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Show rr r-i all ales As told to: ELMO FRANK E. . d SCOTT HAGAN WATSON The Return of Petey A CARRIER pigeon can be relied on to do the spectacular. Glenn Butcher, doughboy of the Sixth Infantry, after serving his country in France, established a pigeon farm near Lockport, III. Liking Lik-ing all pigeons, his greatest affection affec-tion was reserved for a carrier named Petey. Petey demonstrated once that Butcher's love was reciprocated. It was when an unidentified fiend visited vis-ited Lockport, committed a score of crimes and concluded by stealing Petey and tuklng him to Chicago. Butcher learned later the thief climbed to the top of the tallest building in Chicago, unfastened Petey Pe-tey and threw him overboard. Then, to show his fiendish nature, the kidnaper kid-naper threw a wooden box at the falling bird. The pigeon broke a leg In his 600-Xiot 600-Xiot fall but retrieved the box, which landed nearby, and hobbled toward the river. There he produced pro-duced a swagger stick Butcher had used In France, climbed on the box and, steering a winding course by means of the stick, started home. Bulletins told of the pigeon navigator's navi-gator's progress, but Petey was too proud to accept aid. He negotiated negoti-ated the 45 miles of river channel alone In seven days, limping into Butcher's yard one morning, swagger swag-ger stick under bis wing. It not only gave him a Jaunty appearance but served for a crutch as well. O Western Newspaper Unloa. |