Thusadorned, he proceeded that^evening to a restaurant w here she was^dining with some friends, but to his^horror she not only burst out laughing^when he appeared on the scene, but^presently made a dash at his wig, which^she tore off, revealing his denuded head^to the astonished gaze of the party.^The youth endeavored to wrest the wig^from her grasp, and so, finding herself^hard pressed, the fair maiden passed it^over to one of her companions, who^tossed it to the other side of the room^:.nd then as, ignorant of the fact, he^still struggled, she dealt him a slap in^the face.
Besidehimself with disapppointment^and wrath, the young man snatched a^knife from the table and, ere the spec^^tators of the scene could interpose,^he stabbed the girl in the neck. Cries^of dismay now resounded,instead of the^peals of laughter which had hitherto^rent the air, as the young woman fell^fainting to the floor. The police were^summoned, and while the youth was^led off in custody the girl waa taken^to the shop of a neighboring druggist,^pending her removal to the hospital.^It was feared that she would not re^^cover.^London Telegraph.
innatelywe had no women aboard,a:.J^the men could oc kept in oettercontrol,^though it was all we could do to keep^t.'icm from jumping off.
