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Show 11 i Mystery in Attacks on Girl Freshman LA WHENCE, Kan. Miaa Florence Bottinger, an attractive freshman in tha school of tat art of Kanaaa um-vanity, um-vanity, bow leavee bar boma only whan aiecm'penied by two polieemen. The adversity autboritiee roqueatad thia in-novetion in-novetion ia tha natter of escorts after a fourth effort to kidnap Mia Bottinger. Bot-tinger. Tha plot whicb haa been wearing wear-ing around tha pretty Ra hatha girl ia tnelodramatie and ia subject to two in terpretationt that a rejected aoifor ia seeking to earry her off or that ao effort ia being made to kidnap and hold her for ranaom. Miaa Bottinger offers Bo explanation, but aiiyt she thinka no loveaick awain ia at the bottom of the annoyances, for he knows of bo person so desperately in love with her. Three weeks ago Mias Bottinirer was aittirg irMhcrrloT of the hmiae where she Too mi. whan she chanced to glnoee up from her book and thought aha saw soma ooa looking in at tha window. Whea she looked a second time and saw nothing aha. decided she was the victim of bar awn fancy. A little later Miss Bottinger saw at another window the asms face peering through the glass. Lawrence is aa old fashioned town, and the townspeople are ia tha habit of leaving the shades in their drawing room windows up after dark. On thia particular evening Mias Bottinger suddenly sud-denly changed her opinion regarding thts sign of neighborly sociability and drew down tha shades. A few nights after thia evening Miss Bottinger attended choir practice m the church of whicb she ia a regular attendant. at-tendant. As she left tha chnreh a straae man accosted bar under an electric street light. She walked quickly quick-ly past him, however, and ba did not make further advaaeea. Two weeks ago Miaa Bottinger want dawn tows ia tha evening, accompanied hr a girl friend. As they wara return-ing. return-ing. about 9 o'clock, two men jumped from a aide street, una of them aeiaed Mias Bottinger by the ana aad shouted: "You coma with aae." Sho nmained cool, and, half laughing, laugh-ing, pulled away. Thia attempt was so daring that she thought it might ba a prank growing out of class spirit. She and her companion raa a little way, aud. at tha man did not follow them, walked homa without further molests tion. Still, Miaa Bottinger oould not understand the joke. Jt waa too dark to see tha faces of tha men, and aeither vsirs aaaadad familiar, Baa the here, if boys they were, oould easily disguise their voices, so Miss Bottinger was left ia doubt. Being a freshman, she did not snt to take any chances of being made fun of because of tba incident, so said nothing of it. The fourth encounter which led bar to believe that shs was really being pursued, occurred after a dance. The moon was bright when Miaa Bottinger and her escort Will Moore, a junior ia the college of liberal arts and ecieneee. reached the girl 'a rooming bones. Moors was departing whea a man wearing a black mask vaulted tha noreh railing, and, stepping close to both students, pointed a revolver at them. "I've got you now and you're coming com-ing with ma," ha said to Miss Bottinger, Bot-tinger, and to Moore: "Ton get out of this quick and keep your head shut." Moore hesitated. He bad ao sort of weipon, and aa the man further commanded, com-manded, "Bark off and keep your hands apt" Moore obeyed. Tha m.1ra ll 1 i: - steps and Miss Bottinger be gee to seir-anL. Two msn who lira in tha house raa out. The intruder pointed his revolver at them and commanded: "Line up there and hold ap your hands!" He stood s minute, aad then, deciding decid-ing that the situation waa too warm to bs comfortable, backed off tba porch and raa into tba shadow, keeping; his revolver trained oa tha group until he passed from sight. Mare these experiences Miss Bnttin ger hss had the company of two policemen police-men whea she left her home after dark. She hss suffered a aervous attack, and rent laat week at her homa ia Sabethe Her father, Richard Bottinger, la a wealthy farmer aad mayor of tha town. |