The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08

er end Of the rope she had tied one
sleeve to the bed. Her weight ripped
off the sleeve and she fell ten feet to
the ground. This slight accident did not
prevent her, however, from discarding
her dress until she could scale the high,
wire-bound fence and help her sister
over.
When the sisters escaped they has
tened away from Chicago as soon as
they could secure two suits of boys
clothes. They made their way over the
Northern Pacific railroad to Helena,
Mont, and later to Victoria, B. G.
The two girls remained in Victoria
for three months and then slowly made
their way back to Chicago, the round
trip being the most remarkable ever
made by two girls of their age. When
they arrived here the younger one be-
came Ill and soon grew homeSick. As
soon as she regained her strength Pearl
took her back to Canada.
Becomes a Tramp.
BY this time the elder of the two
girls had become a confirmed tramp in
everything except appearance. The
long journey twice across the country
had given her strength and daredevil
disposition. Her parents knew she
would not long remain at home unless
she was placed under restraint. They
sent her to boarding school near Mont
real, where it was supposed she would
be closely guarded. She was closely
guarded, too,- but she found a way to
eIude her watchers. She met a man
who lived in the town where the school
was located, Harry Bordeman, and
before she had been at the school four
months she eIoped with him
A
years old. She and Boardeman came
directly to Chicago, but she remained
here but short time. Following a
quarrel one day she disappeared. She
went directly to Trinidad, Col, but
later came back to Chicago and patch
ed up the quarrel with Boardeman.
They remained here during the year
Of the worlds fair, after which another
quarrel against sent her flying to the
West. She returned to Trinidad and
later went to Phoenix, Arfz. She had
been in Phoenix week when she met
Boarden1an at boarding house. A
reconciliation followed and the two
lived together until the beginning of
the Spanis1-American war, when
Boardeman enlisted in McCord's regf-
ment and left the territory.
When Boardeman left his wife she
again donned mems clothes and went
to Mammoth, AriZ, where she hired as
cook In mining camp on the banks of
the ella river. Soon after she went
to Mammoth the largest mine there
shut down, leaving her without work.
She had saved a little money, about
$40, and with this was determined to
pay her way to Globe, Ariz. She found
two Mormon boys who were going by
wagon to Globe and she paid them IS
to allow her to ride with Them
Meets a CobbIer.
When the Mormon lads left Mann
moth they had beside Pearl Hart an
other passenger, former Chica go
shoemaker, who had for some time
been prospecting for gold in Arizona.
Pearl looked the part of a young cow
puncher, and the cobbler, who said his
name was Joe, soon struck up an ae-
quaintance with the young woman.
1t is sixty miles from Mammoth to
Globe, and the trip was made slowly.
In the evening of the last day of the
trip the party camped three miles from
the latter place, and while they were
there the Globe stage, containing sew
era1 passengers, passed the camp. A
hold-up did not suggest itself to Pearl
at the time, but later the memory of
the passing stage drew her into her one
big crime and finally landed her in the
penitentiary.
The next morning the party reached
the mining camp and Pearl went to
work as a cook and office boy in a
sort Of hotel. Before she had been there
a week, Joe, her companion on the
trip, went to her and told her he had a