Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-14

NhN WIN - hhNiN anu 'Ai
rlage. She. like myself was pacing
| passed and repassed her could not
help noticing that he violently heav-
ng bosom gave evidence of The fact
hat she was depressing some great
emotion.
As train time drew near her suffer-
'ngs seemed to become more acute
md finally II became evident that the
'roubie. whatever it might be. was
rapidly coming to crisis. Both her
hands were ut her heart and her
whole body was shaken MS with pain
Behind. the rear of her manto
stretched taut as though under n Sc
we're strain. gradually Logan TO tear.
opening up Before my eyes from neck
10 waist. AT the same time her
shoulders were writhing and twisting
like those of one under knife.
Then man hurriedly departed from
he city entrance. CHANGING down the
platform. his eyes caught the girls re-
reating figure, and he immediately
dashed on In pursuit, almost Mt u run.
Over one arm he carried Il sack and
n. or under. this sack | knew there
''Hf' - iNAsit. w utt lie Mub Mllnln
tbout thirty PAGES OF the girl the fell
low called her by name. and the fool
sii young thing. with apparently no
isitrnst and apprehension whatever,
vhirled about and came trottinE to-
meet her fate. saw them come to-
sether, saw him whip away tho sack.
md IN another moment he had her
II his arms. At least, | thought he
vas embracing her, but az | came MP
, perceived that he was only assisting
Ter In transferring large sized fight
ng cock from the bosom of her man.
o to the sack he had just brought
lust as the train pulled in two
mounted policemen dashed up and
,laced the couple under arrest for the
hett of the gamecock.
1t transpired that the bird was a
iery valuable one. n proved fighter
IND had been stolen from the pits
My an hour before during n riot
which occurred over one of the mans'
mat II wns taken OH the spur OF the
moment was evident from the fact
hat no sack had been provided for
he immediate reception OF IL. II Ia
not likely that the young lady had
,ver carried around n 8amecoeli In |
her bosom before. or she would not
have attempted Il.
Down there they fight the birds
With their natural spurs instead Of
teel gaffs, and in the brief period |
aw this fellow caught glimpse Of
'purs fully two inches in length and
Of needle sharpness. Things like
hese serve better as hatpins than
breastpins, as from the way the young
woman wrlggled nm sure she dis
covered. The vigorous bird must
have proved something more than
ignrative thorn In the flesh. was
'eminded of the Spartan boy and his
stolen fox.
Most of these girls are lightfootcd
rs deer, and TO see one of them charge
Town flight of stone steps or long
'tairway Is as good as seeing fright
ned bighorn jump n thirty foot cliff.
he memory of the first performance
If this kind that one witnesses Is not
thing that soon passes. especially IL
he Is madonnalike manic girl.
Wine is still fresh.
I had just rung the bell at the house
md office OF a friend one morning.
he door had been opened by u string
rom above, and had stepped inside
md started on the ascent to the Sec
md floor. Suddenly. above me / |,
'eard snare drumlike rat-a-tat on
he steps. There came a rush OF air !
II the stairway. and | was dimly con-
icious of n blur of black, underneath
which caught a suggestion of French
leels. trim ankles and swish of lace
Just such glimpse as one would |
'et in passing by in an auto at sixty
niles an hour the lingerie window OF |
department store. The thing swoop-
I'd down at me MS n vampire swoops |
1t man who has stumbled into its !
ave. and just in time ! leaped aside |
'gainst the wall and threw I'm my
Urn to ward it off. Something soft !
brushed my hand. the door slammed !
md ! was alone In the half darkness
If the stairway.
/ Immediately rushed I'M to the of. !
ice and demanded an explanation
rom my friend. but all that surprised
nan could tell me was that his type- |
writer had just gone out to break |
asst; | couldn't see how that explain
I'd things at all, but on the off chance
vent to the front window and looked
,ut The square was vacant save
'or tall girl. her graceful figure
'wathed in the clinging folds of a
nanto. who was picking her way
icross the cobblestones. That was
MS typewriter said my friend as he
'oined me. AS we watched her she
'aintly lifted her skirt to avoid a
,atch of mud. and I recognized those
'rench heels and trim ANGLES in an
nstant,-Levi Il. Freeman, in New
York Tribune.