Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1915-10-30 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

NORTHERN WEEKLY GAZETTE.  • 7 OCTOBER 30, tem • d whilst the other two latter 'made no resistTwo of the men set on Ted . ,s a u,seful pair of fists set upon the eatables. Thet. i as , ance but Teddy did. He ow and 'he put up a good fight far as I could see which wasn't far. The fact is things happer ed so quickly that I hardly know what 1 saw or ',"lat I didn't. But one thing I know I saw—Sadie spr. 'nt like a deer across the sward, stop at twenty pas_ s, and uncoil her skippisg rope. Two of the marauders were stoky--ing over the table cloth with her heads close toget her when something ,-„ came swish-swash over their hssads and curled like a serpent round their bodies. -'hey sprang upright with awful oaths and tried to get free from their entanglement. But Sadie saw, to that. The skipns ping rope took them by the elow and packed the t two miscreants together as tigisst as a couple of Cambridge saus-ages. The mores they struggled and cursed the tighter it gripped.', Then Sadie gave a sudden jerk and they rolled s over as helpless as a couple of trussed chickens. l' Then she took the rope half a dozen turns roundsa silver birch and set off on a new trial. : This was the rescue of Tedfdy. Ma and I and the kids had been so fascinated ivith Sadie's lariat that for the moTnent we had lost ksight of Teddy. Now, to our horror we saw that he.; was kneeling on the chest of one of the boasts, ar d that the other had actually picked up a table-I, nife that was -lying handy and was taking a run eel Teddy's back! ii We all screamed in unisons-ali but Sadie. She acted. She left her rope to sl(s its duty and let fly at this murderous fehow's heisasl with her walking stick. It came down with anii awlui whack and he turned round with a snarl 3U-tie a trapped hyaena. Then he saw his two comra4e-5 bound together and helpless, and the wonder of it smote him like a blow. He cast the knife asi ay and fled through the bush just as Harry sprinaed in and helped to secure Teddy's prize. , But though the victory was complete we did not know what to do for the best till a happy thought struck Sadie. , " We don' warat to be burtitened with this trash," she said, "We've no use fo'4 it. We'll leave the tWo skipping rope prisoners bound to their tree, and run the other bandit a mile towards home. Then we'll let him make bac:ll.-tracks and loose his chums—if he wants to. Say sr• This seemed to be somethinaAt on the lines of the old puzzle about the river, ths.4, sox, the gorse and the corn, and we acted upon ni. Whether Teddy's victim ever returned to set hi.; comrades free we never knew. Sadie's; only regret was ths loss of the skipping rope. But she had cot -ipensations. Their mutual danger and help seemed to bring Teddy and Sadie together like magnetism. a)nd before two days were gone they were engaged, with Ma's fervent blessing. It is quite immaterial and quiTse unconnected with Sadie's skipping rope and the way she lassoed two wild beasts, but I might as "sell mention it nevertheless. Harry Lisle. the " n ut '' having now hopelessly lost his friend and Osnt Teddy, asked me to : take his place. I knew it v sould please Ma. so just a to even things up a bit sand keep the balance of power I said "Yes." 11reanwhile Sadie still playa •` follow my leader," bu 4 it is Teddy who does the 'pepper and salt" at bier bidding and not the kidsl  DO