The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1882-10-15

49, > muse aaO IT 10 sell an escape.
OF course we knew tina, would be per
feetly hopeless. So. after being rebuffed,
he was to insist TO leave one on trial for a
week or two until he came around again
He vas also 10 Try 10 snuggle letter 10
BELLA. explaining that she was AZ night 20
get possession of the escape. attach !; 70
her bedStead and slide down into my Wai,.
ing arms. which would te waiting As near
a he dogs would lie; them Tn the
night she was ready. She Was ~ signal in
a certain waNoWlih = candle 4, the wndW
The peddler started OF and soon r.
turned. having been she essiul III getting
the letter 10 Bell. ana having gwen Al e>-
hl5nion OF how - Use The escape. FOR
several nights wate he'd IN vain for he
signal. hni a, lag, i was shown. | d3d
not hear-the dogs aben; ana gent, ,rept
nearly under he window. /; NJ opened
Are y"a there. 5eilef Whispered
YES
You are no, afraid. dear
No, very. I've ted the end round
he bedstead, and don, think can SIP
OF; 81 the oops. Have >o4 ;. buggy
waiting ::
YES dear. a, ;he ar, ,urn Of sbe
road.
VEN we'll I'm CONS y ny m
oh.
she had iauuehed herself eli from he
side. and VAS descending beautifully.
/" Don't come too fast. dear U>e the
check rope you feel you re coming too
quickly
She had got 10 The second rioor. when
there vas IN unaeeoantahle s,oppasc
What's the matter :: erIed.
:. Il went move
Shake the rope
Il have
= Loosen the che K
:. Ii is quite loose,
Try 10 pull bit.
:" | can't : am s,u5k fast.
lie, me shake the rope"
Try. Oh oh: It's no Use /, won,
move.
Can't you slip out Of the loop and
slide down the 70 pc, III catch YOU
=" No. can not: am sitting in them
and can't get out. oh. what's 10 be
done
= I'll Try TO climb up and see
Bella sat dangling IN the air. like
Mohamm ed : coffin. between heaven
and earth.
tried 10 climb but the rope WAS not
half an inch thick. and slipped back.
Then came the tragic sequel. There
was rush of something behind me and
a bulldog seized me IN that par; which
was nearest to him ashe approao he'd. have
heard OF soldiers being riddled With bull
lets or almost cur and thrust - pieces hl
!. 1 l. !.
yanced upon the enemy. don't believe
they could have done II with a bulldog
hanging on rearward. II any al my male
readers doubts this a>pcrslan 81 man
courage let him get an angry bulldog and
Try.
Other dogs begin ~ give tongue. leila
screamed. Lights we're seen moving n
the house
GO, ,he sfied they vii kali you i
they find you =
= But canine, leave YOU Bella" mus,
own this was not true. Was leaving her
in small sections riossH the dog throat,
and tel, must run away
t,o save Yourself.
Bv eonyuisive effort shook The dog.
a considerable portion Of my trousers and
a couple of good mouthfuls OF my anat-
omy and bounded orer fence and up i
tree From there beheld the triumph
ant Nermon,ers haul Bella into a second
story window Then they came out. and
with much crying and swearing began 70
look for me, ! am happy TO say they
were unsuccessful. Abou; two hours at,ct
ward scn,ured TO limp home.
BELLA never tired 20 elope again. She
renamed proof agains, ali the arguments
of her uncle and the charms of his Green
Mountain boys. and when she became
legally her own mistress She became
mine legally tod.s
Never saw that fire-eseape man again,
Perhaps II was better for him didn't. He
never called for the machine. Possibly
he heard something OF the story in his
travels .7----------.z.
dont know that there IS any moral 10
this taleA except never 10 use rope iire-
escape for an elopemen;. There mus,
have been something prophetic in the IN
stinct OF the author Of the old song when
he wrote
Nhen a iads eiopes
Down ladder OF ropes.
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