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Then Ted and Bud returned to town on a street car.
As they got closer to the downtown section, they could hear the shouts
of the newsboys announcing an "extra" newspaper in all the varieties of
pronunciation of that word as it issues from the mouths of city
"newsies."
"Wonder what the 'extra' is all about?" said Ted.
"Oh, same old thing, I reckon," said Bud. "'All erbout ther turribul
disaster.' An' when yer buys a paper yer see in big letters at ther top,
'Man Kills,' and down below it, 'Mother-in-law!' But in little type
between them yer read ther follerin', to wit, 'Cat to spite.' I've been
stung by them things before."
"I'm going to buy one, anyway," laughed Ted. "I don't mind being stung
for a cent."
He beckoned to a newsboy, bought a paper, and opened it.
"What's this?" he almost shouted.
Great black letters sprawled across the top of the page.
"Express Messenger Found Dead," was the first line, and below it was the
confirmation of Ted's belief that a great robbery had taken place.


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