Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-31
7 THE CHAPERON.
Bw She Came to Withdraw One
Of the Camp Rules.
BY CLYDE LAWRENCE.
sopyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Press

I*tLLYLAknl, lHVe Dy AttVIidAtA AAA0A a.
Press.
~YOung ladies, ! wish TO make ain i'm
jnertnnt announcement" said Miss Oar
bow, teacher Of the class in French at
The wellington private school for young
ladies.
The fourteen young ladies' looked up
10 expectancy.
sDuring the summer vacation, be-
ginning two weeks hence. shall nave
tents on the shore Of the lake. and
.sueh Of you as can arrange it with
your parents may summer there.
There will be boating. bathing and
flshing. Fresh meats and vegetables
win be supplied every day. 1t is a
lNew departure. and | hope it will be
40 success"
1t was seen that she hadn't quite
finished yet and the applause was
withheld.
ait will be a young ladies' camp in
fine strictest sense of the word she
leOntinued. mo members Of the other
isex will be permitted near it. Farmer
lJnckson will see to that. That is all.
lHand in your names as soon as posi-
Die. please"
',Bnt won't our brothers and cousins
3be allowed to come to see us?" asked
iAdiss Harden for the rest Of the class.
Impossible" she replied in French.
PIN your case. Miss Harden, happen
ITO know that you have neither broth
hers nor cousins of the male sex"
SiBnt have az
NO, she didn't say it. The teacher
iopened her eyes very wide and drew
fherself up and frightened her.
I Miss Peal Harden was fatherless,
sand her widowed mother had only a
plmlted income. There were other pu-
pills who had to consult the matter Of
nncome as WELL and when Miss Oar
boy had made up her list for the sum
amer camp it totaled seven names Six
bOf them had no complaint Of the rules
10 be enforced; the seventh said moth
ting, but seemed to be thinking a great
IDEAL.
Vacation came The camp was
pitched and occupied, and Farmer
jackson took a shotgun into the fields
Isyith him and kept an eye on the APP
breaches to the camp.
Everything went along quietly for a
week, and the enemy was lulled into
a sense of security. No pirate craft
approached. and Farmer jackson went
20 bed with conscience free from kill.
Ing. Then Miss Darboy took chances.
She wanted some things from her room
in the village, and she arranged with
the driver Of the provision wagon to
ride up with him.
Halfway to town a wheel came of
the vehicle. and after gazing at the
wreck for FIVE minutes the driver an.
nounced that no four wheeled wagon
could continue its mad career on three
wheels This meant that Miss Darboy
must walk. She gave up her errand
to go buck to her charges. The boy
showed her a short cut across the
fields and went off with the horses. but |
he did not warn her to watch out for |
red and white bull pasturing in one
Of the fields.
Miss Darboy soon had use for all her
French EXPLANATIONS. She first heard |
rumbles like distant thunder. then a
savage below, then a trembling Of the
earth and the sight Of a creature bear
ing down upon her She ran, OF
course. There were two shade trees
standing close together. and she reach
ed one and had gained perch ten feet
high while the bull stopped to sniff
- ~ - b., bo,
head. Women are not natural climb
ers. but under stress Of peril they have
been known to add that feat to their
many accomplishments.
go away-go right away from
hereW commanded Miss Darboy in |
both French and English as the bun |
came up aud paved and beloved. He
absolutely refused Then Miss Darboy
called for help, but no help came
An hour had passed when the bul
went to the creek to drink. he didni
forget the lady up the tree. however
He kept looking back. and she realized
that to descend would bring him back
en the charge. He had satisfied his
thirst when he suddenly emitted
OtllOW VI ueuduCe duu went uanhhi
across the field. There was another
intruder This time 1t was a young
man. He heard the below, saw the
bull and at once made for the trees
He came up at a hot pace. made a
long spring to catch a branch and
escaped a vicious sweep of the horns
by inches. He had teen settled on
branch for three minutes before |
heard a vOi"e asking:
"Sir. whFt shall we doT"
Good lands. a lady up a treeP he
gasped How did you get therew
''That creature chased me, and IL
climbed"
II can't hand you my card, but my
name is Randall Hope"
"And am Miss Darboy Of the