The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
STATEN ISLAND GIRLS ARE
CR0SS-C0UNTRY RUNNERS
Fleet Footed Maids Who Have Great Fun in Their Outdoor ESer
cse-They Thrice Defeated III Men, and the Interesting Query
as to How They Came to Be So Successful Is
rs. Eagerly Discussed.


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:, ~ MLat ~ Il any W. a"l
LT1.tI"T 'flN'ts - my iSt-Sr"trh
sLti } Coultn | nsif N"tuef!h% WY F'f.s
.n1SeS aIsh more popular IMAM lheE seem
o, .arr
II ; q Lhu"SAhu tunes more run IMAM Sol-,
ala mat slElhS " great .eat. my COM
handspring over Il renee. taking no notice
MhattNsr o. ne sue. / NIX. II u-c"uSF II
IN oET '""h anu Ie's"" '"''-H '"' -'
swamp, which We were now drawing near
as We'll as training Tor ne leg
we'll ne &c pg ,ho III Ias me N VIZ i ~ ~ hetr TO- INN
N,bisr i far q" 80 IAN p.,,;.f[ hac,,tst ,LeTa
Ni-S'-Lai peI.'I Gan ""t.t ~
- arI i..Tm'lle' ',,' ~ ~ L. - -
work to do, and it has TO do il quickly. and
in TACT. mos gfris-Tgf, irs an ugly place.
Do You think YOU can clear it,"
Brook Was swollen.
We had reached The brook. angry and
swollen with The heavy rains of rne pre-
!, mn +oT = airl ma a urirI ~ ra.+icGgts al
mai Ru- there Wa nothing Use 10 40 lur
iump or stye up the chase. The red-coa-ed
Girl. NTH a dainty lifting Of nar skirt.
Cleared II in a trIra and stood. smiling bat
fmpat am, on the opposite bank looking
al me.
fI4-nI-nOH' IE-IG-EtC me rest oil ING
hounds had left us far behind. Hurry M.
she cried. excitedly. HURRY. OF Veil never
catch up. Jump. jump, like the rest OF as.
IouN never learn younger
The little brook u a moment before
seemed to me nov to have vollen 10 ST.
gantic proportions. J hesitatoi-
Hurry up the girl ScTe2meu, or IL
go without YOU. What's tho GittsEence il
YOU DO ran M. ne "A''I ->A "'Sf ''"'
70 "tu"L' ~. 49, g,.,rb,- Ike all nbiIosO-
~ w. H ~ 80 Ne ann as ~ start
AlN. Jul II VIZ 4AtAAN "A-a- g. -
I "a a - %a.i1sd trail. the interrupted
~ d si.ti'I ontin1,s5 "
~ Whatever Ven do. don't imagine
~ 80 20 -ak4 cold lust because
49, y Ta,,r r.ef wet. Keep moving
2hoHti 5 ssl' GSi | her. here YOU can dry them,
Via q Us II We were talking about before?
forre;. hut il was interesting"
cod Mant,I Disc,p,ine.
- 80. &c d~;scinl;na for
About paper CHASING dS "4SSis4"e w
the mind"
"La-ha-hoo: N1ha.hoo: ho"' III ""'-
''Oh. yes she replied. brightly. We
We're now "ading tnrouSh sriL huu, ar
deep on. yes Apout Ius"v'i ~ ,rHirs
Well there's n9thins IKE H. 49, st,,a-
your MIND to take IN GlIoa5 = - t5a
inevitable with resignation Now. -! ltl
you never in all your life made UP HoltT
mind 10 do anything SO yuIChlt -
to jump over that brook DIX SvlC.'; ~,
IS one OF the failings OF slrIs, a NOS g.
Ilous one: ICo: III 49,, "a - roindS nu;ctlv
uatlpis anu 20 ah - - an ~. -1rsr 10
TO d2 thinsS M dnt >, "l or not a. In V0u get
NLeIntI al ~
NiS t.eeaa
.Exacuy, +b;,,, ~, ,;rb, -,
Wen; aoh SSu LEiIrh : ~ I ,s-Iis5-
Ahs2IuteL! anu u"u"''SN''
ana 1 meant IL
Man Hare sau&h''
"I.a-ha-hoo, La-ha-hoo.' We were across
the swamp and into the brown. cold, stark,
shivering woods. following 4 wide paper
strewn path. Through little ciearinEs ana
oper places. back into the deep woods
again. around thickets and bramble hedg~
and along hazel copses we followed the
lutteriug bits Of white paper. From the
east Of the woods came a victorious
scream.
They've got one of the hares." the red
coated girl cried. starting off 10 that il
rectton. and sure enough they had, caught
the man hare. There he stood. laughing
and tanning himself with his hat.
And where's the girI%' / asked
lust ESCAPED by the skin OF her teeth"
a Young man answered, pointing 10 . string
of Daper.
II was lust within an inch Of tagging
her on the arm cried ore of the girls,