Logan Republican | 1905-02-01 | Page 6 | Paid Dear for Popularity

bbt ' . 1 . '' Paid Dear for Popularity. A Tokyo paper prints Abe .story, of a 12-year-old Japanese' girl whose Jla- sfre Jor popularity, among her dim- j mates-' got herMnto' difficulty., Tho g uncle- ot the child was a canuy'irrer- ? M chant who from time to time missed 3 cash from his drawer until nearly $30 ill was gone, A patent catch 011 tho till !U stopped the lossc3. A few wceka fl later, howover, he was astonished to B find his little niece In tho custody of ' tho police on the charge of burglary. M The child had got Into the habit of jM giving small coins from her allow- Wd ance to her playmates for the sako of H popularity. Sho Increased these amounts gradually and thon took to BJ robbing her uncle. This source of revenue being shut off by the catch I on the money drawer, she took to turglary