The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-04

You have no doubt read in the Cleve-
land papers about our escapade.
The Seniors gave their annual recep-
tion to the Freshmen last Friday even
ing, and just as we were having q good |
time, meeting of the boys was called
to meet in Peters Hall in half an hour. |
Then we took the girls home. had
one, Miss B. who lives three-eighths |
of mile from my boarding place. We
had reached the veranda of her home
when 1 thought that there might be
some Sophs lying for me, SO 1 asked
her to invite main. AS soon as we were
in, she pulled t6e blinds down. while I
drummed on the piano. Then ran to
q dark room and when l looked out saw
four or five men in front Of the house.
but no one behind, so asked for club
and got broom stick, and made q
"dash for liberty" But alas and
alack! two Sophs were at my heels.
ran about Is yards and plunked into q
nice sticky barb wire fence, but got
through just before the first Soph
came up. 1 warned him him that
: had club, but he didn't care, so let
him have it, but he caught the blow on
his elbow and the stick broke In two.
Then was so lucky as to run into another
wire fence. By the time got over this
and started, my pursuer was not over
: 20 feet behind me, and much to my
CONSERVATION there was another man
! right in front of me. 1 stopped q Sec
ond and Huntington caught me. Then
' he whistled the first two measures of the
: Kangaroo dance, which was answered
by eight others, and in almost no time
4 was surrounded by ten of the Sophs.
8 They took me to an old orchard, and
q sent for a sample wagon, which came in
f about ten minutes. Then all we eleven
q got in to take ride, and such loving
fellows you never saw. 1t seems that
d they simply couldn't keep their arms
4 from encircling my waist. We started
:. out toward Elyria at a gallop, but when
# they saw we were not followed the
d horses were allowed to trot. When we
had gone in that direction about three
l. miles we went south six miles. Then
s we turned to the west and stopped al
1t an old two-story farm house which
:, proved to be- deserted. We went IL
d and found a room 10x10 with one small
window and one door, which opened
d into another room. They covered ths
Of floor with hay that was stacked q couple
of rods from the house and then laii
y, the four robes that were in the wagor
on top. The next thing to do was Il
D. tie Herman, which they did to theil
W satisfaction. In the meantime one o
1T them had gone on to Wellington, which
te is only few miles from the house. A
q. soon as Seymore returned the kidnap
ers left, leaving Seymore, Chisman ant
D. Huntington as guards. 1t was thel
about 10 o'clock, and as had got VI
it that morning at o'clock said want
ed to go to sleep. They looked at m.
r. feet and saw that the knots were al
tight, and then put strap around m.
as body and tied it to Chisman, who wa
I'd lying at my left, and strapped my righ
arm to Huntington's left. Seymor
IS made his bed across the door,.
1, decided at once that tn
We way for me to do was to be cheerful
and appear contented, and in that wa
IN throw them off their guard. So wen
to sleep and didn't wake up till 5:3
We Saturday morning. They didn't res
81 so " ell, for they thought was playin
st possum. We had good breakfast G
he ham sandwiches, olives, pears an
peaches. We raised our own fruit o
On the farm. AT s o'clock Seymore star
ge ed to Oberlin for something to eat an
some grape juice. He hadn't NOR
er than got out of sight till Percy, Hill
ak and Mcintosh came out from town wit
bread, butter, beef, cheese, cakes an
'm crackers.
no They told us that the Freshmen wer
n raving, and were out till o'clock lool
ing for their President. They wer
much surprised at the speed with whic
our class found it out and collected
re crowd of Freshmen and had gone OF
W Vhioo hO1 hOTO tuoh ~ hAAAL
~ utes after the capture. They had
nd hard time to get the wagon back to th
livery stable the night before, and 70
h- b ad succeeded in taking Percy, who
W a 20O-pounder, but as he plays on 'Val
,it sity foot ball, they let him 60, SO tha
n, he would be in good condition for tn
game with Mt. Union Saturday. After W
m tmo had had good visit, Percy and Mac
m started to take the electric car to Obel
lin, which runs within half mile Q
1g our house.
s- They had been gone about ten min