The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-15

GOWN was little hamlet with well
Known inn and capital landing stage
said: s0i
This will do; Tll get out here"
He turned the boat insbore. No soon.
er were we near enough, than he rose in
MS seat and sprang onto the beach,
1here were several people about, water
men and others. ALT was after him in
an instant; he rose almost simultaneous.
" ana leaped on shore; he touched him
on the shoulder.
Now come" he said, "don't be fool,
lsh; We know all about it."
The other turned on him like a fash
OF lightning. "What do you mean?o
But Tom was too quick for him; he
was on the other side, and took his arm.
Come, he said, " don't let's have row."
The stranger raised himself to his full
height and shook off Tom with ease.
he then nit out right and left in splen-
did style. Tom and ALI went down like
nlnepins. But my blood was up. |
scramb led on shore and ran into him,
lodged his blows, and closed. I am
pretty strong. He was old enough to be
my father; but l found l had met nav
match, and more. [ was like baby in
his arms; he lifted me clean off my feet.
and threw me straight into the river.
1t was splendid exhibition of strength.
Tom and ALI, finding their feet, made
tor him together; and scrambling out as
best could, | followed suit. You never
saw such set-out. We chung to him
like leeches. The language he used YVES
awful; his strength magnificent; though
we were three to one. he was match for
all of us. OF course the by-standers
seeing row, came up; they interfered,
and pulled us off.
Here's a pretty go! said one.
What's all this2'
Stop him! lay hold of him" said
Alf; "he's lunaticr
" A what?" said the man.
He's a lunatic escaped from DIR.
Rawle's asylumW
Instead Of lending a hand, the man
went OFT into roar of laughter, and the
others joined. The stranger looked lit
orally frantic with rage. A gentleman
stepped out from the crowd. There's
some mistake" he said; this gentleman
is Mr.. Travers, of Tollhurst HALL"
You could have knocked Us all three
down with feather l do believe.
Could it be possible? Could we have
been such consummate idiots as to have
mistaken sane man for a lunatic? and
that man Lillian Travers' father! /
could have shrunk into my boots;
could have run and hid myself in bed.
To think that We should have logged,
and watched, and insulted, and assaulted
the man of all others in whose good
books we wished to stand-Lilian Ira
vers' fatherl Never did three men look
such fools as we did then. We were so
confoundedly in earnest about it, that
was the worst of all. | don't care what
you say; you may think it frst-rate
| joke; but he mast have been an eccentric
sort of elderly gentleman. If he had
behaved sensibly, if he had made one
sensible remark, he would have blown
our delusion to the winds.
We rendered our apologies as best we
could to the man we had so insulted; but
he treated Us and them with the Hottest
scorn; and We got one after another into
the boat amid the gibes and jeers of an
unsympathetic crowd. And as We rowed
from the wretched place as fast as our
Oars would take us, we each in our secret
heart declared we never would forget
our adventure up the river with a luna
tic. And we haven't. From that day
to this ] have never seen Lillian Travers,
nor do wish to.-Chamber'S journal.