The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
GIRL WAS A PUZZLE
DRESSED IN BOYS CLOTHES, SHE
 PUTS OUT STREET LAMPS.
Mysterious ."Boy" Finally Located After Many Times EIudins "EarIy "BIrds" and Amateur SIeuths-con-
 tributes to Support Big Family.

Chicago.-Amateur sleuths, anxious men and wise night owls may all take vacation, for the girl of mystery who has been turning out street lamplights In the early hours of the morning at California avenue 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 cu- rious people. She looks the part of boy when dressed in male garb. But she has pretty black curls and they dangle from beneath her hat. She planes 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
 q wanted to fool everybody all sum- mer," she said. Why did you have to come and find me? I guess you want to know all about myself now that I am discovered. Well, I have two brothers, and they light the street lamps every night and I hate to see them do all the work, so 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 I got some of my older brothers old garments. They fitted me all right, and I continued to wear them. Of course, had the clothes been too big for me I wouldn't have worn them because how did I know who might see me?
 T have big route to cover. There are 160 lights to be turned out every morning. I have a brother who is at tending business college and I wanted to help earn money to enable him in his education"
 Did you have any thrilling experi- ences. she was asked.
 You bet I did" she replied, brush ing back her curls. Those curls an- noy me terribly. I guess I have them cut. Well, the first real thrilling ex- perience was the first morning on the job. I was at California avenue and Lake street when saw a man with lantern. He paid no particular atten- ton to me until he saw my curls. Then he chased me.
 Gee, how I ran! Through alleys and over back fences until I finally lost him. But on the next morning he was waiting for me. I guess he had good look at me, for he never said a word. He might have at least apollo gized for chasing me the way he did.
 This same man must have notified all his friends that there was a girl lamp extinguisher in Chicago, for on the succeedings morning there was al- ways small crowd waiting to look 1t me at California avenue and Lake street One man asked me my name. I refused to tell him. After that no- dced several hundreds of persons watching me all along my route.
 'T always tried to evade everybody who was watching me. knew people were talking about me, but I was glad they did not know my name. I will now sleep mornings and get back some of the beauty sleep I lost"
 There are seven children in the Nagle family, and all contribute to the support Mrs. J. N Nagle, the girls mother, said she tried in vain to make her girl stop dressing in boys cloth ing.