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Thump of an Officer's Wooden Leg Dispels Drearti - —■—— •DETROIT. MICH.—It «u -the thump, thump, thump of the wooden leg of a railroad detective that furnished the thrill* of romance which pretty Eva Pope, only fourteen yean old. ran away from home in boy's clothes to find.Era was as romantic a little girl ae ever lay In her bed nights reading Laara Jeaa Ubbey long after her parents thought her deep In slumber.She was always hoping something exciting would happen to her, but somehow no fairy prince came her way until just a little while ago. Then came Leo Kelland. eighteen years old.Leo wasn't much of a fairy prince, hut he had led a wild, wicked life and. Othello-llke, won her heart by tales of his exploits.So they eloped. They made it as exciting as possible. Eva dressed her self In boy's clothes and, with Leo. hoarded a freight train to Toledo. They got there In the evening and decided to make the box car their home for the I night Era was sleeping—dreaming rosy dreams of romance come true when there entered Into her dreams a thump, thump, thumping. She awoke Leo. who peered from the box car and saw a railroad detective with a wooden leg coming along the ties, peering into each car.Her heart in her mouth. Eva followed Leo out of the door of the car on * Che side away from the detective. But she stumbled, gave a little scream, and sank breathless on the tracks. Leo stayed by her—to his credit, be ft said.And then the wooden-legged detective came up to her and poked a long Mack revolver In her face. He asked the pair many questions, but Anally let them go with a warning to stay out of the railroad yards.The next day. on queries from the Detroit police, the two were arrested, admitted their Identity and were brought back.
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Jeffersonville Star
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Mon, Oct 19, 1914
Page 6
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