Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
GIRL WAS A PUZZLE
DRESSED IN BOYS CLOTHES, SHE
PUTS OUT STREET LAMPS.
Mysterious "Boy" Finally Located
After Many Times EIudlng "EarIy
"Blrds" and Amateur Sleuths-Con-
tributes to Support Big Family.

Chicago-Amateur sleuths, anxious
men and wise night owls may all take
a vacation, for the girl Of mystery who
has been turning out street lamplights
In the early hours of the morning at
California venue and West Lake
street has been found.
Clad in a clean pair Of overalls, her
brothers discarded coat and an old
soft hat. 14-year-old Mildred Nable ad-
mitted the other night that she Is the
girl who has mystified hundreds OF Gu
rious people. She looks the part OIL
a boy when dressed In male garb. But
she has pretty black curls and they
dangle from beneath her hat She
blames all her troubles on the locks.
She is a pretty, petite boy, and, Incl
dentally, an exceptionally pretty girl.
When found In her home she declared
she was sorry she had been found
out.
Il wanted to fool everybody all sum-
mer," she said. why did you have
to come and find me? l guess you
want to know all about myself now
that l am discovered. Well, l have
two brothers, and they light the street
lamps every night and l hate to see
them do all the work, so l decided to
help by extinguishing the lights In the
morning. Both my brothers are young
and they need sleep in the morning.
/ did not want to turn out the lights
in girls clothes. so l got some of my
older brothers old garments. They
fitted me all right, and 1 continued to
wear them. OF course, had the clothes
been too big for me l wouldn't have
worn them because how did l know
who might see me?
Il have a big route to cover There
are 100 lights to be turned out every
morning. 1 have a brother who is at
tending business college and l wanted
to help earl money to enable him II
his education"
did you have any thrilling expert
ences.' she was asked.
you bet I did," she replied, brush
ing back her curls. Those curls an
noy me terribly. 1 guess l have then
cut. Well, the first real thrilling ex
perience was the first morning on the
job. l was at California avenue ant
Lake street when l saw a man with E
lantern. He paid no particular atten
ton to me until he saw my curls. Their
? he chased me.
Gee, how l ran! Through alleys ant
over back fences until l finally los
him. But on the lex morning he wa!
waiting for me. l guess he had
: good look at me, for he never said
word. He might have at least apollo
gized for chasing me the way h
did.
Q This same man must have notified
all his friends that there was a cir
lamp extinguisher in Chicago, for oil
the s~ucceedings morning there was al
ways a small crowd waiting to lool
! at me at California venue and LAX
street. One man asked me my name
: l refused to tell him. After that / nc
ticed several hundreds Of person
V; .ching me all along my route.
Il always tried to evade %everybod,
who was watching me. l knew peopl
were talking about me, but l was gla'
they did not know my name. 1 will
now sleep mornings and get back som
of the beauty sleep l lost"
There are seven children in tn
Maggie family, and all contribute to tn
support. Mrs. ]. N. Nagle, the girl
mother, said she tried in vain to max
her girl stop dressing In boys clotf
ing.