The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-08-05
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By Beau Esprita
The Purple Turkey
BY Beau Esprita
TALE OF LOVE, AND WAR. AND MYSTERY
MOSTLY MYSTERY. HIGHLY ARTISTIC.
Continued from last week.

DOING wng that sop all the house She removed the
offending mop from his hands with such vgor that he stumbled
back against the deal table, knocking the floor the brown
| paper wrapped parcel.
''Now whatg" cried Sarah Ann. Pick up. What have
| you brought into the house now?'
Nothing, DEAR" said George Jewett meeBly as he
| placed the parcel the table. Il only thought"
Hal More mystery George had chance express
Aeeting thought for had esped the drag
gled protruding feathers
"Oh, George, YOU have brought bonnet" she cried
apturousy fosakng surgical mnstratons the Fngrdub
cat at the call of higher duty.
mo- Ter" sammered George Jewett hastily withdraw
ing the parcel out of Aunt James reach.
Of not, janet Why should George bring you
bonnet? lovely of you DEAR remember that this
just weeks and three days from birthday and get
such duck of hat Sarah Ann held her hand for the
parcel but Mr. Fngerdub again drew back of reach
No, my dear, I-ah-I didn't"
Stuck up shriled Aunt Jane guess other people have
birthdays beside and mine only weeks and days
off! say the bonnet is mne?"
1t isn't either don't when your birthday is. You
have had many remember George got the
hat for his wife, of course didn't you, love9"
But, my DEAR it isn't bon--er-it isn't hat. Its
"a turban How did you think of it? Why they're the
the alleys have been taking the Ees
Mrs Fngrdub beamed amorouy her sweating husband
fevershy waving the brown paper parcel aoft
deavor remain neutral between the fire of his emi
nine family.
1T amt hat" he shouted desperately ''It amt bon
nett It's turkey tell bird, fowl picked turkey!
They left the tail tell you; it amt hat We going
head we're going our stomach!
DO you hear? It's turkey, pink, picked turkey!'
The had turned at last and both Ann and Aunt
Jane stood aghast George Jewe Fngerdub slammed the
brownpaper wrapped parcel the table vcousy in
last squirt of self assertion eked draggled tail
feathers
There!" shaking them above the table as he fumbed at
the wrapper with the other hand Il told you turkey
picked turkey and it's dead! They left the tail on it's
dead'
In view of it's experiences the turkey would have
been perfectly justified in being dead they left
the tail but neither Aunt Jane Sarah Fngerdub
thought to remind George Jewe of this the For
he had torn of the and there lay before
them plump picked turkey indeed but-1r VIVID
PURPLE!
The Flngerdub cat after reconnotering reen-
tered the converted CRADLE having prudenty dis
posed It's bandaged tail well out of the umber
ing enemy calmly proceeded appropriate eneys un
guarded commissay The theory of this action fully
ed and duly approved by the of Warfare
CLAUSE H. section 49, promulgated by Hague conven-
tion
Danny Rugg had apex hard working career
only to find there nothing beyond life worth the
living 1t if he had the jumping place be-
fore his turn, for Danny still young way But the
jumping off place ahead Danny not vet ready
to he turned back and became detective instead
There alternative of Sort for every action man
be called face Danny Rugg the greater evil
with out illusions nature He was in the habit;
of facing all things square indeed he couldn't help doing it.
for that the nature had buded his made an
ideal detective for the reasons usually discerning
public somehow failed to the point. That was WHY
Danny working the Adngs disappearance case at
the time Didn't tell about that? WE'LL it's matter
mended.
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Oracle Alldings always was girl Everybody
noticed she disappeared from home To be sure
everybody knew that she working the Greek soda
place Main Street, her folks of ALL because
she told them before she @ but she had disappeared from
Adngs house the completely because of that 90
the Deacon enlisted the services of detectives and
bring her back Nobody knew Oracle disappeared from
home work in the sodaountain place until the even
ing out with the that Deacon ALL
ding had secured the services of Danny Rugg the popular and
we'll known private detective the city, to trace the where
of VIII had