Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-20

py MI. Edmunds, while that other dis
gulsiaed lobbyist, MI. Belknap, r%ejoices
IN a tull head of hair and a magnificent
beard.-Cor. Cincinnati 1lmes-Star.
A RAILWAY ADVENTURE,
An Austin Gentleman's Experience With q
Bavarian Princess.
Our Continental railway carriages,
with their closed coupes, afford pretty
adventuresses opportunities for black
mailing schemes which would be inn
possible in your open American cars.
A specimen operation of these fair
ladies' has just been afforded by the adj
venture which befell a merchant-Karl
A.-whose full name the police refuse
to make public. He was travelling
from Steyr to this city and had to
change trains at the little town of st.
Valentin. While waiting there for the
Paris express, which was to take the
passengers to Vienna, a friend intro
duced to him a young girl, apparently
only eighteen years old, who was also
going to this city. When the train
reached the station MI. A. quickly
took a seat in a tirst-class coupe, Of
which he was the only occupant.
Shortly before the train started the
lady entered the same coupe. Hardly.
however, had she cast a look around
her when she remembered that she had
only a second-class ticket, but before
she could leave the coupe was locked
by the guard and the train set itself in
motion.
Mr.. A. explained to her that she
could have herself transferred to a
second-lJass coupe at the next station,
Amstetten, Or pay the difference for a
first-class ticket. The lady contented
herself with this, and entering into con-
versation said she was a baroness, born
in Munich and reared in a convent. She
was travelling to Poland by way of
Vienna in order to accept a position as
governess in that country.
Instead of changing coupes at Ans
stetten she permitted Mr.. A. to procure
a first-class ticketfor her and continued
her conversation with her fellow trav-
eler. After the train had left st. Peel
ten Mr.. A. desired to offer the lady a
cigarette: Hardly, however, had he
drawn his cigarette-casc from his
pocket when the lady showed evident
signs of uneasiness and begged Mr.. A.
to open the window. He readily did
SO, and then the governess approached
the half open window. She looked out
for a few seconds, then suddenly
pushed down the window entirely and
swung herself on the sill in order to
jump through the opening into the
depths below. The train was going
at the rate Of thirty miles an hour.
Mr.. A. sprang up from his seat and
towards the window and managed to
catch the girl by the legs. A struggle
ensued between the strong MAJ and the
desperately resisting girl. who was
leaning with the upper half Of her form
out of the window and apparently did
notwantto be drawn back. All this time
she kept screaming: HE wants to
murder me.'
The struggle lasted over a quarter of
an hour. Persons at stations at which
the train did not stop saw the en-
counter. Finally the ]governcss' cries
for help dominated even the thunder
ing Of the train. Passengers in the adj.
joining coupe opened the windows and
added their shouts to the girls until.
at length, the conductor heard it and
stopped the train on the open track.
The girl was taken into another coupe,
Mr.. A. remained alone and the train
continued with increased speed on its
way to this city.
In the meanwhile the police authorS<
ties had received kilograms from tbs
different station-keepers on the road,
describing the scene they had wit
messed at the carriage window. When
the train arrived Mr.. A. and his fellow
traveller were arrested and taken to
the police station in the depot, where
they were asked to give an explanation
of the occurrence. The lady declared
that when Mr.. A. drew out a box sho
feared that it contained an opiate and
scious. Fortunately Mr.. A. was able
to prove on the spot that the little case
contained only Turkish cigarettes. AZ
there were no grounds for a charge
against the merchant, the officials To-
leased him as we'll as the lady. Mr.. a.
left the station-housc vowing never to
travel alone again IN q flrst-ciassc coupe
with an interesting young female pas
senger.- Vienna (4Aust'1a) Cor. N. =.
World.
The official statistics published at
Berlin give the number Of Germans re-
siding abroad as folloWs: United States,
!, S66.742; Russia. 1874. 200; A%ustro-liun-
gary, $3.50; Switzerland. 95,562;
France, S1,9SS; Holland, 49.026; Great
Britain, 4O,371; Belgium, 34.k6; Den
mark, 33,15S; Queensland, ll,36S;
South Australia, S,97S; Victoria, S.57l;
New South Wales. 1921; Italy. 5,221;
the Argentine Republic, 4.9y1; Ncw
Zealand, 4,Sl9; Algeria, 4.201; Chill.
4.O33; Uruguay, 1925; Norway, 1.47l;
Sweden, 953; Spain. 952; Peru, 1913;
Egypt. s79; Tasmania, 1872: Bosnia;
69S; Finland, CPS; Greece, 3l4, and
Guatemala, 22l.