Bradford County telegraph., 1906-07-27

a O'clock supper and remain there unul
A Inst before 9 O'Clock, then, on tnls
s,vfuI mint four human ngures miCuS
have been seen stealing out OF INC
town and over the bridge.
Each and every one Of them wou.o
have paused on the bridge 70 ".ssn !"
the musical plash Of the river U Sney
hadn't seen each other. The nrst
ond and third were obliged g 80 y. ~
avoid the last one. She wes tne w
She knew the value Of or'dee 49,
river and a musical plash. ana sns %
termined to stick.
One old tramp and dog were
sponsible for most Of what fosioweo.
The tramp came humping a'ooS
through the town, bent on nnoine =
country stra wstack ~ soon - poesiuses
and as the widow on the bridge seafu
his footsteps she began to 'ook a
and coy.
Il was labor thrown away. Ine
tramp was nearsighted and bunpeo
mn against her, and In her fright ne
went over the low railing and ocwn
into the water. II she couldn't swim
like a duck she could at least scramose
Ike a cat, and she managed . 80
ashore. Her condition was drippn8'
also dropping, also indignant She ~
allied that no dripping. dropping ws-
man stood the slightest show ~ unas
contest, and she dragged herself no@e
ward and was not improved IN HOOKS
or temper by having to wade throuon
q couple Of mud puddles.
Miss VintOn came next 0ne VA
sauntering up the hill WONDERING now
that widow" dared be 20 bold ana
brassy when the tramp, who was now
on the run for his life, overlook her.
, In his nsa rsightedness he took her for
horse and wagon and tried to sny
. out. She shied to the right at the same
time and was sent sprawling by TIE
collision. She got out Of the roadside
, ditch to run into patch Of briers ana
scream for help but there was no heSp.
+ She had to extricate herself and follow
the bedraggled widow.
: The dog alone was responsible eoe
what happened to the other two oso
: maids. Miss Warner had Discovered
I one woman ahead and two behind her,
+ and, suspecting their 0endish ineen'
! tons, she had almost made up n0s
3 mind to abandon her object when the
0 dog who had been calling on biz bro<h
t or out in the country, came along and
J, cot up barking and growing. Tae
edy was the result. The old maid nov
y er had encountered big b0btailed oo(
J, at night ON q hill. and ahe at onc(
< scrambled over the fence Into thl
d weeds and ran for her life. Che fol
down and rolled over. and she rose ~
again and struggled on, and when sh'
h reached home two hours later ahe' I'm
% mediately went into mysteries. and d
D. Neaton got his first night call Tor tour
'. teen years.
<. The dog had met with snch success
d that he was 'encourased 70 pefosv0>
L. He came upon Miss Hopkins out Of q
ID shadows like frisking hayatack, IN
q % she screamed out and spread II
wings to ny she tripped ana wen
b. down. The fsll might have injured h
I'd but for the fact that she fell upou "a
60 mud. She couldn't % hack y Tow
% looking like the mortar mixer foe
ut skyscraper, and she continued On I
- the merchant's boarding house 70 q
be the. use Of hoes and .scrapeso. The
:e. were furnished. but while Ghe vi
er using them she heard the tens1sar-o(
daughter whispering to her mother thi
y. she'd bet cent that Aiss Hopkins ha
nd como out there to gigsis foe u
d. Strong.
m That was an awful night In Clifto
b. though only four feminins hearts kne
m Just how awful It wa. 1ogniz
ix aawned with q murky ny oveEhea
up II seemed to three old maids and
ID widow a. II something more was @
an to happen. They were right. VIII
M. the butcher boy called Tor his osds
be repeated the same woeds at eve
'ho house on his route:
lgs "Say. you heard the nsws1 y
bis Strong has gone to Philipsvllls 70 I
married today. and he's opln' % beil
me the bride homo tonight. HAin't
e'N sreatr'