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Show Exciting Scene Seldom do any people enjoy mud baths, much less do young dcbonnalr maidens. A sand bath on the ocean beach is, to be sure, a pleasant affali; but a plunge Into slimy, slippery, sticky, Logan river mud is quite an-I an-I other matter. But there is one maiden maid-en who revels In them. She went with So and So, together with proper escoits, to take a boat tide in the very beautiful gasoline launch ccitaiu young gentlemen own dowif on Logan river. The place on the river where the boat Is kept Is characterized by such an abundance of mud and of such a kind, as only Logan Lo-gan river can pioduce. Not far from the boat-house Is a plank extcndln out over the water! and to this went one of the gentlemen and the maiden with another lady. When they leached leach-ed the plank woman's cuiloslty led Miss Dcbonnalr onto It. Below lay the ditty, yellow water of the river and beneath the water lay thiee feet of greasy mud "What a beautiful evening!" exclaimed ex-claimed the maiden. "What a perfectly per-fectly lovely moon! And Just look at the beautiful sky, all red In the West. See how eveiythlng Is rellected In the water," and she stepped farther out onto the plank. With a ticachcious snap Hie plunk bioke. With a scieam, the maiden (hopped into the water. Hoirois! Down Into that mud shcsanlc, deeper anil deeper. Out to the edge of the ihei, trcmblhiL' wit!; excitement, rushed the young man. "Here! Uivo 1110 your hand," he ci led. "Unity ! " gasped the victim. "Th-thl-lhls w-w-wuter Is e-oo-cold and it's u-tip to in-iny w-wuiste." "All light. Now tuko my hand." "Quick! 1-l'in s-slnk-sinking in th-the th-the mud!" "Now, Jump!" He pulled as haul its he could and landed her safely onto mote mud, while he got quite a bit ul mud on his tiouseis. Not long after she emerged fiom a farmer's house attlied In nice clean linen that fitted hi places. The heio gallantly assisted hei into ihe biat and Hie p.uty launched loith ouiu ihe pleasant water |