The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-12-04

I cou,d stys q pretty good description
of him. and two hours later they mao
him under arrest and nothing was too
rood for me In that village. Tramp
that was, the sheriff invited me ho'ne
TO supper with him and Fitted me ou'
with a fairly good suit Of clothes. Ine
murderer was q farmer. Al nrst ne
seemed stunned. Then he began 70
erin and chuckle. Then be broke Into
laughter. The others said that he had
gone insane, but had an uneasy reei'
ing that I was to come down with q
dull thud-
AFTER supper we took him to the
woods, and I pointed out the grave OF
the missing girl. II was opened amid
sojemn silence. We found big
bundle Of clothes and held our noses.
A skunk had made Its way into bis
house the day before and odorized
many garments, and the man had bur-
led them to take away the taint ]
rot away before they oould hang me,
but Il was q Close shave. AZ mat
ter Of fact that sheriff hunted for me
for thu next four weeks. though the
missing girl had returned home al
right.
"Ous summers day when had push
ed no into northern New York passed
q camp OF people on the sheres OF Q
lake. A mile beyond and just around q
wooded point I saw q young lady In q
canoe. About the time I saw her the
canoe turned over. and she went into
the lake and began screaming. There
vas q young chap fishing from another
caHoe q Quarter Of nfile away. but ]
DIDN'T notice him. Oh came my old
Jacket and shoes. and 10 I went TO save
human life The nrst thing Z discover
ed was that the water was not over
three feet deep: the next. that the girl
was IA no danger whatever. She had
only to wade ashore and draw the ca
noe after her. Did she do 1T Not .
great deal. She was looking toward
the other canoe and utterinS delightful
little shrieks. and she didn't notice me
untiii was close st hand and had cried
out:
Hang on tight for your life. misa.
and Will ave yoGr
"'Go back. you idiotr she answered.
But I have come TO save your
"'Go back or I will have you hunted
cut Of the weodsr
Al He Get Was . Visiting.
II went back, and a I climbed on to
dry land the young man In the canoe
reached the perishing girl and saved
her. He also shook bis paddle at me
and said he would have me in state
prison. Beautifully worked. eh? A
marriage probably resulted from the
romance. and all ! sot out Of IL was
wetting.
'One more case. I was at Watkins
Glen to view the scenery. Make no
mistake on the diiapidated gentleman
He fairly dotes on scenery. ! bad pen
efrated to q wild spot when ! heard
those same female shrieks and broke
into run to reach the scene. Present
ly found a good looking yonng girl
perched on q rock and at its base q lit
Tie striped snake about a foot long. II
was harmless and tender hearted. II
could have been put to bed with a
baby.
The viper. The viperr shrieked
the girl a. I looked around for the
cause OF alarm.
Il picked IN q branch to kill It. but
abe protested:
"'No. mol. Go away. bad manr
But the viper. miss
Go away or I'll scream fer heipr
II turned and went down the path,
and presently q young man passed me
- the fy and destroyed that poor little
snake and saved q human life. There
] waA ready 10 perish In that girls be-
half, and she never gave me the slight
est show. ! met the pair two hours
later as they were walking arm In
arm. and while she hung back the
young fellow came up to me N bold a.
sheep and shook his nst under my
noee and warned me to begone from
thence or suffer such consequences as
would paralyxs my physical system for
the next hundred years. You people
that stick here In the cities ret bump
Cd BY street car now and then or lose
Jour money BY some con game. but II
yen want real excitement and romance
mixed together yo1 must take to the
road and become q dfiapidatsd gentle
nan" n. QUAD.