The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-06

make good copy. though. That viii
come under the head of a New Dan
ger TO Autoists-Beware the Bull
reg
Then he wrote and asked her what
she thought az the auto left the high
way and she realized that a smash-up
WIS imminent. and she replied:
Il thought of some popcorn ! once
bought at Goney Island. It was the
best ever. | wish l could find some
more like IT,"
Heres righteousness for you"
said the reporter. She must be all
of nineteen or twenty. and yet she
has the mind of a girl of ten. That
will 60 under the sub-head of: Death
Staring Her in the Face, and Yet She
Thinks OF Coney Island P~opcornl'"
Then he wrote and asked her II she
could remember her sensations az the
machine was blowing its way through
the stone wall, and she answered:
Most wildly. | thought | was in
my room and turning handsprings
over the bed and cartwheels around
II. | had just turned a back somer-
sault and kicked "A globe off the chan
delier when the auto stopped"
by George, but she may be a cir
Gus or a vaudeville girl" exclaimed
the reporter. mo, she cant be. Her
father is a church deacon and In the
lumber business. Never heard of n
girl turning cartwheels in her own
before. I'll make Il daisy thing
OF this interview"
Then he asked her If ut any time
during the awful danger she felt the
sensation of fear.
Not at all" was the reply. ION
the contrary, there was such a feel
ing of contentment that | cannot de-
scribe II. | seemed to be floating in
the air ON angels wings. ! could look
down on earth and see an old III
frying eggs and bacon, and oh, how |
longed for them; | tried to fly down
for dinner, but | kept flying higher
instead"
by George! by GEORGE" softly
exclaimed the newspaper man. I'll
run that In under the subhead of:
Bacon and Eggs and Grim Death"
Then he asked II she thrilled when
the auto at length brought up in the
blackberry bushes.
II felt seven successive thrills pass
over me-" she replied, "and then |
found myself picking ~blackberries to
carry home for a pie. | YVES cut and
bruised and shaken, but | did not feel
NFn ana.iI ruua n1AafJ r
was content. II death had come II
would have been painless. | think
they ought to kill our m%urderers that
way instead of by electricity. That's
all"
The Eagle nan went away with the
scoop" of his life, and that little
mink" tumbled down on the floor and
laughed until she had to be threat
ened with life imprisonment. The
Eagle was watched for next morning,
but 10 a line of that interview could
be discovered. Ii was so the next
day, and then the young nan called.
He was met by the conscious-stricken
Josie. who blushingly began to STAN
mer excuses, but was interrupted
with:
viii you please tell the leaf and
dumb young lady that | would like
to speak TO her Tor a moment?'
But | an she
Yes, | think you are. come to look
at you closely
"And-and you wanted to say?"
Il wanted to say that there were
no thrills in that interview the other
day until the last. am going to
put them into this at the very start.
Where can | find your father?"
In the city, but-but-"
No, you don't understand, but I'll
explain. | am going to him to ask
for the hand Of his deaf and dumb
daughter. and tell him that I'll pro
vide an asylum for her for the rest
OF her life
Sir"
And then I'm going to woe you
until you consent to be my wife. No
use talking. Just be deaf and dumb
about it. lost the scoop. but | am
going to gain YOU