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COLONEL MUGGs AND HIS LUCK.
BY Donald Allen.


To blame for his capture by Grecian
brigands. He was pompous and poruH
He wrote his name in big letters on
i, hotel registers and talked about his
: mines and ranches. When he reached
>. corln,h lie s,ru,ted a little more than
- usual He found there an English LORD
and. wantins TO show him that he
wasn't the only prominent personaSe
about, he cut a swath rs vide as he
could Unknown 10 him. there was An
article i'm a Greek paper about MN.
r ITc WAS said 10 hc worth Sbc,vVe'ecV
and rlne up millions more. and that
he talked Of buying M all tile ruins
in Greece and shipping them 10 New
York as free gift 10 the city.
Your true Greek brigand takes his
tcntion to the society column 1t WAS
on account OF that newspaper article
that Colonel Mugs was taken in lie
hired carriage and driver ana guide
and two huukies and drove out into
the country from Corinth 10 90 some
interesting ruins: but before lie was
half-hniShed sightseeing he found that
the brigands had done" him.
The colonel had made his arrange
nlcnts overnight, and this had given
his guide time TO send word TO the
gang There were five Of them. aud
every man Know MS business. lHeN
came upon the colonel While he was
eating lis lunch on a mass OF masonry
many thousand years OLD. 1t was 50
old that the briEands should have felt
awcd. hut thcy didn't.
rs soon as they had inaGe the colonel
understand that he MAS at their mercy
,hcy turned 10 and ate up The rest OF
his luncheon. and wanted 10 punch his
mead because he hadn't left more
When thcy had finished eating ana
drinking they set out FOR the noun
tains.
The colonel exhibited reluctance TO
go with them, hut they caused :; change
of heart by prickinc him with tho
points OF their knives. one OF them
could speak English fairly well. and
he explained that while i; was the in
tcntion TO treat the captive with due
consideration until he had Yielded up
the money, they couldn, permi; any
thing bordering OH the frolicsomc in
his conduct
Say. nov, bu; who do you fellcrs
take me for" demanded the American.
as lie was being hustled along.
I'VE have made no mistake" was the
reply. You arc tho man worth $50
Fifty million nothinas Where did
YOU get hold Of any such rot
In tho newspapers You shall see
them when Nc get TO camp"
Well, YOU arc al lot OF fools. have
been swelling around some. and have
perhaps given a false impression. but
It's all been done on cheek. I'll tell
YOU straight that I'm from Meriden.
Conn. L. : :, I'm no colonel. though
! hate 10 admit II 10 blamed gang
Of robbers. I'm simply Joseph j.
Mugs, travelling salesman for a clock
factory. am over here to introduce
eisht-day clocks, and ] have hardly
oil
aud get out OF town. I: you've got
hold OF me thinking 10 raise stake,
yon are going 10 get left"
We shall see replied the leader.
whlc the smile on his face showed
that he though, tlt colonel was trying
10 work on old stock on him.
After a nvc-hour tramp. they reached
headq'Jgrters in the hills. HeadqIar-
.ors Was a dilapidated hut and camp
ire IN lonely spot. some black bread
ana roasted goats Acsh constituted
SupPer and later or tho hrigands sat
in a circle around their captive. and
ne leader said:
You shall have the freedom Of the
camp - long - YOU are with us, but
som. yr. VIII have An eye on you all
~ time The first move YOU make 20
- ape viii o-.n- bullet in the morn
banker. and i Mil be sent 20 the town
nv messenger
What iu ,he devil sinai! write 20
'@rner ahoH; demanded the coli
mo ~ ,iref and iissusted
"" "' Shn!l ssn' Vs. sum equal
-.'. you Would call half . million
-"'.,'rs ~ SoHr American money as your
rs but er" YOU crazy.
," ~ Nf'2.s sc %: You jus, Is
,ro'S som. .un"uc asylum II
, TO-, e Eht, ihGn cont talk through the
.,ya ' ~, ma,
gu MI vile ~ The morning" said
,,nd,r MI. En"e INC others muttercd
"" me-. 'nsir breath
~ RI. n"Ee no oenNer in Corinth."
an ~ 10 uf american consul. lie
rrnir 't'p ou 70 get ~" ransom money
49,. I",' .'n,"r''a 10 viii use the cable,
ana IN tire" DAYS it Will be here and
- ~say :" old ID ' ,ra, ..
or.l ss.a o.u nan remarked tho col
ppc on M, ~, "' iausH. ms VIII DC
ih.ra ~ , 30 ,,aNe got the idea tina,
ur.s "a. ''i."ms I'D the clock bust
per cen, rlrn N'' , yoe mat !: w. show
Z, ,le6 r. Avn. pI,n' . Eear W arc
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