Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-04
AN UNEXPECTED Mud BATH.
FAIR EQUESTRIAN AND HI r
MALE ESCORT
Take Plunge In New Made Ground
AT 7 he Naval Academy
improvements

An ac, ident which she will long
remember befell Miss Jeanette Mar
ion, daughter of Professor and Mrs
Marion in the Naval Academy grounds
yesterday afternoon. 1t might have
resulted seriously, but was not with
out its ludicrous phase.
Miss Marion aud her escort, Lieu
tenant Mccarthy, were given mud
bath which is generally not ENJOY ed
outside of the hot spring districts Cf
Colorado. The bath, however, Was
entirely involuntary and was not Of
their chosing. For some time q dredge
has been at work in the Academy
scooping from an open channel a
quantity of mud which is forced far
mp ON the surrounding land. There
had been a natural cut at that point
and il was desired TO make sufficieL
new land to raise the level co that of
the officers quarters which are being
erected.
Except for the open channel the mud
now lies to depth of at least l2 feet
1t is nice sticky mud, soft and yield
ing, just the kind the little boys and
girls like for mud pie operations. Also
is the mud black and dirty, and al.
though il is hoped that some day il
will be hard land. there are reasons
to believe that il will require ten
years at least before it will be suffi-
cientlv hard to bear much weight.
Miss Marion and Lieutenant Mccarthy
were starting out for canter yester.
day afternoon. They were riding
large and spirited horses All was
going we'll until they reached the
road which skirts the made land.
Suddenly an engine, shifting cars, ap.
peared in front of them. Ii was more
than the nerves of the horses could
stand
They shied from the road and fell,
with a great upheavel of the turbid
matter onto their sides. Miss Marion
was on the side nearest the made land
and, consequently, she received the
worst ducking of the two. The horse
she was riding fell partly on his back
with Miss Marion beneath. He
struggled desperately to rise and SET
tied to his flanks. With the soft,
clinging, restraining loblolly hunting
and searching for points of attack, ham
pering her efforts to extricate herself
she struggled desperately. She was
unable to secure foothold and went
in to her waist. Her garments were
soon coated with the horrible mess
and hampered her greatly in her
efforts to get out. In the meantime
Lieutenant MCCARTHY was having
troubles of his own. His plight was
not as serious as that of Miss Marion,
but between the wild plunging of his
mount and his inability to get out, he
was fast becoming exhausted.
Miss Marion was the first TO secure
firm foothold and she directed her
attention toward rescuing her horse.
This she was unable to do and finally
managed to reach terra firma just as
Lieutenant Mccarthy managed to free
himself. Both darted across the
street and into the back door of Carvel
Hall to escape the attention of the
large crowd of people present. Consid-
erable difficulty was experienced in
rescuing the horses, but they we're
finally drawn out, very much exhaust
ed and covered from foretop to burgee
with a good coating of mud. Over
the broad expanse of the quivering oasis
there spread smile of satisfaction
and Stygian balckness that some day
will support the green grass aud burst.
ing budlets.