Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-01
A BOOM FOR BOOMERS.
They Saved a Young Mans Life and
Won Him Wife.

They Saved a Young Mans Life and
Won Him n Wife.
You don't seem to like them" remark
ed a man of about thirty to Star writer.
as a young woman in bic omers went sail
ing down Pennsylvania avenue ON her
wheel.
81 can't say that 1 do" was the prompt
response.
well, everybody to his liking. as the old
woman said when she kissed her cow, and
I confess to an admiration Of Them
1T fail to see what is admirable in them"
''Tha girl is, for instance" laughed the
man; but chiefly in my case I admire
them because they saved my life once, or
words to that effect, and. incidentally, put
me on. the tigh road to winning wife,
Possibly If 1 were as much indebted to
them as that I might also be an admirer,
but tell me how it happened"
''It isn't long story" he said, land it is
newer than 1t is short. Last June / was at
an early summer resort for brief stay,
and there was among the guests young
woman, whom. for some reason, had con-
cluded was just the kind of a girl l didn't
want for sweetheart. She was pretty and
popular, and, which was of much less i'm
pcrtance in any mans calculs ton, she had
money: but had taken an idea that she
was spoiled by her advantages and pre-
sumed upon them. and in addition was silly
from flattery. She also rode the wheel and
had caught glimpse of her at the bicy-
Gle school, in the little town near the hotel,
wearing boomers, and that settled it. Still.
1 was having a mild Irritation with her just
to make the other fellows anxious, and on
the morning in question I had an engage
ment with ner. 1 was a wheelman myself,
and / was to meet her at o'clock at the
riding school to take a matutinal spin with
her. 1t was my custom. to go every morn
ing at 6 to a pool IL, the woods on the road
between the hotel and the school for
might meet her at a bridge where I turned
off to go to this pool. Well, I took my
swim. and as came out and went toward
a thicket where 1 had undresSed I sur
prised an early tramp making an investf-
cation of my wardrobe OF course I gave
him the yell on the spot, and he responded
with a louder one and hustled away, talk
iEg along as Q. souvenir the only pair Of
trousers HAPPENED to have with me. I
was scarcely in q condition to make a
chase through briars and other scratchy
things INDIGENOUS to mountain soil. and
there wasn't anything for me to do but to
put on what was left and get back to the
hotel the best way I could. When had
completed my toilet l was a sight for an
gels to wefp over, and I would have given
money for a picture Of myself. My wheel
was up near the bridge where 1 was to
meet the girl on her way to her wheel, and
had to go that way but took the chance
appearance. end knew another road by
which I could get to the hotel by a back
entrance. I hustled myself for my wheel
and when got into the thicket near it 1
took a careful look about, and seeing moth
ing started for the wheel. Just as I got
out saw the girl over the bank and she
saw me, but only my head and shoulders.
and I lodged back. That was enough,
though, to alarm her, and she called to
"'Oh, Mr.. Blank she called Mr.. Blank
and came forward ten steps or SO. which
brought her so near to me that I had the
shivers, and 1 was too scared to answer
II had hoped she would go away, but,
woman like. 1 suppose she thought I was
hurt, and she came forward hesitatingly.
Then found my voice.
"'Go away yelled, go away and this
time I gasped so she could hear me.
"'Are you hurt? Can do anything for
your she asked, coming still rearer.
For the Lords sake gureled go
away. Some miserable tramp stole my
trousers down at the pool and 1 am trying
to get back to the hotel alive
with that she fired a small satchel she
was carrying at me and went scudding
down the road at forty miles an hour
screaming back:
"'save yourself with that. if you cam
ut took me five minutes to recover my
balance of mind, and as soon as I was
conscious I dragged the sa.chel into my
hiding place with long stick and opened
it. l yanked the contents out with a fren-
Zleu HaHQ, ana, penold. the young WomanS
boomers! I never thought before that
boomers had any beauty. but those
thought were the prettiest things I ever
saw, and in good deal less time than it
takes to tell 1t I had them on, and With a
wild squirt 1 made a dash up the road to-
ward the hotel and got IN without any
body seeing me except the night clerk, ard,
as he owed me a dollar, borrowed money,
he didn't dare to tell on me. Half an hour
later 1 was at the bicycle school and found
the young woman practicing in her street
dress. 1t required all the courage 1 had
to appear before her, but had made up INV
mind that she was the very kind of a girl
man needed to take care of him for life
and faced her. She blushed little and
blushed great deal and stammered
and made such guy of myself tina. size
took courage, as a woman always does
when she sees a man is scared, and-wel
when we got back TO breakfast a. the hotel
we had come to such an excellent under
standing that 1 stayed over day or two or
three, and some time during the winter
you will hear from me again." saying
which he darted suddenly into a store
where pretty girl was smiling at some
body on the street, and The Star writer
went on his way accompanied only by him
self and few thoughts on woman ard
her terrific influence over man.