Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-30
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The Thrilling Rescue of Btcxcle CTR,
VINO Hadn't Learned How to stop

The Thrilling Rcscue NJ n Rfcx,,. Ct,
VINO Hadn't Learned How to stop.
From the Chicago Daily News.
Inc shades of night were getting IN .he,r
work and the peace of a righteous COM
hiIuiiity was fltering through the atmos-
Phere. Brown and Jones were enioyIng
their last cigars and conversing on stocks.
there Is nothing frivolous or Eighty sbo,,,
Brown and Jones'
suddenly there came a swish of feminine
SKIRTS skurry OF a bicycle and through
tne darkened air shrill wall faltered
IN. won't you please help me-" Then a
bicycle at full tilt sped across the stree,
crossing and Brown and Jones stared n,
each other aghast
"o-o-ooh!" half cried the voice OF the
disappearing rider.
What in thunder does she want heir
about?" gasped Jones'
she wasn't tipping overt" cried Brown
Her wheel was all right"
NO one was pursuing"
Help" foated back to tie crossing
win one wild rush of alarm two CHARS
were flung to destruction and two rennts hi
citizens went spinning down Lake avenue
Never since their college days have Jones
and Brown made a running record like ms
one credited to that nights performance
with a movable goal for an object One
block. two blocks, two and a half and Their
the fleeing wheel with its sobbinS rider
came in view.
With an extraordinary squirt Brown and
Jones caught up, grabbed the handle ba RS
and stopped the wild progress of the mod
ern Flying Dutchman
What" began Jones. How" casped
Brown. who was stout and unpleasant; ly
conscious of something ridiculous in the
whole proceeding.
oh" quavered the feminine rider. who
was not young and not fair. oh how can
ever thank you Oh. my goodness, what
a scare! l can ride. you know-just learned
but l can't turn round and 1 can't noun.
and I can't stop my wheel. and l was get
ting farther away from home every min
ute, and. oh, dear. what would 1 have
Jones coughed. In her excitement the dis
tressed lady was reposing against his
shirt front. 1t was a fresh shirt front, and
her act disturbed him.
Shall We get you started for homer
queried Brown. who always had presence
of mind.
"Oh. II you would" said the distressed
lady. and then the two reputable citizens
put her on her wheel. turned it around.
pushed her half block and saw her dis
appear in the darkness, leaving trail of
inarticulate gasps. thanks, protests and
EXPLANATIONS in her wake.
Silence fell over Lake avenue. Brown
and Jones stuffed their handkerchiefs into
their collars and looked at each other medi-
tatively. Suddenly Brown went into con-
vulsons. He grabbed Jones' arm.
How" he suffered, "how, l say. is that
fool woman going to stop when she does get
homer"
Then they sat down on the curbstone to
recover and incidentally to calculate wheth-
err the woman who hadn't learned how to
make the wheel stop going round would
eventually reach the north pole or be
drowned in Lake Superior.
And yet" Brown says scornfully when
he tells the adventure, yet some mis-
guided mortals claim that women have
sense enough to vote and decide the fate
of the nation. Humph.''
The way he says "humph" makes the
nearer wither right away-if the nearer is a
woman,