Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-08-03
ANDREW MALLISTER


Andrew MacAiiSte, VITO l.',u in MS
handsome place On the i'.;'k ct Lax"
Michigan north OF Chicago. cuIpr h The.
late one night after heinz detained in
the city Oh business. he vas Su'nr
what aStonished to find the front dM,r
standing ujar. and. passing through
the hail to the dining room. " hat was
his surprise to find everything turled
topsy turvy and the butler b"und ana
gagged. Releasing him. Mac AliSter
darted upstairs. and. discovering no
evidence of the family having been
disturbed. he went below again and
listened to the buffers account of the
robbery. The man had been forced AT
the point of revolver to open the
silver safe. and it had been rihed
who's dog is that moaning in the
yard" asked MacAlister. aud without
waiting for an answer hv went out
into the grouds. There at a side gate
was dog scratching to get out. 1t 1T
once occurred to Mac AliSter that the
beast had come with the burglars and
in their haste to depart they had shut
off his exit. Perhaps if he We're per
mitted to go he would follow them
At any rate, the experiment was worth
trying. MacAliSter went to the stable
and got out a saddle horse, armed
himself with revolver and then re
leased the dog. which ran Off toward
the city.
MacAlister mounted and followed
The dog soon settled into steady tro,
down street and eventually led hin
to the north end Of Lincoln park. Get
ting through the park appeared more
puZZling to him than following a
straight street. but at the north end
he struck an avenue and after that
seemed to know his route perfectly.
Coming to the street running next
| parallel with the river. he turned to
the right and after traversing few
blocks struck q region given over Al
most exclusively to manufacturing.
Meanwhile Mac Alister had picked up
a mounted policeman in the extreme
northern part of the city. to whom az
they rode along he explained what he
was about. The cop was rather skep-
teal as to the outcome of the adven,
ture till the dog entered a tenement
house which had for some time been
held in suspicion. Throwing them
selves off their horses as quickly as 1t
could be done they followed the dog
into the building. but they We're too
late. Their guide had disappeared.
Mounting rickety staircase with as
noiseless tread as possible they
searched every landing. On coming to
the top story and seeing nothing Of
their guide they concluded that they
had had their pains for nothing aud
were about to give up the chase when
they heard the sounds OF n dog bark
ing as If in great delight. II occurred
to MacAlister that the dog had found
Its friends and was rejoicing at the
meeting.
"In that ROOM" he said. Il shall find
my silver
"Stop here" said the cop. while l
20 for he'""
Help? that help do you wanti
Aren't VT rrlned men? While you
are AVA IN. might take 1t into their
heads to move on"
Mic. '.st,r knocked There was q
'huffliL.. about inside. and after much
Icy the door was opened. Facing
tnree revolvers stood a mite Of girl.
Within ~" woman with a baby In
her ar dog the men had fol-
j. vtd the middle Of the floor
looking at tnem.
The Story told by the woman was
I. 1T she had been up with her baby
who Eos -. ord on hearing the kr ~