Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-05

ing OF the same street with Mr..
Winthrop Forsythe Lyster."
$50 on and tellyour story" said
Riley. at will save time and help
me to put into shape what want
to write if it's really Lyster."
We'll, it was just this way"
said Muggins. I'D got almost
home when l saw a man come out
of the alley back of the Whalen
house and hurry across the street
to the letter box under the lamp
post and mail letter. Then he
scurried back across the street.
He had a little limp in his right
leg, and as there's been columns
in the papers about that limp OF
LISTERS l says to myself, says /:
Mebbe that's Lyster,' and it was"
How do you know?"
"Follered i'm. ] reckOned it was
Lyster from the way Pips acted.
Lyster kicked Pips once for no
cause. Pips amt forgot it nor
have l. Pips grOwled and ! had to
snatch him up and hold him under
my overcOat to keep him from
growing more. Lyster went back
into the alley, jumped over the
fence and went into the Whalen
house. There was light in the
little back room of the WhaleD
house. / sneaked up on tip-tOe.
The window shade hadn't been
pulled down over the window by
about a half-inch. peeped under
the shade, and there he wasp
"Lyster?' ---<rAasaar
"FOrsure. You s'pOse I'd clipped
away back to the Times Office if it
had been anyone elseW
what was Lyster dOing~
"He was sitting by little ia
BILE covered with papers, and he
had a lot of money before him
money belonging to poor folks he'd
} robbed. l saw him gather up the
+ money and the papers and put 'em
into a valise. Oh, it was Lyster,
all right"
1t was Lyster. We left the car
riage several blocks from the
Whalen house and Muggins guild
ed us to the place. The light was
still burning in the little room.
Riley and l crept up and saw Lys
ter as plainly as Muggins had seen
him. He was sitting by the littl'
table writing. A door was by tn,
side of the window. The big pc
liceman put his shoulder to tn,
door and it yielded instantly. Lys
ter gave little~y Ofalarm, but he
offered no resistance. All that he
said was:
II hope yOn'il not be hard on ole
Judy Whalen for letting me sta.
here. She dad it out of gratitud
: for kindness my dead wife shove,
Judy years ago. I'll 90 with yO
quietly. 1t is right that l shOul
, pay the penalty for what l hav
done"
All THAI Muggins said was: 81
will be a great scoop for tn
' Times
1t was. The Times was NOR
, than half an hour late that morn
ing, and the presses had 10 ru
half thefOrenOon TO supply the de
|, mand f7or papers. There was
picture'of Muggins in the pape
and the whole story was told il
glowing terms. When Col. Bent
ley came TO the office that morning
HIS first question was
Where is that Muggins bOy?"
He is asleep on a pile of rag
down IN the engine room" / said
~It will be the last time he viii
sleep rthere," said the colonel
THAT 'bOy has got TO be looked
after. He'll make a good newspa
per man. I'll look after him my
SELF
Muggins was Cooked after" anC
his old friends would not know
him ifthey saw him today. He is
a young man of great force Of
, character and unusual ability. He
; is credit to the journalism of OuI
day. AS for Pips, he had his
day." like other dogs, and was de
Gently buried by Muggins, who
never transferred his affections tC
any OtberdOg.-Young People.
Chamberlain's Narrow Escape.
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