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Show NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL RUNS AWAY FROM HOME Claiming that sho was abueed by her step-parents llttlo Eva, tho nlno-ycar-old step-child of Mr. and Sirs. Powell, living at G5Hi South Main street, left their homo yesterday afternoon and was wandering over the city homolcss and apparently friendless. Down on Seventh South some people living at 29 West Seventh South found tho little girl crying and took her In. This was reported at the pollco station lato last night, together with the story that tho llttlo girl was lll-treatod by her stepparents. step-parents. Soon afterward Mr. Powell came up to headquarters and on finding out whero tho child was sot out to bring her Lack. Ho and his wife claim that they havo done all in their power to make tho girl happy, but that sho la of a naturally natur-ally bad disposition nnd alwaj-3 getting-into getting-into trouble. They maintain that tbev can do nothing with her. |