The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-29
DRIVES EN- NUTTy,
THAT'S WHY SKEEIS
prefer SQUIRREL
Initiating Commuters Of We
roma Just Pestered to Death
Till Stadler Came.
AFTERGDOW AVE. GLEW.
Some Exterminator, Take II
From Verona - Regular
Holmes Person, Too.
AFTERGUOW AVE. GLEW.


Charles .. onasr. Mosquito Exter-
usnseor IN CAisf for ths County Of
nsssx. N. J., knows what makes the
Mosquito Of Aftr0low avenue In classy
veona wfid.
Tee squirrsi.
Hart 70 the dreadful tale Of Exter.
minator etadlsr TRACKING 70 its lair
shs carnivorous. squirrel. eating. blood
swsnHing mosquito Of Afterslow avenue.
He lives to-day 70 tell the tale only be.
cause ExtsFmlnator etadier's resem.
blanos toe squirrel 10 remote At best
Astds from the rudy and early bloom
Ing whaskers which adorn the chin OF
BEterminator 0tadIer and his fondness
for peanuts. E1tsmlnator Stadier's
hinship with the sciurus vulgaris IL not
spparsnt. else his shredded body would
now b neposing behind Q rain barrel
on Aftereiow avenue.
II happened that two weeks ago 4 re-
spectacle citizen who was returning to
his home on Afters,ow avenue about an
hour after the aftsrGiow had been taken
out OF the avenue encountered q par
ticularly large and ferocious boy mos
quito which was lurking behind q rasp.
berry bush on the edge Of the sidewalk
and which sprang upon him unawares.
The respectable citizen had to put Up
tho night Of his life. After he had
dubbed the mosquito for several excit-
Ing minutes the latter sailed away INTO
the darkness with . low. chattering
moan.
ATE HIM DOWN TO HIS sHoEe.
ziNoi LIKE THAT.
The experience Of that respectful citi.
rem was but the hrst In . reign OF ter
ror which held all Verona on-the- Wat
chung In Its grip for fourteen terrible
days. On the night following his death
grapple a supcrannuated horse belonging
10 M!cajah Perkins, who Is n nephew
d, ~ 81 Perkins OF the Cedar Grove Board
Of Poultry Trade. was devoured right
down to his shoes where he stood In his
stall In the Perkins barn. Another
night saw u servant maid In the en-
ploy OF one OF tho Aftergiow avenue
.dweliers chased for four never-ending
blocks by gang Of the winged thugs.
ono OF which cntangled his proboscis In
her nying locks and was thus dragged.
q prisoner. to her room. This specimen
was killed with pair Of hre tongs and
10 now resting In a barrel OF alcohol to
DO feature In the sidcshow Of the next
Montclair circus.
All of which narrative paves tho
way for the entrance upon the scene
OF Exterminator stadler.
To-day he received report from
each and every one of the Afterglow
avonuers who had been attacked by
the vicious vampires. Two Significant
facts presented themselves. One WIS
that every one OF the many who had
suffered tho deadly assaults was a
veGetarian who lived on Q nut and fruit
diet The other was that three out OF
every five commuters who were At
lacked after the aftsrgiow were carry
ing homo with them their family mar
kstins. consisting Of toothsome nuts
Of various kinds.
6tadler was 1t hrst somewhat nom
c!Sssd 70 frd the relation between
. nut-eating commuter and q vicious
mosquito. But in his odd moment
Tie sxtsruninator had read all Of the
0tos1ss Of scientific Detectives In the
populsr magazines. and aside from his
skill ~ IN sxterminAtor he fancied he
was some shucks a. an amateur dc.
tsctivs
~ tu-uoy uct tOFyn, telling no
one of the deduction upon which he
was working. He moved silently from
spot to spot on Aftergiow avenue,
drawing each moment nearer to the
great mystery.
At last he found Il In tho rear of
= vacant house at the end tf After
glow avenue he saw three empty bar
rels standing on end. A low droninK,
~ Of the tide going out at Canarsie,
sounded from the barrels. The Exter.
minator approached on tptoe. He
peered into the nrst Of the barrels.
Horrors! The interior was swarming
with the nut-hungry beasts. gorged and
eomnolent. The same with the second
barrel. same with the third.
Exterminator stadier. at great risk OF
his life. returned to the three artificial
caverns with q gallon OF kerosene. Like
. fash he had doused the surface OF
the stagnant water In each with death
dealing draughts Of the fluid Then he
pushed aside the assassinateJ terror,
with q stick and made closer examina.
sion.
Ha! The exterminator's theories were
verified!
In each rain barrel lay tho partially
devoured carcass of a squirrel.