Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28

! ow. She knew the value of n bridg
and q river and a musical plash. AM
she determined to stick.
One old tramp and a dog were re
/ sponsible for most Of what follow
ed. The tramp came humping alonI
through the town. bent on finding
country stray stack ~ soon az possible
and az the widow on the bridge hearc
his footsteps she began to look artles'
and coy.
1t was labor thrown away. The
tramp was nearsighted and bumped
up against her. and in her fright she
went over the low railing and down
Into the water. II she couldn't swim
like a duck she could at least scramble
like a cat. and she managed to get
ashore. Her condition was dripping.
also dropping. also Indignant. She re-
allied that 20 dripping. dropping wo-
man stood the slightest show In that
contest. and she dragged herself home
ward and was not improved In looks
)r temper by having to wade through
a couple Of mud puddles.
Miss Vinton came next. She was
sauntering up the hill wondering how
that widow" dared be SO bold and
! brassy when the tramp. who was now
on the run for his life, overlook her.
In his nearsightedness he took her for
a horse and wagon and tried to shy
out She SHE'D to the right at the same
time and was sent sprawling by the
collision. h got out of the roadside
ditch to run into n patch Of briers and
scream for help. but there was no
help. She had to extricate herself and
follow the bedraggled widow.
The dog alone was responsible for
what happened to the other two old
maids. Miss Warner had discovered
one woman ahead and two behind her.
and. snspecting their tiendish inten-
tons. she had almost made up her
mind to abandon her object when the
dog. who had been calling on his broth
er out in the country. came nlong and
set up u barking and growing. Trag-
edy WAS the result. The old maid new
er had encountered n big bobtailed dog
at night on n hill, and she ut once
scrambled over the fence Into the
weeds and ran for her life. She fell
down and rolled over. and she rose up
again and struggled on. and when she
reached home two hours later she I'm
mediateiy went into Mysteries. and DR..
Seatin got his first night call for four
teen years.
The dog had met with such success
that he was encouraged to persevere
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shadows like a frisking haystack. and
as she screamed out and spread her
wings to fly she tripped and went
down. The fall might hive injured her
but for the fact that she fell upon soft
mud. She couldn't 20 bacg to town
looking like the mortar IuIxer for a
skyscraper. and she continued on to
the merchants boarding house to get
the use of noes and scrs pers. They
were furnished, but while she was
using them she heard the ~teD-year-old
daughter Whispering to hei mother that
she'd bet a cent that Miss Hopkins had
come out there to giggle for Mr..
! Strong.
Tint was an awful night 10 Clifton.
though only four feminine hearts knew
lust how awful 1t WAS. Morning
dawned with IA n.urky sky overhead
1t seemed to three old maids and u
widow as il something more was still
to happen. They were right. When
the butcher boy called for his orders
he repeated the same words at every
house on his route:
Say. you heard the news? Mr..
Strong has gone to PhiIlipsviile to git
married today. and he's goin' to bring
the bride home tonight. Hain't Il
greutY'