The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-01-03

across her mind that this was an oc-
currenee Of the sort She. was soon
undeceiyed. Three men. four boys aud
two dogs came running toward her
and as she was sven there were cries
OF.
There Is one Of them. Come on.
boys Head her OF and don't let her
get away"
Men and boys aud dogs bore down on
she could scream she found herself
grasped by both arms and being hur-
ried 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. 1t was useless to struggle and
the men and boys laughed at her pro
teststions 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:
a
cute wench she is, This is the third
timc in two years she has escaped US.
Bring her along
Miss Viola was In a dstressful con
dltlon when the station was at length
reached. Her captors were met by
shouting men and barking dogs and
walls and screams from the two car
loads of lunatlcs, and just then an auto
came whoopng up and had to pause
for the crowd to clear the street 1t Is
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
a halt.
More fun than I've seen in twenty
years" was the answer. Those two
cars are full of crazy folks. About a
dozen got away, and we've been chas-
ing EN- 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 shout
ders were lifted up he caught sight Of
her face. and next instant things We're
happening again.
He sprang down into the crowd, ell
bowed men and kicked dogs right and
left, and in a Hloment 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 he 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
guards the farmers. the farmers boys
and the farmers dogs admitted that a
mistake had been made.
When the auto resumed its journey
the girl was passenger She had
come to and realized that she was not
being taken off to an insane asylum.
It was some hours later, when the
harvest moon was shining and the
whpporwills were singing, that she
told her story, and. though her aunt
was sitting right beside h-c and hold
ing her hand and calling her poor
dear" the story had only been finished
when Arthur Tyson leaned forward
and kissed her and said that be pro-
posed TO see from that time on that she
had the legal and moral right 10 weep
In any grove she wanted TO without be-
ing hustled around the country as an
escaped lunatic The proposal hadn I
come In Just the romantic form expect
ed, but Miss Viola was a girl of sense
and realized that when exigencies
arise the machinery of romance may
be thrown out of gear.