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

could give. pretty good description
OF him, and two hours later they had
him under arrest, and nothing was too
good for me in that village. Tramp
that was, the sheriff invited me home
to supper with him and fitted me out
with n fairly good suit of clothes. The
murderer was a farmer. At first he
seemed stunned. Then he began TO
grin. and chuckie. Then he broke into
laughter The others said that he had
gone insane. but had an uneasy feel
ing that | was TO come down with a
dull thud.
AFTER supper we took him to the
woods, and pointed out tie grave of
the missing girl. It was opened amid
solemn silence. We found big
bundle of clothes and held our noses
A skunk had made its way into his
house the day before and odorlzed
many garments, and the man had bur
led them TO take away the talnt.
got away before they could hang me,
but 1t was n close shave. AS a mat.
ter of fact, that sheriff hunted for me
for the next four weeks, though the
missing girl had returned home all
right.
zone summers day when / had push
ed up into northern New York | passed
camp OF people on the shores OF n
lake. A mile beyond and Just around u
wooded point l saw young lady in n
ronoa AI,ottt fba finn I 90 w hnr tho
canoe turned over, and she went into
the lake and began screaming. There
was young chap fishing from another
canoe quarter of q mile away, but
| didn't notice him. OF came my old
jacket and shoes. and in I went TO save
human life. The first thing | discover.
ed was that the water was not over
three feet deep; the next that the girl
was in no danger whatever. She had
only TO wade ashore and draw the ca
noe after her. Did she do it? Not a
great deal. She was looking toward
the other canoe and uttering delightful
| little shrieks, and she didn't notice me
| until was close at hand and had cried
| out:
"'Hang on tight for your life, miss,
and will save your
"'Go back, you idiotr she answered.
"'But have come TO save your
"'Go back or will have you hunted
out of the woodsr
All He Got Was a Wettine.
ii went back. and as climbed on to
dry land the young man I'm the canoe
reached the perlshlng girl and saved
her. He also shook his paddle at me
and said he would have me In state
prison. Beautifully worked, eh? A
marriage probably resulted from the
romance, and all got out of 1t was a
wetting.
"One more case. was at Watkins
Glen to view the scenery. Make nc
mistake on the dllapidated gentleman
He fairly dotes on scenery. had pen
etrated TO n Wild spot when | heard
those same female shrieks and broke
into a run TO reach the scene. Present
ly | found a good looking young cir
perched on a rock and at Its base lit
tie striped snake about foot long. i
was harmless and tender hearted. /
could have been put TO bed with {
baby.
"The viper! The vlpcrv shrleket
the girl as | looked around for tho
cause of alarm.
IL picked up a branch to kill 1t, bu
she protested:
"'No, no, Go away, bad man!
"'But the viper, MISS
eco away or I'll scream for help!
az turned and went down the path
and presently n young man passed M
on the fly and destroyed that poor littl
snake and saved human life. Their
| was, ready to perish in that girls be
half, and she never gave me the slight
est show. / met the pair two hour
later as they were walking arm Il
arm, and while she hung back tn
young fellow came up TO me as bold a
a sheep and shook his fist under m,
nose and warned me TO begone fror
thence or suffer such consequences q
would paralyze my physical system 70
the next hundred years You peopl
that stick here In the cities get bump
ed by n street car now and then or los
your money by some con game. but
you want real excitement and romano
mixed together you must take to tn
road and become a dllapidated gentle
man." NJ. QUAD.
Disohedient.