Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-04
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That Interviews.
Copyright. 1910, by Associated Literary Press)

"She can't mean that they were at
tackled by bullfrog. and yet she sayi
so," murmured the reporter. It'll
make good copy, though. That will
come under the head of "A New DAN
ger to Autoists-Beware the Bull
frog"
Then he wrote and asked her WSfs
she thought as the auto left the high
way and she realized that smash-np
was imminent, and she replied:
II thought of some popcorn l once
bought at Coney Island II was the
best ever. ! wish / could find sons
more like it."
Here's ingenuopsness for you"
said the reporter. "She must be all
of nineteen or twenty, and ~, Ishe
has the mind OF a girl of ten. fAat-
will go under the sub-head of: Death
Staring Her in the Face. and Yet She
Thinks of Coney Island Popcorn
Then he wrote and asked her If she
could remember her sensations as the
machine was plowing its way through
the stone wall. and she answered:
Most vividly. l thought l was In
my room and turning handsprings
over the bed and cartwheels around
1t. / had Just turned a back somer-
sault and kicked a globe OF the chan
delier when the auto stopped"
by George. but she may be cir
Gus or vaudeville girl" exclaimed
the reporter. mo, she can't be. Her
father is a church deacon and in the
lumber business. Never heard OF n
girl turning cartwheels in her own
room before. I'll make daisy thing
OF this interview"
Then he asked her if at any time
during the awful danger she felt the
sensation of fear
Not at ALL" was the reply. "On
the contrary. there was such a feel
| ing of contentment that / cannot de-
| scribe IL. | seemed to be floating in
the air on angels wings. ! could look
| down on earth and see an old woman
frying eggs and bacon, and oh. how
| longed for them; / tried to fly down
for dinner, but l kept flying higher
| instead"
by George! by George!" softly
exclaimed the newspaper man. MI
run that in under the subhead 'of:
Bacon and Eggs and Grim Death
Then he asked If she thrilled when
the auto at length brought up in the
blackberry bushes
Il felt seven successive thrills pass
over me-" she replied. "and then
found myself picking blackberries to
carry home for a pie. l was cut and
bruised and shaken. but did not feel
1t. / was languid. ! was placid. L
was content. If death had come it
would have been painless. think
they ought to kill our murderers that
way instead of by electricity. That's
ALL"
The Eagle man went away with the
scoop" of his life, and that little
mink" tumbied down on the floor and
laughed until she had to be threat
ened with life imprisonment The
Eagle was watched for next morningI
but not a line of that sZcs<xiew c6yA
be discovered 1t was 30 the next
day, and then the young man called
He was met by the conscious-stricken
Josie, who blushingly began to STAN
mer excuses. but was interrupted
with:
"Win you please tell the deaf and
dumb young lady that l would like
to speak to her for a moment?"
But / am 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. l 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 III
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 WOO you
until you consent to ho my wife. No
use talking. Just be deaf and dumb
about it. I lost the scoop. but I'm
going to gain you"