Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-16
A BAD ScRAPE.

One of the most terribly awful things
that ever was occurred Friday at the Sun
day school picnic given at Boyle's Grove,
west of the city. 1t was a warm day, and
everybody wore as few clothes as decency
and health would permit. One couple
from this city went to the picnic all be-
decked in their spotless linen, swiss, etc.
In some unacountable way the cou pie
very nice folks they are, too-strayed a
little ways off from the rest of the flock
and sat down upon a log and looked at the
cows and dandelions, and talked about
what kind OF house they were going to
have when they got married. All went as
merry as sleigh bell at q charivari until a
big red.headed ant crawled down the poor
girls back, just where she couldn't reach
him. When che first felt the sensation
she thought it was the strong arm of the
young man beside her, and she didn't kick.
Presently it dawned upon her that it might
not be her bean, whom she suspected was
trying to keep her from falling By hold.
ing his arm about her gentle waist, SO she
looked around. The horrible truth flashed
upon her and she began to squirm and
scream. The young man was, of course,
very much frightened, thinking that per.
haps she had seen mouse and would faint
on his hands. Between screams she told
him what. was ailing her. Here was the
ticklish point-whst would he do? He
could not leave the dear girl to the mercy
of the ant and listen to her piercing shrieks,
nor did he feel like ramming his hand down
her back and hauling up the dread monster
by the fetlock, but something had to be
done, and quickly. Pulling off his coat
and rolling up his sleeve he made dive
for the enemy lurking in ambush, and
lunching off of a choice spare rib. He sue.
ceeded in ripping the lady's garmenture
from Gehenna to breakfast on first effort.
After protracted chase, and Just as he was
about to give up in despair, he espied the
animal, and the way he slapped it against
her architecture nearly paralyzed the frame
work. The blow was hard enough to have
knocked pound of Peoria butter off its
feet. OF course the ant was then ready to
be laid out and kiln-dried in some bread
dough, or palmed off for seasoning
in fruit cake. 1t made its mark in
the world and left it upon the back
of its last sad resting place. The unhappy
pair fixed up the maiden all forlorn the
best they knew how and started for home
When they reached camp the other pic.
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them. Some even went SO far as to say
"Cow hooked yeu, or did you stumble
over blackberry patch :" Others won.
dered if they hadn't been struck by a
cyclone. or tried to fall up tree. When
the girls mother came to the front she
wanted TO kill the young man, and chased
him all over the grove with piece of
custard pie and wouldn't listen to an ex-
PLANTATION. Why she chased him we can't
guess. That young mans life has been a
burden to him ever since, and when be sees
anybody coming he looks wild out of his
eyes and talks mad, and shrinks away like
a risky creditor. He says that if he ever
goes to another picnic ne hopes that be will
know it, and if his girl was being swallowed
by an ant he wouldn't pull her out to save
her life. She says that her young life has
been blasted like an early tomato, and that
she is going to Normal, or curl up and die
Bloomington Eye.