Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-27
Sixteen Year Old Damsel Easily
Beats Two Mounted officers.
DICYCLlsT VS. noRsMEN,


/ Wee. modest crimson upp'd n,w'r.
/ Thuu'H mot me No. uu DvIi hours
| For ! mnuu crush among tha at0urc
Thy slender stem.
To spare thee now De- past my row'r.
Thou boualc Fgm.-nurna.
Tho Terrible gweIa'a horc vcruu.
| bicycle oct b. heuc.forth lnid away ten.
among ihs "h1s-bccna."
Last evening o. sixtc n.ycir-oll Firi.
with her rolIeu hair o'hiuFing down
her back simply rode "clenn away
from two mounted police officers, car
nai tn her booty. established now
East Drive record ana escaped sudden
death n1 Iau than half "a dozen times.
40 far enc Pie N some modest, GRIM
yon uppd now'ra."
10 happened IN this wirci AZ $3.50
O'Clock uincrr sporry had occasion 10 be-
in the vicinity Of Liberty park when h.
was Impressed 20 go over and atc how
bio brother mounted officer was bearing
hIa enforced ISOLATION from the Hpluc-
tive niluroinenta % Market Row, with
its attendant fruit and peanut stands.
Sperfy encountered Oiiicef Emery In
the Vicinity ~ the park H1dn.wutor
sea familiar face IN blue aud brasa
that ho promptly Invested iu some fruit.
Together the sturdy limbs OF the law
discussed The grapes, the beauties ~ the
park nrd the political situation gcn-
orally suddenly the arm OF Omccr
Emery was arrested in mid air. when
with horror stricken tones DE- fgcbly
cinculntrd Look nt that"
Following the direction 0f his gaze his
companion was uUhfly uotrluUd 60 see
n pretty little Flrl gathering cpplnua
bouquet from the sacred nuWcr beds lu
the vigiIity OF the band stand. sho had
already. when vowed. beautiful ass
Hdrtmcrt NJ buds, Tor the floral display
at the park lH now in Co. Hploud0r A.
the beams ri the settling aun played up.
on her soft curla the officers noticed
that che was selecting. with due d'llbrr-
alton. some groom choice foliage 10 back
ny her uuHHEuy.
Head her on on the other side"
shouted Emory uH he Jumped Tor hH
trusty Htcoi
Ers the two stern men were In tho
saddle the COY maiden realized the rltu-
alton, Jumped upon her truHty bike and
wua pednllng across the lawns like
Johnny Chapman nt tn roar tire N the
famous "phwit-phwit' on the sugar
bowl track.
Hound the bend rode the two pur.
Hucra, scattering nursery and
their charges. In dellrlnuH panic ne they
20. spurs 30 their gallant HtoodH.
Pauline Revere reached tho north
pntp " go seconds hy the watch. ahead
~ hor pursuors Turning west she mar
rowly missed "a couple NJ hurgiea IN her
mad career. on ON. Rode tho gallant
xiii. while spcrry made the pace for
the wclEht-handlcappod Emery. up tho
east drive Numbered the duo with
Pauline" half a block ahead a mo-
tormnn screwed down his brake hard.
plllug up his puH1enRcra In n rrntcsquo
heap no the maiden Hptlntcd across his
bows The occupants " tho car. who
were not engaged In sorting themselves
out, caught "a footlnH glimpse Of n
Whitehead girl with her curia strrnm-
Ing IN tho wind and holding lovely
bouquet IN her hand, 30 sailing by with
the sun playing ON the HpokcH of her
ilectlur wheel, and her twinkling, lit
tlu. dainty tuuaCnpH.
stop" stop" Yelled gpcrry In tho
dim and distant rear. while Emery
ritruntnl q feeble Second the motion"
ua he painfully bumped ln the saddle.
~ was all VI mo- avail. Sweet SlNioou
was now "a block and "a half ahead.
Taken altogether the stern chase con-
tlnucd for four blocks and then tho
officers drew rein.
WHATS tho matter7" qucrled an cx-
cited pedestrian.
"uh we are only soaring FIrl." came
the laronlu answer, then swearing "a
solemn oath NJ mutual secrecy tho duo
parted company and rode away