Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1879 — The Merry, Merry Maidens and the Tramp. [ARTICLE]

The Merry, Merry Maidens and the Tramp.

As two lowa girls were disporting themselves in a secluded pool of the Maquokota one afternoon last week, a tramp appeared on the bank ana bori steadily and surely down upon the garments heaped upon the shore. The ladies were appalled and helpless. Down swooped the intruder, and as several shrieks ran out through the still evening air he hastily gathered a bundle into his arms ana as quickly disappeared among the trees. The fair bathers sank upon the grass in abject confusion and distress. No time was to be lost; another man might appear upon the scene, and more embarrassing situations ensue. The ladies began to rummage among the remnant of the wardrobes left, and fortunately found that one skirt belonging to one suit and an overdress of another had been left. The shoes and one stocking still remained. The hats and light shawls they had hung in a tree, and so, fortunately, these were still safe. Equipped in these odds and ends, and well covered by the laprobe of the buggy, the two crestfallen adventurers started for home, which they oontrived to reach In the deeper shadows of evening.