Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-06-10
GAVE HERSELF AWAY.
How a Rosy.Cheeked Miss Revealed
Her Name on q Railroad Train.

How a Rosy. Checked Miss Revealed
Her Name on q Railroad Train.
She occupied the seat directly in
New Jersey train from New York the
other night, says a traveller. She was
plump girl, with auburn hair and
hazel eyes. She was evidently a girl
employed in New York-perhaps
typewriter. Her name Is Elizabeth.
How do I know? Well, didn't l ask
her. l never saw her before, no one
called her by name and she had moth
ing about her that served to tell me
that her name Is Elizabeth. Yet her
name Is Elizabeth.
l am not the seventh son Of sew
enth son, neither do possess the pow
err OF second sight. But l found out
that the name Of the plump, rosy
checked young miss in the seat In front
Of me Is Elizabeth. Before we had
gone many miles out Of Jersey City the
sand man" began to play havoc with
Elizabeth. Her eyes became heavy
and every few seconds her head would
drop. Before we had crossed Newark
Bay Elizabeth was sound asleep The
train sped on, and when the speed was
slackened the brakeman opened the
door and shouted "E-lizabeth! E-liz-
abeth! 'Az'bethw With the first word
the girl began to move When the
brakeman shouted "E-lizabeth!' the
eyes were half opened, and when he
finally called "'Liz'beth!" she rubbed
her eyes and said: Yes, papa, Ill
get up" Through the cars ran the
sound Of suppressed laughter; but the
girl had fallen asleep again, and when
the train stopped and the brakeman
again called out "Elizabeth! Eliza
BETH! the plump girl jumped up and
said: "All right, I'm coming"
This was too much for the hair
Drained dude across the aisle, and he
began to "Ha! hal! while the giggling
maidens several seats In front began
to giggle more furiously. Even the
sedate-lOOking old gentleman seated
near by could not suppress smile.
BY this time the girl was wide awake,
and that she was conscious Of what
she had done was evident by the fact
that her naturally red cheeks became
redder still, and even imagined that
l saw tears in her eyes.
That Is how I found out that her
name Is Elizabeth.
Saved from a Rattle snakes Fangs.
Johnnie. the grandson of E. F. Car
rabee, living near Argyle, Fla, had
narrow escape the other day, and he
owes his life to the quick wits of his
brave sister, pretty 15-year-old girl.
Johnnie was down at the pond fishing,
when he saw rattlesnake. He at once
killed it. A few seconds later he saw
another one, which he killed likewise.
He then saw a third coming out of its
hole.
This rather frightened the boy and he
started for home. AS he passed along
the path another snake which he had
not noticed sprang at him, its fangs
catching in his coat tails. The fright
ened boy ran like a deer to the house,
shouting at the top of his voice. His
sister Ethel, who was on front of the
house, saw him coming and also no
ticed the big snake twisting, jerking
and circling behind him. She was
trimming some bushes and had in her
hand sharp knife.
AS Johnnie passed her she made a
strike at the snake, but missed it.
Run around the house, Johnnie" she
called to the boy, land come back
here" The frightened boy had just wit
enough to hear and obey. Around and
around the house at full speed, the
rapidity Of his movements keeping the
= snake out so that it could not get
firmer hold and strike him. Ethel sta
toned herself near the corner Of the
house and as the boy came around she
made a careful calculation and brought
the knife down, cutting the snake in
two lust back Of the head. The fright
ened boy ran few steps further and
fell down in a dead faint. The snake
was a monster being nearly FIVE feet
long, and had it been able to strike the
boy the poison would have killed him
instantly. Ethel did not seem disturb
ed over her exciting adventure and she
received great many compliments for
her quick wit and bravery.