The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-20

"A GIRL FLYING ACROSS FIELD WITH
BULL IN CHASE"
grew stale after awhile. AS usual
thing there are drawbacks to the he
rolc business. You go UP like n rocket
and come Gown like barrel Of sand.
zone day six or seven years ago as l
was taking in the scenery along an In
diana highway saw horse and buggy
approaching on the gallop. There were
man and woman in the buggy, and
the woman was screaming aud the
man laying the whip on the horse. 1t
was Don Qulxote TO the rescue. | saw
that the female was being abducted,
and when the outfit came along |
sprang for the horse, caught the bride,
and after being dragged twenty rods
/ brought him TO halt. The man at
once leaped out and disappeared in the
woods, and the woman tainted away.
"Don Qulxote brought water and re-
vived her and bade her look upon her
self as rescued and then drove her to
her home, three miles away. She didn't
say much on route. She didn't praise
my heroism or declare my gallantry.
On the contrary, she was no sooner
home than she turned on me and gave
me fits and threatened me with all
manner of calamties. was driven
away IN disgrace, and 1t was only
when | reached the next farmhouse
that tue mystery was solved. The fe-
ma. cas n w'Gow--a rJn intic widow.
She had vowed that she wouldn't mar
ry the man with her unless abducted.
Ho came and abducted her. She want
ed him to. Her yelling was simply
pretensc. In making hero OF myself
! had interrupted marriage, and she
was as mad as wet hen about It.
The man who had escaped from the
buggy sent constable after me, charg-
ing mo with an attempted holdup, and
was arrested aud given three months
In jail as n suspicious character.
again in Connecticut about O'Clock
one afternoon ! came along TO farm
to hear woman's screams and TO see
a girl flying across n field with bull
in chase. Over the highway fence
went Don Qulxote, with rock in his
hand. and as cut in between the girl
and the bovine | threw the rock AMI
knocked horn Off and checked the
pursuit. Then several things result
ed. The bull turned out TO be an am
bling OK. The girl screamed for help.
Her father and Il hired man came run
ming, and ! was set upon and given an
old fashioned lambasting Just as II
was finished Young man came run
ming up, and then the girl fell upon
his shoulder with an oh, Dick!
How He Figured It Out,
81 figured 1t out that night as | lay
under haystack three miles away
The girl put up a job for the old OK
to chase her. She wanted her lover 10
rescue her. He was slow in catching
on, and | cut in ahead of him. | not
only spoiled her plot, but knocked q
horn off the pursuer, and the father
naturally looked upon me as a villain
eyes for month, but felt that l de
served them.
II got into a Maryland village one
day to find the people all agog over the
mysterious disappearance Of young
lady from her home. She had gone out
for walk the day before aud had
failed to return. | had no sooner ap
peared than suspicion was fastened
upon me as a matter of course. For
tunately ] had been at work for q
farmer for the last three days, anC
upon bis being communicated with by
telephone he cleared me of any charge
was then ordered to move on, and
went. Two miles away / turned into
the woods TO take a nap, but had no
fallen asleep when a man came along
ana dug grave not five rods away
He had big bundle with him ans
hurled II. II was the body OF the miss
Ing girl, Of course.
"WheR the man had smoothed thu
grave over and departed ! made n Dol
back TO the village and told the news