The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-29
iTREsouiET Young Man
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Herrid Creature Steals Baby From
Professional Honan,s League
and Is Chased BY Actress. rs
The Professional Woman's League
is going to give; a fair: It doesn't
open until Thursday. and they can't
move their traps into the han before
Thursday morning: 50 they've piled
up tides and pin-cushions and prize
quilts and lemonade sets and doilies
and things. The smaller articles
clutter up the club rooms and the big
boxes and packages have been allow
ed 20 pile up In the hall. There are
boxes OF light and portable refresh
menrs and baskets of fancy work. and
on top of all a big. irregular bundle.
done up in brown paper and tied with
narrow pink ribbons Mark well that
package. says the New York Sun.
It happened that about the time
when they began 10 make a showroom
out of the hall, young man of quiet
dress and unassumins manners be-
gan 10 hang around outside the build.
ing. No one paid much attention to
him. although the han boy did keep.
a Weather eye peeled.
Yesterday. about noon. The young
man made his first break inside.
he fshed out an elaoorately chased.
business card and asked to see Miss
Brown. the secretary Her Office Is
up a. short fight of stairs ca the sec
ond floor
The hallboy. when he Knocked at
Miss Browns door. kept one ear open.
20 hear her say Come in" With the
o:her he pipeG OF events on the.
ground floor He heard suspicious
rus;1ing, ard peeped over the balus-
trade in time 70 see the young man
loading his arms with the irregular.
pink tied package and reaehins for a
basket OF handmade lace.
The hall boy yelled and started.
but he came a cropper on the stairs
and was out OF the race. Miss Brown,
heard the noise and popped out in
time TO see the young man getting
through the door with the package.
Ladies she cried. were being
robbed
Miss Amelia Summeryille. Miss Ma
-foa Ballou. Miss Eleanor Wilson.
Miss Marie Bingham and Miss En-
erin Campbell were drinling-tea-on
the ground floor. They spilled into
the hall.
quick. out of The froat door
yelled Miss Brown as she nurdled
over the hall boy and gave chase.
FIVE professional women drew up
their skirts and sprinted down
Fcrty-lfth street IN pursuit OF the fly.
ing thief. Ten hiSh-hee!ed shoes beat
the s!ush and five trained voices
yelled stop thief. Miss Bingham
was the best OF them all. and soon
put daylight between herself and the
rest OF the pack The thief. however.
drew away.
Dogs barked and delivery wagons
stopped and people stuck their heads
out of the windows and pedestrians
r,1bbered. but no one stopped the
thief
suddenly. when he had almost
reached Broadway the thief stopped
of his own accord He cast one
frightened look at the bundle, which
had come undone through his exer-
tons. and then. with wild howl,
cast 1t from him into snow bank.
The people in the second story
windows gasped at this. For he had
thrown into the snow a beautiful
baby girl, who moved her little arms
impatiently, and rolled her eyes; and
above the noise OF the street they
could hear her crying and calling:
Mamma. Mammal"
The thief faded away in the crowd
unnoticed. The people in the win
dows rushed to the street. The i've
professional women turned and
swept through the slush and caught
up the little thing to see IL 1t was
unframed. The people crowded
around, relieved to see that It was
stiII alive. though wailing feebly and
calling out mamma" at regular in
tervals.
The thief had stolen the prize $500
mechanical doll which was brought
straight from the ST Louis exposl.
tfon for this fair In handling 1t he