The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

baskets and strOlled over the grounds in |
an aimless sort of way and looked at the |
fountains that didn't fount and the cleo
tricity that didn't electrify, and then the
400 people who had bought
street car tickets of the SIN Doth young
man on the train jammed each other to-
gether in an attempt to get into street
cars for eight hundred to go to the fort
to see the military drill.
1t was during this jam that there was
suddenly a scramble, a cry of "pick-
pockets" and two young men with
hardened faces dashed from the crowd
up the hill toward field. A dozen men
started in pursuit at once. Katie was
breathless when she found herself sud
denly left alone and saw wellbuilt young
man rapidly gaining on the fleeing men.
1t was Teddy. No commands to halt
avalled, aud several men drew revolvers
and began shooting at the two culprits.
Katie was about to cry when she saw that
one of the pursuers was Teddy, but was
proud of him later when he returned
triumphantly with one of the criminals
in his athletic grasp and handed him to
an officer. Neither were Topeka men.
A large number of the excursionists
got off at the city and put in the time till
noon drinking beer, which was plenty,
but they were all we'll behaved and no
body was ashamed OF them.
Those who went to the fort did not fare
we'll. The trains had been so late that the
exhibition parade was over before they
got there and after a stroll about the
grounds and a walk through the mill
tary prison they took the cars to the
park where the amusements were to be.
Teddy and Katie spread their little
lunch on the grass under a tree and
Teddy devoured fried chicken and layer
cake and then lay on his back and
smoked cigarettes while Katie gathered
up the things.
Maple park is not a beautiful park.
| There is a dance platform there and
base ball ground and a merry -go-round
and principally a bar Teddy refused
Katie ride on the swing, but she took it
herself once when Teddy had gone to
get a glass with friend.
The ball game was not highly salts
factory, and Teddy was ashamed of To-
peka, which seemed to be lost to all
sense of decency, and allowed itself to
be beaten by a score of 10 to 2.
The athletic sports, with prize attach
ments pleased Teddy best, and Katie was
| left to amuse herself as best she could
while he put in an hour watching them
Teddy did not enter any of them. Katie
| had made him promise not to.
There were four entries for the broad
jump, Robert Wright and Burt Hartman
of Topeka and Nichols and Choteau of
Leavenworth. Hartman won the first
prize and got silk smoking jacket
worth 81, and Wright won the second
prize. 81 hat
| There were no entries in the bicycle
races.
There were only two entries in the
half mile foot race, Robert Wright and
VIM. BartelL Wright won the first one,
I So silk umbrella, aud Bartell the sec
ond, $2.50 straw hat.
Robert Wright and ". Kerr were en-
tered in the 100 yard dash and Kerr got
! the trousers pattern as the first prize
while Wright got the $3.50 straw hat as
the second prize
The apprentice boys foot race of 100
yards had but two entries, Frank Wilcox
and Bert Nichols, and the latter walked
away with the first prize in the shape of
pair of IS trousers.
| Next was prize that Katy would sure
ly win, and Teddy urged her to go into
it. 1t WAS the prize for the best lady
waltzer. Katie, however, was timid, and
| for an hour. Those who entered were
Mary McKenna Lottie Mornsby Anna
Brown, Maud Duffy, Maud Mahoney,
Maggie Purcell, May Allen, Birdie
Hornsby, Dora Moffitt, Mary McKam-
bridge, a Miss Hunter and a Miss Muir
ply. This was the second entry. In
the first it was discovered that some
Leavenworth girls had won the prizes
and they we're barred out the next time,
Lottie Hornsby won the first prize and
got silver pin tray. and her sister Bir-
die got the second silk parssol valued
at 81
The only other important feature of
the day was the balloon ascension which
actually took place as advertised. Prot.
Darling and his dog went up TO good
height and dropped with different para
chutes. All the way down the poor dog
clawed for earth, which touched Katie's
heart so that she wouldn't look.
| The first train went back at o'clock
and the second at 9.
The evening was spent in dancing and
promenading. The last train reached
| Topeka at few minutes of Sunday, after
a very peaceful voyage. There was hard
ly an unpleasant word on the train and
nobody was in the least quorrelsome
1t was very pleasant excursion and
the most satisfactory the shopmen have
had, and the committee is to be congrat-
ulated.
The committee on arrangements was
A. A Penwell, F. P. Peach, Leroy Cur
rier and B D. Mileham.
The consulting committee was ]. ".