The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-06-27
An ILLINOIS R0Y.
What he Caught IN his Trap.

Tie New YORK Tins hiss al edito
rial Oh the wonderful resources OF tn,
( Illinois boy. Master Sloane, Of Cliu
. ton, H., Invented 3 trap on the prin
J cipsl OF those used in Africa FOR trap
/ ping game-that l. 10 say, he con
/ structed q slip-nOOse Of thongs, and at
tsched Il to the top Of a stout sapIine
which he bent down by the sid
Of hClsting-tackle, and fast
ened it to the ground. And this wa:
the result:
Master Sloane had q sister, young
| lady Of great worth and very decided
character. Other girls were en-,
viOus of her beauty and she was al
ill-temperei, Ted-hsired thing, but
this was prODably mere calumny. A
all events, so thought the young min
| lister who was settled over the Seven,
! teenth Congregational Church, and
who was generally believed to be Mis-:
Sloane's accepted lover. That ht
went to see Miss Sloane on the very
evening when the reckless boy SET hi:
Central African trap was not strange
fOr he usually spent three or foul
evenings every week at the Sloane
mansion, hut it was 8 coincidence
that on that precise evening he pro
posed walk, and led Miss Sloane
toward the identical lane where the
| trap was waiting for victims.
How 1t happened that neither the
young minister nor Miss Sloane no
ticed the bent sapling or the rope, nc
one can understand, unless they were
so deeply engaged on the discussion O
theological questions that they were
obliviOus to all earthly things. Still
more difficult is it TO be crompehend'
ed how they could both have stepped
within the moose, which was spread
out in the form of a circle not more
than foot in diameter. 1t is plain,
however, that this lady was reading q
| hymn-bOOk and that her companion
had approached extremely close to
! her to see IL the hymn WAS correctly
printed. However this may be, the
fact remains that Miss SlOane's left
foot and the minister's right foot
were just within the moose when the
trap sprung, and the elastic sapling
suddenly lifted them twenty feet into
the air, where they remained hanging
like two cherries on single stem, and
expressing in lively tones their sus-
picion that something unusual had
happened.
Half an hour later the Clinton and
HOlmesville stage passed that way,
and the driver and his passengers
were astOnished beyond measure. For
some time it was supposed that some
new and curiously complicated ami
NAL, consisting chiefly OF zebra and
black panther, WAS swinging from the
top Of the sapling; but just as one of
the passengers was about to fire at it
the driver recognized the minister,
though he was not able to recognize
his fellOW-prisOner. The latter's voice
was somewhat mufllad, but she was
distinctly heard to revile the minis
ter, and to assert that she never would
forgive him, no matter how he might
try to excuse himself Six strong
men finally bent down the sapling,
releaved the victims, and with rare
delicacy assigned the duty OF recog-
niZing Miss Sloane TO the two ladies
who were in the stage. Fortunately
neither of Master SlOane's victims
were seriously injured, and were both
able to walk home on opposite sides
Of the street.
Tue results of this affair were nu-
meTOus. Miss Sloane left town the
next day on a visit to the East, and
has not since returned. The minister
was tried for indiscreetly hanging
from the tops OF trees with young la
dies, and thereby bringing reproach
upon his profession, but was acquitted
by q close vote. AS for Master Sloane,
1t is believed and hoped that his
father killed him. At any rate, he
has not been seen, and the rumOr that
he has been sent TO the House of Ref
uge in Chicago is not generally be-
lieved.