The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-23
Lost 80 Hours, They Come
Home While Fathers Wander
About Palisades Searching.
SMASH BANK WITH AXE.
Then Buy Paint Brushes and
ColorS to Depict Nature
as She Is.

Three paint brushes, twelve picture
post cards Cuncolored). twenty cents
worth Of candy--such we're the items
OF supplies provided by two very little
girls who wished to go out into the
bare woods OF the Palisade. ana paint
wonderful pictures.
Beatrice Scott and Gertrude I.arkin
these are the two little painter girls
came back to their homes In Man
haitian last night near midnight. very
tired. very repentant. very happy to
climb between clean sheets In pretty
rooms and have msmmss to tuck the
covers under their chins with
mamma kind OF pat.
Meanwhile Winfield Scott. Beatrice's
papa, who lives At No. 81 West Ninety
sixth street. and Edmund Doyle Of No.
les West Ninety-sixth street, Der
trude's step-papa. were ranging through
the bare tree trunks OF the Palisades
forest 1T Edgewater, n. j., calling out
In tho dark the names OF their little
girls. For thirty-six hours their
eleven-year-old daughters had been
missing. and 1t was only last evening
that the two fathers received the first
clue to the runaways' whereabouts.
Patrick DAILY, who has lunchroom
at Edgewater close to the ferry. had
come over the river to say that two
very little girls with tired eyes had
come into his place early in the morn
ing to buy two cups of coffee.
KEPT IN At chooL-THAT's
WHY THEY RAN AWAY.
Here's the way the story OF Runaway
Beatrice and Runaway Gertrude runs
az they told It this morning with curls
hanging in shame about blushing cheeks:
Both go to the paroch!al Holy Name
School. you see, and they are great
ehums. But on Thursday one of those
big Troubles. such as come sometimes
. little girls in school visited Beatrice
aad Gertrude. Beatrice was kept after
school on Thursday afternoon for dis.
obedience and Gertrude was kept after
school because she hadn't put = cloth
cover on her geography as her teacher
had told her to do. Both were In the
pouts when they were told they could
30 home.
LET'S run away said Beatrice.
Wen 70 over into the woods on top of
he Palisades and paint the gold in the
sunset"
And 80 they ran away.
Bat first Beatrice went home and took
her bank. which had nearly 81 in It, but
IL key Of which her papa carried IN
his pocket; she and Gertrude smashed
the bank with an axe down in the cellar
Of Beatrice's home. Then they bought
the brushes, candy and post cards.
Beatrice smugg1ed her paint box out
OF the house under her dress. and away
they went for the Fort Lee ferry.
BIG. STARRY MOON GIVES THEM
THE cREEPs.
To be sure two little girls found the
soId In the sunset, but aiterward tney
found the dark. They were away over
II Leonia Heights then and under the
moon they walked and walked The
dark was not nice; the moon kept star
ing at them and saying. Little girls
4 little girls. I'm surprised at you"
And they got so sleepy. Finally they
ourlsd UP on the porch Of a house some
whore in Engle wood-neither little girl
knew to-day whose house 1t was--aIid
went to sleep. a lady took them inside
and let them sleep on a couch with, n
furry bear rug over them.
In the morning they took the car to
Edgewater and there bought the coffee
and rolls: sfterward a loaf Of bread and
some Jam and candy. Then they went
off in the woods by a wonderful little
stream and there they found the place
| where fairies play.
They played ell dsy, out SOMEHOW al
their money sxcspt two nicxsls was
zone. When night began to come they
were afraid Of what the moon would
say when It Game W over the towers
of the oity ecross the black river and
they spent their two niolseis on a ride
10 Hoboken, rust to be where bright