Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-09-14

startled by whoops and yells and
shouts. She brushed away her tears
and repressed her sobs and stepped
out Of the shelter of the grove to see
what was up.
She had heard of Il rabbit being
routed out of wood pile ana a whole
county joining in the chase. Il. il
flashed across her mind that tbs was
an occurrence of the sort. ST. WIS
soon undeceiveu. Three men. four
boys and two dogs came running
toward her, and as she was seen there
were cries Of:
There is one of them. Come on
boys! Head her off and don't let her
get away
Men and boys and dogs bore down
on the helpless maiden, and almost
before she could scream she found
herself grasped by both arms and be-
boosted over fence and hustled
through a thistle patch before she
could gather her wits. Then she be-
gan to struggle and protest. 1t was
useless to struggle, and the men and
boys laughed at her protestations.
When fright made her weak and she
sank down one of the men took her
on and kept business moving. Before
reaching the station and the train they
were met by one Of the guards. The
girl revived sufficiently to protest
anew, but he answered her:
"Of course she's one Of 'em, and
cute wench she is. This is the third
time in two years she has escaped US,
Bring her along"
Miss Viola was in distressful con-
dition when the station was at length
reached. Her captors were met by
shouting men and barking dogs and
walls and screams from the two car
loads Of lunatics, and just then an
auto came whooping up and had to
pause for the crowd to clear the
street. 1t is useless to conceal the
fact that 1t was driven by Arthur
Tyson.
whats the matter?" he asked of
an excited farmer as the machine came
to a halt.
more fun than I've seen in twenty
years." was the answer. "Those two
cars are full oe crazy folks. About
dozen got away, and we've been chas-
ing 'em down. They've just got the
last one"
Arthur stood up to look over the
crowd. A woman had apparently
tainted away, and two or three men
o1, 70 ,i1ly hnr
her across to the train. AS her Shout
ders were lifted up he caught sight of
her face, and next instant things were
happening again.
He sprang down into the crowd. ell
bowed men and kicked dogs right and
left and in a moment was beside the
woman. The womGn's hair was down
and her face covered with dust and
CRIME and her dress torn from neck to
shoulder, but love makes no mistakes
in such matters,
The young man had knocked down
two men and had the girl on his arm
before he asked for explanations. Be-
fore they were rendered he had to lay
his burden down and perform further
pugilistic feats, but in due time the
guards, the farmers, the farmers boys
and the farmers dogs admitted that
mistake had been made.
When the auto resumed its journey
the girl was passenger. She had
come to and realized that she was not
being taken off to an insane asylum.
1t was some hours later, when the
harvest moon was shining and the
whippOrwills We're singing. that she
told her story. and. though her aunt
was sitting right beside her and hold
ing her hand and calling her poor
DEAR" the story had only been finished
when Arthur Tyson leaned forward
and kissed her and said that he pro-
posed to see from that time on that she
had the legal and moral right to weep
in any grove she wanted to without be-
ing hustled around the country as an
escaped lunatic. The proposal hadn't
come in just the romantic form expect
ed, but Miss Viola was girl Of sense
and realized that when eXigencies
arise the machinery Of romance may
be thrown out of gear.