The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-22
THE WILD GIRL AGAIN
Miss Agnes Lfnck Leaves Her New
Found Home and Seeks Another Lo-
cation-She Avoids the Reporters.

Agnes Lynch. who has come To be
known in newspaper etiquette as the
Wild girl" sreetcd friends down at the
police station this morning. surprising
ever Chief Irwin ty her unexpected
presence at a time when il was
thought she was permanently pleased
with her new location at Il home on
the Beattie's Ford road.
Agnes refused TO show any cause
why she has again IL away from the
assignment CT the local officials. She
was questioned persistently by the re-
rortrrs as to her future intentions and
the reasons that she refuse still to
remain in the places kindly offered her
n cvadeG n W each time and
drifted to ether things about which the
newspaper men cared little.
She was called off TO the side for all
interview. but as usual the crowd be-
gan to gather anu She seemed intimi-
dated and would say little.
Just watch how they are looking
ar me-" she said. as the outsiders
stood without gazing fixedly upon the
adventurous maiden.
"How do YOU like your new home "'
inquired one of the youthful reporters
who essayed to assume a f2therly feel
ing toward the ~straying laSsie.
Il like it very we'll" she answered.
'but I want to go to work u make
some money and go home"
Have vou heard from your people
since 0 were here last
h unrOlled q short letter which
she held crumDled in her hand. She
read aloud. 1t was assuring her Of a
kindliness existing in a distant home
for her and bore upon the envelope
the DostInark of JAMESTOWN. Pa. 1t
closed with. Your faithful father. -
49, and the name which was not
easily c~ocniZable.
That she said. lis not from my
father
III pretended litter ignorance as to
who the fellow could be that cherished
such tenderness for her. When asked
whether she wanted to go to Johns
toW1i or not she answered negatively.
out wanted to go to New York. where
she wa born and reared and where
n said a sister now resides.
They Wc1e kind enough to her at her
country home: she had nothing in the
world to do but Just stay there: the
surroundings were pleasant. the COM
pany c0ngenial-she had no indict-
mcnt whatever to make against the
place. but at the call of h a :ield-and-
forest feeling. the nomad;c instincts
which lead her at will. Oftimes alone
and communicates. sh7 escaped and
came back to the city aimIess and
careless.
There is no other girl Of lust ike
characteristics. From under the gloom
Of a lonrlines SIS and dcsolation that
would drive most of us TO despair. Ag-
mes laughs and Jokes with a IeVitv that
is Well-nigh reDulsiVe. And vet back Of
all this seeming l;nconeern as to her
fate CT future. there is an clement of
sensitlrclcss hat SOmetim IS forces
her to serious thinking and then she
talks of her past and its follics in a
tone that is appealing.
When the reporters badn her fare
we'll this morning. she said that she
would leave this afternoon for the
north. but was no more definite than
this. She had no money but she was
going anyway.
What will be the fate of this roam
ing. wayward girl: that smiles when
c pea seriously. ard Jokes when
q look earnest. who cares so little
for company and desDises Z Derma-
nent abnGe who is drifting careless
and unthinkingly through life. and
roaming friendlessly through fields
and forests without a single restraint.
Agnes is a little devil.-Charlottc
Chronicle.