Show WILD WOMAN SEEN ON CATALINA ISLAND DOES NOT APPEAR UNTIL JUST BEFORE SUNSETEASILY ELUDES PURSUIT Avalon Cal Catalina Inland has n wild woman Many have seen her lint none know whence she comes or whither she goes According to boatmen and others who frequently make trips into vurl Otis Inlets and retreats of the magic Isle the woman Is never soon before sunset and no one has ever been able to get close enough to her to form I any well defined conception of her appearance I ap-pearance except to note that she Is I almost nude und carries a rifle Time wild woman has been seen by a number of the Islanders If their stories are to be believed and nil who 171 I r I I r y t j I I I 4 t dl r r r I 4 t jr 3V I 1 1 V Nor 1 VJ Armed with a Rifle She Haunts thf Wilds of Catalina Island claim to have seen her pronounce bet exceptionally wild and of powerful Amazonian proportions Her hair according to common report re-port Is long and entirely unbound flowing In spectral tresses over hoi bare shoulders and down to her waist Her skin Is said to bo tanned hut hri natural complexion according to soy oral who claim suddenly to have run across her in some of the canyons IE that of nn Anglo Saxon She Is described de-scribed as beautiful but timid as nCI n-CI wn About three months ago rumor has It she was seen for tho first time In a ravine not far from Whites Landing Land-Ing She appeared going over the brow of a hill on the apex of which she paused awhile and stood gazing over tho sea and leaning on her ride About a month ago the wild woman wom-an was seen In tho vicinity of the Isthmus and several boys spent nearly near-ly a day looking for her rendezvous but without avail The wild woman completely eludes all followers and Is as nimble as a goat when It comes to running up and down hills At tho first tho story of her presence pres-ence on tho island was discredited but in the lat few days tourists have returned to Avalon from hunting trips and verified tho report They claim to have seen her in sections of tho Island widely apart Indicating that she Is a great traveler There has been soma talk In Avalon of organizing a searching party to go after the woman and run her down A number of men have volunteered but tho women here think she ought to bn let alone |