The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1882-10-15
A SUSPECTED ELoPEMENT.
Julian Masnus. Argora5.;

had loved Bella Tor more than year.
When say tha; | was over twenty -ive.
my readers Of the Steiner sex viii, am
are be impressed by my oons;aney.
leila had money. Not that this had.
ri course. anything 10 do With my eN-
iraeFdlnary devotion. but i served for i
tine 20 be barrier te our happiness. |
f,si met and fell victim TO Belia's
Farms when her mother was alive. Her
f.:her had then been dead several years.
TIE old lady took % me. haze knaek
Of getting on With old ladies' This Is a
very useful gift when they are vel of. and
re the nRo;hers Of lovely daughters. /
sdtise all young men ,c=rultlva,e II. The
raln point Is always to be more attentive
Il the mother than the daughter. Ws
eel 20 throw in occasional remarks about
ire arpafeH; degeneracy Of the age, and
al,ude 20 the superior CONSTITUTIONS and
characters OF the preceding generation.
All was working smoothly for BELLA and
re. when cruel fate. in the shape OF a
drunken car-drlver crushed the mother
andeI It's ugserpautan wheels. We
Prosecuted the driver. ard an intelligent
Ary largely Influenced by wealth Of the G AZ
tcmpany decided that pedestrians have
70 rights which car drivers are bound 10
respect.
Il turned OF, that. by her fathers Will.
ELLA. in the event of her mother death.
vas. until her twenty-iirst year. 20 be
aced under he guardianship OF an un-
re. who was a farmer IN ! ermoni. This
anne uncle. was an admirable specimen
ofa,he typical Termonter. He couids
freeze 10 the chance OF making dollar
I,xj.r Ciaw, IL
toys investigating finger. He had two
great hunking sons. and determined that
BELLA should marry one or the other. In
tecd- believed he was acting most
kindly in giving her cho,ce. instead OF
insisting on her taking the rrst born.
When old Green found out that ! had
come into the neighborhood. and was
hanging about the premises. he sterniy
warned me off. and even limited al the
aerceness and number of dogs which
populated his yard a; night. took his
word tor the dogs, was abous the only
thing would have taken i, for
Bella was virtually prisoner. The old
farmhouse was three stories high very
unusual thing IN that part Of The COUNTRY
and she was locked in =, nigh; n her
room or The top floor, With grea, diff
Guilty managed 70 &c: one or Two lctters
TO her: bu; so closely MAS she watched
and guarded during the day ,ha; speech
With her was impossible va n dis
pair. There vas ye; d year = rGn before
she could claim release from tbs guard
lanship. as there 1t mean II esetp e
POSSIBLE
While was ponsieras e: IN aue>-
tor n tie tile he Were h.d nnV
been stayia- some week. heard :,
strange q g addressed - ne proprietor
IN loud zones. and distinctly Capght The
words portable fFe-escape. Instantly
az INSPIRATION dashed through ny mind.
joined the party. and 7 Dong % heard
these words.
lis lust The simples; thing IL the 1orld
TWO year-old baby couldnt hpr- Itself
No. sir. il nd like 70 have one for play
thing. and I'D amuse itsssf ali day long
hauling itself 10 the top o the house and
letting itself down again. They, re 50 Ugh,
and easy ,ha, when the folks don't want
escapes often sells them a. baby-lum-
pers. lest TN ore ; ; Only four dollars
and half Make j. four 20 YOU. as an
advertisement. seem yog keeps a hotel.
and you'd ough, 10 have ore Tor he pFo-
lection of your guests.
Guess not My place Is only two
stones high and FIVE have IRE. the!
can lump GU, or burn us; a hey DUN
please. And the careful hotel keeper
strolled OF.
'tWha, have you there. my frlend: : |
asked of the stranger.
A portable fire-escape. Simplest
thing in the world. Blu, was fool to
come 10 this section. anyhow. There ISN'T
house high enough for man 20 hunt
himself much If he rolled of the roof.
and Vermonter nd sooner take chances
on his life, than spend dime any day"
u tell you how you can sell one escape
for twenty dollars, and no trouble either.
You viii I'm your oyster.
unlolded my plot and found a sym
,hetc listener. He was 10 60 up TO Bella S