The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-23
WE0t aH FIIiHoss Boy CuugHt ga
HIS Trap.

HE New \ 1oTk It1st4 has an editorial on
the wonderful resources # 1he Illinois boy
Master Sloane. Of Clinton Illinois invent
ed a trap 0D The principle cf tLasa used u
Africa for trapping gaue-that Is to say.
he constructed = slip moose Of thongs. and
attached it 70 The top Of stout sag-iuE
which be bent down 81 the ard Of a hoist
irE-tackle, and fastened ID 10 the ground
And this was the result
Master Sloane hal sister. a vauuE Ia-7v
OF great worth and q very decided character.
Other girls, euvlous Of her good 'oeks said
she was an ll--temTerel. C=d-Ll5rel Thin =
but this was probably mere ca -u-ElF- Al
al events 90 Thought The young minister
who was settled over the Seventeenth Con
greEa-l1ual CIErcE, and who was general e
believed C Be Il lsS ~aUe's accepted lover
That he wen T. zee Kiss Sloane on The very
evening W hen The reckless hoy set LIS Cen
t-aI Africa trap WIs rot strange for Die rs
ua.lT spent three or four evenings every
week % the :. .laue mansion bur . was @
coincide nee that ca that precise evening l=
proposed a walk, and led Mss s cane o.
ward IL= identical lane W here the trap was
waiting fer victims
How u happened that neither -Le young
minister nor Miss : .a5-le noticed tile H-ur
sap.-uE CT The rCue. 10 CuH can understand
an. less tleE were 50 deeply engaged iE -l=
discussion lI l-=--l- ------ e -l----uIs -La- they
were o1ilVllEs % al earthly things. SrI
could BON have stepped Ult--u Tie u1H>-
which was zs.-eaL orr u The form cl a circle
not more than fl-r in diameter u s.
plain however. thar tie lady was -el.llrz "a
lTI--H--z & and THAT her -r---l Hi-lsE had a--
preached extremely close 90 La- % See Il rz-
hymn was correctly printed However -.ris
may b. the -alt remains r-a- u - s. .l4u-.
-r-- foot and The minister's -l-L- tll- were
inst inside TIE moose when r-- trap sprung
and The =-l-s.-- SaE Ing ~UlL L-rl.T -.E-a- ...--r
twenty --=- I'D --= a--- 7 here they remained
hanging --z= Two cherries -r "a single STEM
and tx pressing Ed lively tone rE=1- sus0 C e-
-lat something uu-s-a. had happened
Half an Lul- lare-rL- Clinton and Homes
vile stage passed that way and -le driver
and LIS passengers were azr--lsl=l beyond
that some I-w and ---l--s-T -T-el-ls .-..l-=.-
animal consisting -lr=---.l .lt Zebra and i..l.l-
panther. was swinging ---L She --n .- the
s1pluE t-t ---- As one % She -si-=al.- ---S
vas about - IRE 90 g. --- driver --.. ---.zzaL
ths minister. though La was not able r1 rec
coEulLH his Tel Owe prisoner. Lla latter S
voice was somewhat ----l--l, a-- SIZE vas
distinctly heard Sd -=r-.= she minister. ana
% assert thar she never v-E.I forgive him.
no matter how be might Try 10 excuse him
sell SIX strong men ma. .E tHl.- LlTl lL--
sap.lEE- released The victims and v--L rare
la-icacy asslE ElHl the iurE -t ree g-5E1-
lLlss Sloane % Tie --- ladies' who 0--= IL
-le stage Fortunate. T. neither -- Master
Sloane. = victims rEls seriously injured ana
were 5e-h able % wax L-us ca opposite
sides c- The street
TIE results -t IBIS lEl5- were l---e-cuz
y I-~ Sloane .al- town tie u=-r day -- -
Visit "a. r-H East au- las --- since returned
The -5---- was tried fer --.l-s-r--- -r hang
ing from tie tops o. -r==S Win q. IlE -asil-=-
and thereby bringing -=Ur-alE -E-.l LIS pr
-eSsl.-- E-- was aeg ----=l lE G ..-s= v--H-
A for Master sloane. iE Is ae.5=-eG ana
hoped 'Laf his father has killed him Al
ans rate. b. has DOT been seen and Tie
ru-lC- that be has been sent % tie HOUSE 1t
Refuge IN EEI-aE- IS NOT generally believed