest mi
crobe killer In existence.
Tho task of architects, ho says, will
bo to plan towns In such a way that
every nook and corner Bhall receive
Its sharo of tho sun's rayB for tho
greatest possible number of hours
dally. On this account he inRlsts
that tho presont Bystem of small
apartments 'will havo to go, and tholr
places bo, taken by smallor and moro
airy dwellings.
Ho concludes by saying that the
present nickname of Paris, "the City
of Light," should bo that of all towns
which enro for tho health of tholr
Inhabitants.
""Girl's Tears Vanquish Two Famed Constables
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MICH. Constable
IETUOIT,
MJ mauskl. fearless tamor of a
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local
street railway, is not Infallible Con
Btablo Paradls, -whoso threats to solzo
a crack train on a big railway in sat
isfaction of a Judgment, brought a
haughty corporation to Its knees, has
his human side. Dotli, flushed wltfi
their respectlvo victories over mighty
masters of inon nnd dollars, went
down to defeat tho other nftornoon be
foro tho tears of a prettjglrl.
Miss WUhelmlna Walllch, who Is
elderly, had a $75 Judgment against
Miss Mamie Wade, who is young
and looks liko a mngazlno cover
como to Ufa. Miss Walllch and Miss
Wado livo across tho hall from each
othor.
It was in thin vn Miss Walllch
got her Judgment; Miss Wndo has
thrco Pomeranians, much disliked by
Miss Walllch. On occasions Miss
Walllch places her foot In as violent
Juxtaposition with one or another of
the PomoraulajB as a lady might
without entirely sacriflclng her dig
nity. Miss Wado said sho would
slop tho facoof anybody who kicked
her doggies. Then thero briskly fol
lowed another kick, a slap and a
BummonB.
"I want somo very competent co
fltablon to mako an attachment fr
mo," announced Miss Walllch In the
constables' room, apparently not large
ly Impressed by the samples on vlow.
"The taBk may be difficult"
For a difficult task who would Berve
better than rtoinanskl and Paradls?
They too"k tho papers and the case,,,
and decided to 'attach tho Pomerani
ans, which wera at tho bottom of all
tho trouble.
Thero was no difficulty In getting
Into Miss Waflo's apartment A sign
bore tho Invltntlon "Apartment to
rent on third floor. Walk In."
MIsb Wado looked at tho constables
and at tho attachment. Two largo
tears camo Into her eyes.
"Oh! Ohi" sho snld, her -lips quiv
ering like n child's. "You're going
to takr away my poor little bow
wows? Why, they'll dlo and and I
don't know what I'll do."
"Go ahead, Paradls," Bald Roman
ski gruffly. "I'll wait for you down
stairs." "No, you do It," urged Paradl.
"It's really your case, you know."
"And, anyhow," sobbed MlsaVWado,
"tho dogs belong to mother! Ohl Oh!
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"Then wo wo can'Fdo ahythingcan
wo, Paradls?"
"Don't seo how we can," agreed
Paradls.
When tho constables got back to
tho county building thoy didn't seem
to bo-greatly worried becauso -the
had "fallen down."
"A man," said Romanskl, belliger
ently, "can't be expected to get the
goods every time, can he? That ain't
nature."
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Cow With Crumpled Horn; Man Is All Forlorn
scuttle round tho bolo iof a beech. Dud's heart
Jumped lnto-hls throat It was the first living
Ivory-billed woodpecker he had ever seen. Tho
tree trunk was between him and tho bird. Ho
rounded It cautiously. Tho woodpecker left the
tree with a cry. Dud's shotgun went to his"
shoulder. Thero was a report and the bird wavered-
Another report and tho woodpecker, flying
another few yards, fell limp to tho ground behind
some bushes. Bud dashed forward with a great
hurrah In his heart. He reached the spot whero
thT bird had fallen. He knew from tho way It
went down it was dead but whero was It? Not
a feather could ho find. Two llttlo drops of blood
stained tho fallen leaves and that was all. Bud
searched for throo hours and tlien wont homo
with, sorrow in his heart such as he had not
known slnco his wifo died.
The morning of that woodpecker cplsodo Dill
Withers was skirting tho woods In the hope of
getting a glimpse of Dess. He had a retriever
dog with him that was thrashing about in tho
woods nnd fields by turns in tho nervous way
that such dogs' have when their owners are not
on hunting bent. All at once the retriever burst
from the woods and dropped something at his
master's feet.v Dill picked It up. Ho knew It
was an Ivory-billed woodpecker, for ho had scan
one In a glass caso at tho capital In Jefferson
City. He know of Dud Jnckson's almost insane
deslro to get hold, of a Missouri killed "Ivory
bill." He had heard two shotgun reports that
Immediately preceded the bringing of tho bird
to him by his retrlovor. Ho ut two and two
togethor and smiled.
Everyone knows something of the mania of
the' true collector. Tho story of tho confirmed
old bachelor who got married to a sour-vlsaged
old maid becauso she had a china teacup that
would complete his set. unquestionably Is true,
Tho stamp collector gives a tenth of his fortuno
to get a cnncolPil two-cent stamp that hannenn to
bo of a color shade peculiar to itself. The iruo
bird collector Is perhaps more of an ontluislast
than any of the othors.
Dill Withers managed to get word to Dud Jack
son that he would like to meet him at tho debat
able ground tho next morning. Dud might como
with an armed escort if ho chose. Dill would
have ono. Thpy mot tho next morning. Two
mountaineers with rifles were behind each party
to tho conference. Bill howled an invitation to
Bud to drop his gun nnd como to tho center of the
disputed land for n conference. Bud agreed.
Thoy met,
"Mr. Jackson," said Bill, "I want to marry Bess
and sho wants to marry me. I'll tend to my old
man. He's got so he does pretty .much as I say,
and he'll even shako hands with you."
"None of your breed can havo Bess," said Bud
vsour liko
"But Bess wants mo."
"You can't havo lipr" This with a growl, and
tho two men turned and separated. When he
had gone about threo yards Bill Wlthors turned
and called out: "Dud, look horo."
Old Bud wheeled nbout Bill was standing
thero with one hand uplifted and holding by ono
foot the finest specimen of an lvory-blllod wood
pecker that Bud hadever seen or heard of.
"Do you want It, Bud?" said Bill. "It's 'in tho
flesh and I'll swdar It is Missouri klllod."
Bud's eyes popped. His framo shook. In hlB
fnco was a great Joy.
"Bill," ho said, and his voice trembled, "Bess
Is yourn."
(Copyright, by "W. A. "Patterson.)
FR1G0RIFIC0 IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Used to Freeze Cattle and Sheep for 8hlpplng
to Europe and United-States.
A frigorlflco Is a freezing plant In South Amor
lea. It is a plant that freezes fat cattlo or sheep
or lambs nnd sends them In refrigerated ships
northward to Europe. Perhaps lator they will
send them to tho United States.
On tho Island of Tlerra del Fuogo, far south
to tho Jumplng-off place, 'sheep get very fat on
tho good grass. Incrodlblo as It may seem, a
short time ago line fat sheep wero boiled down
for tholr tallow. Now n modern frigorlflco la
prepared to kill thorn and send thorn north of
the equator. Thero Is another of theso newly
erected frlgorlflcos at Rio Gallcgos. another a
little way up tho coast at San Jullnn, nnd othor
new oneB arcat Bahla Blanca.
These frlgorlflcos mako possible the directing
of a great stream of good lamb and mature mut
ton .northwnrd, and we here may expect to seo
It como, soon'er or later. Cattlo aro not killed
nt theso southern f rlgoi IJlcos, but farther north,
near Ducnos Aires aid in Uruguay, aro great
establishments that kill chlufly cnttlo. To facili
tate the gotting of sheep to the frlgorlflcos tho
government Is building tho Patagonia Btato rail
ways, loading to the interior. Droeders' Gazette.
Problems of City Building.
"Ono of tho problomo ln modern
city building Is to allow proper spaco
on tho sidewalks for shade trees," said
Honry B. Deacon of Dotrolt, Mich., nt
tho Hotel Stafford. "Evory country In
tho world Ib advocating tho planting
of shndo trees In cities. Many of tho
modern cities that aro being built
special attontlon Is being given to tho
shade treo problem. Tho United SUUcs
government has taken up tho matter
and Is making a close etudy of con
ditions that exist In other countries.
Somo clticB pave close up, and by
thus cutting oft tho natural surface
water supply contrlbuto to tho enrly
death of tho troe. Othors havo an un
paved circular spaco around tho treo
which Is often dangerous for pedestri
ans, and is unsightly. There Is a city
In Belgium that boIvos tho problem by
leaving a spaco of two feet all around
the treo and paving up smoothly to a
flush Iron ring, having a rcceBs insldo
to recolvo a Bectional removable Iron
grating flush with tho Bldownlk. This
makes a neat walk and cavca the
tree."
CHICAGO. "Wha' d'yo think 1 am
an orphan asylum?" peovlBhly do
mnnded De Witt C. Crcgler. city cus
todian of lost, strayed and stolen prop
erty, when he wns lnvltod tho other
day to assume tho caro and proper
upbringing of ono blond, abandoned
cow.
But Mrs. B. n. Tnnsley, C43B Lawn
dale a,vonuo, who has put tho poor
thing to boiP'evcry night jmd milked It
evory morning for three months, de
manded ob an enfranchised woman
with 'constitutional rights that sho be
relieved. Sho called Cregler by tele
phone. ' "I found tho creature homeless in
Hydo Park on a dark night throo
months ago," sho said. "For threo
montlia I havo patiently provided It
with hay. I have advertised four times
In vain for tho owner. And every
morning I havo milked It"
"You should worry, thon," Retorted
Croglor. "Keop on milking; It's bet
tor than raiding back porches In tho
trail oi tuo miiiimnn. 1
But Mrs. Tansley would not accept
tho suggestion.
"You've got to .take this cow off my
hands," sho Inelsted. "Bosldos, she's
going dry."
Cregler mopped the peisplration
from his ngitated brow. Tho placo
whero ho keeps lost, strayed and stolen
property '1b the vault in his offlco, City
hall, floor throe. Ho knew his duty
and sought to ovado It
"I'll tell you what to do," hnald to
Mrs. Tansley, speaking In an oily, .In
sinuating, metropolitan tone. "Yoa
JuHt hold on to the cow," and I'll" ea
If I pnn'i- find n nwrtnr for vou."-J
"No you don't!" flashed .Mrs. Tani
loy, Instautly on guard. "You're going -'
to tako this cow first and nnd the
owner afterward. That's what you ar ,
going to do."
"I'm hanged It I do," said Cregler.
"I'll goto law first. It I should put
that cow- In my safo she'd eat uptsll
the necklaces nnd revolvers In tho
place and I'm responsible for thorn."
Vx csently ho vina seen bending over
his desk and writing feverishly. H1b
associates in the office looked over
his shoulder and saw that he wnsjri-
lug "to write a "want ad." After dis
carding several Cregler produced this:, ,
"WANTED Tho maiden all forlorn.
Who lost a cow with a crumpled horn.
Call on any September morn,"
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IS FAULT.
An Italian woman, nccompanled by her llttlo
boy, was traveling on a train which was making
vory poor time. Tho conductor said to hor:
"Madam, your boy can't pass on half faro; ho is
too largo."
"Wolla, he may bo too l.argea nowa, butta when
do traina starto ho wasa small enougha."
NOT NEEDED.
"Aro they going to havo a Midway plalsance at
the Panama exposition?"
"I don't know," replied Mr. Growcher. "There
doesn't scorn to bo any need of novelties In tho
line of dancing that was started at the Midway
plalsance In Chicago."
Burn the Weeds.
If all tho weeds upon that vacant
lot next to your garden have not been
destroyed you should boo to It thut
they aro burned forthwith. Burned at
this time, tho greater portion of tho
seeds will havo been burnod nnd you
will not thon be so badly troubled wltlv
weeds next year. Mnturo weeds
Bhould bo burned whoro they grow If
possible, and not bo stacked up In
hoaps for any move of dry woods
shakes out tho seeds and leaves them
on tho soil, to bo started Into life and
moro woods with the first rain of the
season. Burn tho crop as It stands,
If possible.
Wanted: Somebody to Get the -Secretary's Goat
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THE SAME OLD REASON.
"Here's a newspaper artlclo that says thero is
going to bo another shake-up In tho police de
partment I wonder what's tho reason f6r it this
timo?"
'Must tho samo old reason. Too much shaking
down."
SOME HORSES ARE CLEVER I thoro aro not a fow so clever as to,loubt. to admit by tho look in hor
But There Is a Limit to the Sagacity
of the Useful Animal,
Expert Declares.
Wo havo oftou said that thero is as
much difference In horses as In peo
ple, a writer In Our Dumb Animals
observes. They differ in looks, color,
in spirit, la endurance, (n disposition
and In Intelligence. Thero Is no
denying that thore are very stupid
homes Many of us know also that
startlo us with what seems an nlnnt
human faculty. One of tho best wo
ovor ownod, with an absolutely pur
foot disposition, could free herself
from the halter with a facility that
was at onco astonishing and amusing.
When ono dovlco for preventing this
trick was apparently pondered ovor
by hor and Its secret solved wo tried
another. At last wo matched hor
shrewdness, and the
Bbe was found with
pyo that wo had been too much for
her.
A story from a Massachusetts town
has Just como to us of a horso that
has learned to turn tho water on to
tho trough In his stall by working
the faucet with his teeth. Ho nover
turned It off, however, and so it wub
taken out and ii shut-off placed near
tho roar of tho stall. Ills owner
first morning ' avers that, standing in the stall un
tho halter on ' tied, a rope behind him, ho has now
she soemod, to our Imagination, no I learned to turn around, reach out
somo threo foot and onon thn nw
faucot
But thoy have their limits. Wo
know of one which will como from
any part of tho stable and back Into
tho Bhafts whon tho carrlago is head,
ed toward tho exit Turn tho car
rlago tho othor way and she will
promptly walk Into tho shaftn with
her noso over tho dashboard.
Juvenile Mythology.
"And what did you learn at school
today?"
"Oh, what about tho myths nnd god
desses and things,"
"And what about them?"
"I forgot thorn all but Cores."
"And who was she?"
"Oh, sho waB tho goddess of dress
making." "Why, how In tho world"
"Well, teacher said she was tho god
dess of ripping and sowing. Wom
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PHILADELPHIA. That Jolly, roar
ing tnr, Josophus Daniels, who won
tho navy portfolio on uccount of his
vnrled and tempestuous seafaring ca
reor in tho Carolina hills, wants some
body to get his goat. Ho has ono he
doesn't know what to do with.
This goat was tho mascot of tho
supor-drottdnought Connecticut and
has brought disgrace upon himself and
shame upon tho navy,
Tho Connecticut was In drydock at
tho League Island navy yard near Phil
adelphia. Sambo (which Is tho goat)
was given Indefinite shore leavo that
ho mlKht get a change from his usunl
diet of beans, iork, ship biscuit and
aud weeds thathad accumulated in
tho yard.
After sizing up the general situation ,
In a leisurely way, Sambo hopped'
down to the bottom of the drydock.
Thon he began scratching himself
ngalnst ono of the shoring blocks that
supported tho port side ot the. battle
ship. Thero was a nail in it and he
got moro scratching than ho needed.
In fact, he "became grouchy about it
and proceeded to administer to that
block a series of vigorous butta, which
sounded to the marine sentry overhead"
liko tho chirping of a pneumatic rlTi
eter at work on the frame of a sky.!
scraper.
The marine did some hurry-up scout
ing and called out the deck guard.
Thoy shinned drfwn a rope as fast asT
a marine can shin down a rope, whlclf
isn't very fast, and placed Samlo un
der 'arrest. Tho sober truth of the
matter is, the ship was n danger,
It would not have taken much force
to dislodge that block and but little
more, applied somewhere else, to haYe..J,x.
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eliminating tho collection or tin cans i nor sine,
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Boys Spanked for Onslaught on Dinner Buckets
Sulphur dioxldo is tho freozlnir
agent employed In a new French por
table refrigerating machine.
Cleanliness of Berlin.
Tho American doctors who havo
been traveling through Europo ngreo
that tho thing which strikes visitors
to Dorlln most forcibly Is the scru
pulous cleanliness of M city.
Forgot Himself.
Old Lady (to beggar at door)
What's this boiled paper? You'll havd
to toll mo what it says, for I haven't
my glasses.
Beggar Pleaso, mum, it Bays I am
doaf and dumb, and can y,ou sparo
mo a fow cents.
'No Difference.
"My boss was calling mo down this
morning."
"I thought tojnobody In tho ofilco
sa'd It was your wifo calling you up."
"ojuie thing"
CLEVELAND, O. Tho boyB who for
weeks havo been neglecting their
meals so as to enjoy better the
lunches of tho motormen nnd conduc
tors of tho Qulncy avenuo car barns
will soon begin to tako an active in
terest In threo meals a day again.
Their llttlo perquisite has disap
peared. For a month tho lunches of motor
men nnd conductors, neatly hung In
rows on the hooks In a little room
facing tho alloy behind tho barns,
havo been disappearing.
Ab, a laBt resort, tho motormen
nominated a watcher and tho con
ductors ratified tho nomination. Con
ductor Joseph Busch was unanimous
ly elected to sit up all night In
tho room whoro the lunches were
stored and watch for tho mysterious
thief.
Ho sat in tho dark llttlo room and
waited. Nino o'clock came, aqdthen
ten. Shoitly befoie eleven o'clock,
however, thero camo a squeak and
then a crash'
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Outllned ugalnst the faint square
of light there rose a long, black bar,
curved at tho end and t&pcrlng to a
point The pole rose, dipped, and was
quickly extended to the row oflinch
laden hooks along tho wall,
Tho next Instant Busch saw the
lunch of Motorman David Schmidt
caught on tho hook at the end ot tho
polo and drawn toward the window,
Hulf an hoqr later a nw set of boys
armed with another long pole with
: n nooK on the end, sneaKeu quietly
Into tho" alleyway, Halt a minute latec
thoy wero seized and stNmkeaj Indl
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