Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-12-19
THE SUSPENSE WAS MISSING.

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WHIST H.ppsnsd to Girl Who Went out
In Boomers.
At Tower Grove park there was Zig
crowd, and one section of it witnessed
an incident which may lead to the
abandonment of bloomer habit by
one young woman; or it may lead
merely to her acquiring more accur-
ate knowledge of the eccentricities Of
tho costume once believed to be FASH
Toned for the exclusive use, comfort
and protection Of the male of the hui
man species. This young woman and
another young woman equally pleasing
to the eye, equally expert in the man
agement of the wheel, sped swiftly
along the smooth roads and byways Of
Tower Grove park. They were hand.
some pair, and attracted the attention
Of most people whom they passed.
After awhile they begun to attract
moro attention; at least one of them
did. The diffusive glance of the man
who was looking casually at every.
thing at once gave place to concen.
trated gaze at one object: the woman
blushed and looken angry, and men
didn't blush and did giggle, and the
young woman from Olive street was
the cause of it all. Finally mounted
policeman's eagle eye fell on her. He
put spurs to his horse and after hot
chase of two hundred yards overlook
the girls.
Excuse me, miss" said he, "but
there is something wrong with your
clothes"
The other young woman glanced at
her companion and nearly fell OFF her
wheel "Oh Lordp she gurgled, ''they
| are coming down."
At this the Olive street young wom-
an stopped her wheel and dismounted.
It wasn't a wise thing to do, perhaps,
but probably it helped her to arrive
at speedier realization Of her COM
panion's remark than would have re.
suited from mental process, for be it
known that when the upper section of
q pair of boomers is sundered from
Its mornings the fact is more apparent
to the wearer when she is standing
than when she is sitting. When the
girl stood up what had been an incon-
siderable, though noticeable, hiatus in
the continuity of her apparel became
something worse.
The policem an blushed until his he'll
met smoked, tho other girl scurried
about like hen whose offspring is in
danger, and the wicked men gathered
around and looked. The girl in trouble
appeared to be the coolest person in the
crowd Of two hundred people. With .
left jerk or two and wriggle and a
twist she restored tho garment to its
former position, and stood holding il
with one hand while she beckoned
to the officer with the other. He ap-
| preached, and she asked him for some
thing.
s'rm sorry, miss, but I haven't got
1t" said the policeman.
At this juncture young man with
tow linen suit and q negligee shirt,
who had manifested deep interest in
tho entire proceeding, slipped hand
| under each side of his vest, and after
fumbling nervously for moment
shifted them to the rear and clawed
wildly at his spinal column. Almost
simultaneously smile of great benev-
olence lighted up his face, and draw
ing from beneath the tail of his coat
pair of silk embroidered suspenders,
he rendered them to the young wom-
an, saying: Here, take mine; really
don't need 'em."
It was well meant, but the crowd
laughed, the policeman fingered his
baton and scowled, and the girl looked
scornfully right through the young
man, and then beckoned to an elderly
gentleman and asked him to lend her
q pin. He did it, and in few mo-
ments the young woman from Olive
street and her fair companion were
going away from tho park at gait
that would have put Dute Cabanne on
his metal to equal-St Louis Globe,