The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-11-09

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across her mind that this was nm oc
Currcncc Of the sort She was soon
undccclvcd Three men, four boys and
two dogs came running toward her
and as she was seen there were cries
Of:
"Thcrc Is one of them! Come on
boys! Head her OF and don't let her
get away
Men aud boys and dogs bore down on
the helpless maiden, aud almost before
she could scream she found herself
grnspcd 10y both arms aud being hur
ricd along She had been boosted over
fence and hustled through a thistle
patch before she could gather her wits
Then she began to struggle and pro.
test II was useless to struggle, and
the men and boys laughed nj her pro
tcstntions. When fright made her weak
and she sank down one of the men took
her on and kept business moving BE.
fore reaching the station and the train
they were met by one of the guards.
The girl revived sufficiently to protest
anew, but he answered her:
"Of course she's one OF 'cm. and II
cute wcnch she Isl This Is the third
time in two years she has escaped us.
Bring her along"
Miss viola was in Il distressful con
dltlon when the station was Mt length
reached. Her captors were met by
shouting men and barking dogs and
tNkn pOr
loads of lunntics, and Just then an auto
came whooping up and had to pause
| for the crowd 10 clonr the street. II ~
useless to conceal the fact that II was
driven by Arthur Tyson.
whats the natter" he asked OF an
excited farmer as the machine came to
| Il halt
"Morc FUN than I've seen in twenty
| years." was the answer. "Thosc two
cars are fun of crazy folks About n
dozen got away, and we've been chas.
ing 'cm down. They've just got the
last one"
Arthur stood up to look over the
crowd. A woman had apparently
tainted away, and two or three men
were about to pick her up and carry
her across TO the train As her ShOul.
dcrs were lifted up he caught sight Of
her face, and next instant things were
happening again.
He sprang down into the crowd ell.
bowed men and kicked dogs right and
left, and in Il moment was beside the
woman. The woman's hair was down
and her face covered with dust and
CRIME and her dress torn from neck to
shoulder, but love makes no mistakes
In such matters.
The young man had knocked down
two men and had the girl on his arm
before lie asked for explanations. Be
fore they were rendered he had to lay
his burden down and perform further
pugilistic feats, but In due time the
guard the farmers, the farmers boys
and the farmers dogs admitted that Il
mistake hHd been made.
When the auto resumed its journey
the girl was passenger. She haC
come 10 ana realized that she was MOI
being taken off TO an insane asylum.
It was some hours later when tn,
harvest moon was shining ana tn,
whipporwills were singing that sh,
told her story, and, though her aun
was sitting right beside her and hold
ing her hand and calling her poo
dear" the story had only been finished
VIXEN Arthur Tyson leaned forwarC
and kissed her ana said that he pro
posed 10 see from that time on that SIN
! had the legal and moral right TO Wcpl
in any grove she wanted to without he
ing hustled around the country rs al
escaped lunatc. The proposal hadn'
come in just the romantic form expect
ed but Miss Viola was II girl of sens
and realized that when cXgencic
e arise the machinery Of romance ma.
I've thrown ont of gear