Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-04
PLUCKY GIRLS.
A Seaside storY-Ahout tho Eaby- Eoley-Afal-
 lag 1assss Killed by Crane.

Miss Nellie Reed is the name of young woman ot Georgia who recently accompanied her uncle to Nag's Head, North Carolina's delightful resort. Last Wednesday afternoon she acceuted au invitation from one CT her admirers to
 go sailing on tho sea. Tie day was
 pleasaut sld the young folss enjoyed
 them selves. stsrtlqg just before suudOvn
 Co return Co the shore. iE going about
 the boom struck -he young man tern
 tic blow on the head and hurled him
 into the water. Miss Reed instantly
 seized a boat-hO0k and by hanging over
 the rail, exercising her utmos strength, she was able Go drag her companiCu's
 body on board. Her efforts tu rest lTe
 the young man to consciousness were nut SD successful. however, and it occur
 red Co her that the best tLing 50 do vas Co sail with all speed for the shore. She had never handled a boat, bu. she had
 watched sailors closely, and in few minutes the craft was scUddine away at a lively speed. Most persons would have been appalled, at such task, especially as 1t grew dark and the wind freshen- ed. 4 steady run Of tLree-quarters of an hour brought the boat to its landing, and then the plucky Georgia mss de- hvered her wounded charge into the hands of ius friends The young man has recovered from the blow and the young woman is the admired of the Nag's Heac Company.
 Swope ard Mrs. Swope are barely out or tLelr teens. and vet they have found time to meet, .1 court, to love, Go marry. to quar1e. aEltg part The Swopes live at NeuIot, Illinois. When they parted . the wire carried off the baby. The other day tl- baby Was taken by its mother Co the court house, and the
 father, sna. slmE 1t from the maternal arms tried to get to his carriage near by. . Mother, in0tAeI-in-law aud quite num- !. Icr ol women performed a wild war dance arUUrI the patcnai kiJnarper, !. but the aid was mapped and placed iu the hands Of a nurse ia a uCiEH1orIuE !. town. Before the chld had been u the !. custody of the nurse tventy-f1ur hours the mother made her appearance and, l. before the nurse could offer objections, ! she caught Ip the child, skipped out of l the house, drove fuuously over into her ! county and arrived safely at her fathers . house with the htile charge. The | The spunky heroine is now ma-terof the !
 
 and wife are O wealthy and respectable ] families the affair is causing considera- ! ble interest for miles around MenGOta.
 Miss Jennie Henrie IS the name of young woman who has won the admira- ton 0i the people of Kansas. Some time ago siio secured tract Cf land on Ash Greek. "Ao show what an enter ! prisinZ girl can du. says the Legan En- ] a. ..a.H H.. that place several years ago with barely i enough meims Co susta.n herself after | entering the land. She went tO 0rk by ! the ~eek gnd the monsy she earned was | invested in -JmrroyeI Nf0rn.SS on the land | until now, ht wmUIr - of her about ! thirty acres under cultivatro O'Neif toigs,9, able house, well furnished, and 0IaI,,- valuable Improvements. By her industry | and perseverance she has gained the ad- F mirauon oi all who know her. She will | soon have a deed q, one of the best | tracts ot ianC Iu that country. We take ! pride iu mentioning such instances as thIs. and thus they VII prove a worthy example to some young men we migh, mention to initiate
 4 clever California girl is mentioned by the Nisalia Delta, which says: "A young man in the neighbour 01d had taken up l6D acres of land, built g house upon it, barn. bored wells. dug ditches. -1vu it in wheat and iu ail p-Ut lun- dreds of dollars upon it. It happened Co be ga dry season and the crop iailed He became discouraged and offered bis clam and Improvements at a sacrifice The youuE lady gave hm Sll1 for his right, title and interest il the land and CI it. She let j, lie. SLc need do nothing more. Sa. s0li tLe in- crop for hog feed. The hogs rooted and scattered it. The winter rains came and with them came the volunteer 1rOp which matured and has just been 'Ut, yielding twelve hushCis per acre on l2O acres. She will clear at least S1,JO0, besides having the land and the im- 
 A few days ago a young woman who s visiting Gt the BousaIi mansion in Arkansas City heard au unusual iutter- ng in the room where cage of cauaries were Upon going to seek the cause she discovered rlJtilsnGte cojlcJ ,rOuLd the cage. The reptile Was m he act u- [, ,iLariug one ol the birds, ] s much by t.e peculiar uudu'atiuE mo- non of it5 head Gs uy its basilisk eyes ! he faiT rescuer at once made an ou- .lauEl. with a par of toaEs and the make knocked from the cage. shortly .ftervard the young woman found 1t .oiled around tle leg oi table, and she bruised lJs head SO positively taat It ,are up the ghost The charmed cana E., though it had not been touched by le snake, died a few hours afterwards.
 X young woman. who is visiting in I llktou, Md, was out with a pleasure i larty in Captain JolIiae's boat last week, . ghen the question of marksmansLip 1ith a pistol was discussed Captain .clide had on board a large calibre smith d Wcssou's pistol. He pointed put to her a crane feeding along the lure, at a distance of about seventy i've yarjs, and asked her to fire at it. ! Is she vas aaout to take ann the crane lew. tut she fired. striking it and bring !