The herald., 1893-02-13
GIRLS AND tlaHwAYMEN.
tzow the Young Women of Chicago Act
in the Presence of Robbers.

How the Young Women of Chicago Act
in the Presence of Robbers.
The small girl is in herd luck just now.
Every place she turns somebody's ready
to htirl some horrible tale about robbers
and masked highwaymen at her. It
doesn't make her feel very happy either.
She runs over to neighbours house for
the one purpose of getting away from
Brother Ned and HIS dreadful stories,
but her little heart droppeth down to
the soles of her shoes when she gets
there, for the whole, family, with staring
eyes and wide open mouths, are listen
ing to the slow and sonorous voice Of
their venerable grandparent. He is right
In the middle Of newspaper article deal
ing with the latest suburban murderer,
whose chief business in life appears to be
gathering up loose change from passing
pedestrians.
1t lis simply awful, and there is scarcely
girl in this beautiful city of Lake Mich
igan breezes that hasn't pictured herself
as being robbed.
One young woman says that during
the robbing process she would be very
calm--oh, SO calm, just like a beauti-
full morning in June. If a bold man
should march up and demand her pock.
etbook the brave maiden would remark
with all the nonchalance imaginable,
"Why, certainly, my good fellow; you
are welcome to it, I'm sure" Then she
would dive into the voluminous depths
of her jacket pocket and haul out well
-rvo11o% cd fo1, 41oof 1fo1
purpose.
No doubt this well planned scheme
would work beautifully, but when the
girl had cause TO display her ingenious
idea she forgot all about tho calm
part, and just yelled, Mamma! M-a-s
M-a-a-ar and raced off. That wasn't
bad plan at all. The extensive test of
that girls lung power filed the highway
mans heart with fear and trembling,
and the probabilities are that he has re-
formed and started into a safer occupa-
ton.
There is another girl who is celebrated
for her honesty, and the most casual al
fusion to robber makes her hair stand
on end. Her plan is to deliver all valu-
ables with as little loss of time as is pos
sible and accompany the deal with trem-
bling hands and chattering teeth. Why
the trembling hands and chattering
teeth are essential to the transfer Of
property she fails to explain.
When horrid old highwayman yells,
"Your money or your hfew at her she'll
just say: Here's my purse; there's Sill
in it. Here's my watch, | haven't any
rings-left them on the washstand at
home. That's all I've got. Go awayl
Go away!" And if ho still fingers, In
the hope Of getting more plunder, she
would scream for a policeman, and Of
course the blue coated officer would land
on the scene at, once and take the Of
fender off to jail She might yell, ''Po-
lice!" in tho first place, but it would up
set her plans, and that wouldn't do at all.
Another girl declared that she would
depend on running to save her riches,
but ono evening as the shadows were
stealing softly down upon the busy
world and tho feet footed young woman
was trotting along, peeping behind trees
and into gloomy doorways, O burly col
ored gentleman suddenly appeared ahead
of her. Somehow or othar- -sha didn't
think about running just then, and as
she was about to pass her new brunette
neighbor grabbed hold Of one of her arms
with all the assurance of street car con-
ductor and quietly if not elegantly re-
marked, "See here, honey, want yer
nun; see?" She saw, tightened her hold
on that little leather purse and tried to
yell. The yell failed to materialize and
amounted to nothing more than a little
feeble "O-o-ohp that wouldn't really
awaken drowsy sparrow.
The maid and the villain became in
volved in a beautiful melodramatic
scrap, and, strange to relate, the man
got the worst of it. His fair opponent
succeeded in jabbing about two inches
of hatpin INTO one Of his arms, which
made his colored highness howl and
loosen his grasp. Then the girl escaped
and ran for dear life. She had to buy
another hatpin, to be sure, but she still
has her peclsetbook, and is now posing
as one Of the bravest girls on record.
Major McClaughry might make a police
woman out Of her. - Chicago News
Record.