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Show BOY STARTED DOT TD BE MOTHER KITCKi His imagination fired by the exploits ex-ploits of Kit Carson and other noted scouts In days gone by, to the extent that ho sought to emulate their deeds, John Noorlander, 16 years old, was suddenly brought back to earth at 7 o'clock last night when Dick Wootton and Alex Fife, of tho city detective force, compelled him to dismount a hcrse he wns alleged to have stolen, surrender a 22-caliber rifle, a pistol, scabbard and belt, a knapsack, bridle and outfit and then take a little stroll over to the police station. There, from the young man's effects, were produced some small paper back books Buch as the "Trappers Storv" and others of that order. Noorlander was practically at the end of his dream when he failed to recognize in W. S. Read, 1110 Washington Wash-ington avenue, the owner of the horse he was riding. When Mr. Read accosted ac-costed him and asked him where ho had secured the steed, the youth replied re-plied that he had rented it at the Everett Ev-erett livery stable. Mr. Read took the boy to the stable and was informed inform-ed that neither the boy nor the horse had been there before. Noorlander will be held to the custody of the juvenile ju-venile authorities. An |