The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-16
A PERPLEXING PREDICAMENT.
Ladies' In Male Attire Assaulted by Street
Arabs.

Ladies In Male AZURE Assa"ited Dy street
The Cleveland Leader of Wednesday has the
following matter-of-fact romance:-
On Sunday night two young ladies, residing
on St. Clair street, purposed TO take q walk off
towards Rocky river, to meet a brother, who
they expected would bring them home in a car
riage. To escape the appearance of unprotected
females, one of the ladies donned the male
attire, and, with a cane in hand, slouch hat
thrown over her fair face, she offered her COM
panion manly arm, and her bold protection to
her companion. They travelled westward
through the streets carefully eyeing every car
riage, and arrived far out on Detroit street with
out meeting the desired brother The rain fell
in torrents, but expecting to meet the brother at
every step, they marched boldly on until
Rocky river was reached. Three miles
further on they plod, and then learned that
their brother had left for Cleveland hours before
their arrival. 1t was past midnight, and their
only alternative, to avoid detection, was to re-
turn to the city before daylight, and they home
gusted with their rash adventure. The night
was pleasant after the rain had subsidized, and
the full moon lighted their pathway. They
reached the Rocky River Railway little before
daylight, and took the first train for Cleveland.
They escaped detection until the city was
reached. Here they came in contact with
troop of lynx-eyed Arabs, who at once saw the
fraud. Look at that boys hair" cried one
urchin. That boys girl, shouted another.
''Hurrab, boys, let's have some fun" echoed the
crowd of youngsters, who began their fun in
earnest by calling to the scene all the boys in the
neighborhood, and collecting large crowd
around the luckless adventures. To use
their own words, they "would have been
relieved if the earth could have opened and
swallowed them" They applied for protection
at a neighboring house, where they were kindly
received and their sad plight was made known
to the inmates. One of the ladies Immediately
started off for suitable clothing for her per-
picked and sorrow-stricken beau, and was
long time away. In fact, she was SO long absent
that the family with whom the boy-girl was left
became alarmed at the character of their visitor;
they sent for an officer, and Patrolman Gaffet
was not long in appearing, armed with his club,
prepared to enforce his will if the 'boy-girl' .
proved troublesome, and to afford her any
necessary assistance if she turned out to be as
represented He saw the fair one in
pants coat vest, hat and boots. She
hung down her head bit her
lips, blushed, and whispered her adventure in a
faint voice. The police officer was not the man
to remain unmoved by her words. Through
the mud and dirt he believed he could discern
traces of respectable young lady who had
| been led into an unpleasant situation by trust
| ing too much in the talismanic powers of bifur-
| Gated garments. He escorted her to his resi-
| dence, where he provided her with female
attire. He then accompanied her to her home,
| where he learned that she was of highly
| respectable family and connections. She was
radically cured of her folly, and VOWS she will
| never again attempt to play the beau.