Show I A NEAT STRATEGY I FaUN For Want of Enough Strciicth to Back It I A burly rascal who has been a terror to the girls in the Seventh ward for the last week got a lively reception at about 10 oclock list 1 evening It has become an established fact among the people of this ward in the vicinity of the meeting house that for the past week girls have I been followed and insulted by a rough I I looking vagabond Last evening as two young ladies were passin tire large trees I on the south side of the Walker block a I man answering to the above description emerged from the darkness and halted I them but footsteps coming from the east put the rascal to flight before any further advances were made The girls who feared to place confidence in the approaching stranger whose noi e had evidently saved them from trouble made a straight steer for theiv home Their storywas related to a cousin who being possessedof strength and courage borrowed a suit of ladies attire After dressing and counterfeiting a graceful form he left the house a blushing damsel I dam-sel and determined to entrap the lover of his shape He passed up the same I street eastward and then back again I withont meeting anyone He was almost i despairing of his effort when an idea struck him to try the other street He accordingly passed over and started down the west side of West Temnle street As he neared the centre of the block a dark object crossing to meet him arrested his attention He walked slower for a short distance in order to consider what to do The dark object turned out to be the one he was in search of and when near enough an unlooked for blow from the shoulder of the man in female attire knocked the assailant down They grappled and fought for a short I time only the villain unfortunately was i possessed of the greater strength and I after inflicting a few slight blows he made good his escape There was of course no police within I blocks and the affair might easily have turned out much more seriously I |