THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS ABOUT TO FAINT.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2209, 22 August 1910, Page 7

THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS ABOUT TO FAINT.

An amusing incident took place in a provincial church the other Sunday morning. A young lady, evidently a stranger, while seated in one of the pews, accidently lost her handkerchief. In making a desperate effort to regain possession of it by repeatedly stooping down on one side, she attracted the notice of a gentleman in the pew behind. The gentleman soon got the impression that the lady was seriously ill, and was about to faint. So with the .best of motives, this gallant individual stood up and took the fair one gently under her arms, ' raising her up, very much to her surprise. Then, as she struggled in the attempt to release herself,, another gentleman alongside came to the rescue, and before the lady knew what was the matter they were moving her out into the aisle. Naturally she was too much astonished to find words for protest, \ and they had managed to half carry, half lead her some distance, when she directed an appealing look to another gentleman in an adjoining pew, as if asking him to help also. He, too, promptly rose from his seat, and rendered assistance by aiding to lift up the lady and carry her gently j outside. | When explanations came to be given, the feelings of the gentlemen may be imagined, though they can- | not be described.