Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-20
TWO BRAV- WO,l-n.
a Thrilling t.pi.,i" "f Life in the u &.


TWO BRAV- WO|-H
a Thrilling t,pi. ,i" "f Life in the u g,
Nnuni,jI..
The heroine, OF history ave u~ual,>
characters III 'dr ruI>p;cunu, hl th.
emergencies of WE. or rrvnlu,.ug ur
an un-ctt!r state of society. The
same hrro.c aud trs exist in wumn -
nature at ali tmr.. "ul, in Ir..rfl 4
a;r, and a peaceful Land, the situations
tn It call them ont q .'lr les frr.,urn'l,
and ar less key To go upon record
Ihr 10 Ky .N"nn,,ia N,,rS tells n ,hr
foil 'winG story wha, "A girl con do bred
up in frontier life. and prpl ably. fo,
tha' reason. better fitted To- cu,r. W.T.
it dangers; ont eases of female hravCr,
are by no means uncoumoa in our
towns and cites. Those w..o complain
VT h '''n,H' ~.r' l.~rurr'a' 'r-
will do well to notice that in ihi- in
stance Ii was tine q T who proved e. ,u.u
To tic Occ;i>.oI.. Y hill. the U0n4dit wa
utterly helpless.
Rccd : III ich did not differ material,
from hundreds o. others in & dorado
lac same s;rtrgl.nr. onr->'ory >tr,ici-
IRE. perfectly .n'-o crt of pant. with
outbuldngS looninr as if they were
ready 10 tumble down Tn" fnmil,
consisted. at The TIN of this story. OF
doc Reed. the proprietor. his wife and
two oh ldrrn. Ella. The eldest. was n
rather pretty girl @; cgltjrn. who for
several wears had rel cvci the tired moth
or OF much of d. hHrti"n of the h"u,
work, attended Ia ih" duties Of tho
dairy. and WIS good hor>rw"min
w,t!ial. often accom- '1a,ing her father
IN rough r;lc, of ~ j., whrn looking
for stray cattle.
Once a week NJ. Reed went 10 Den
yer to sell the dairy products. and pur-
chase such art'c,c> of funl ~ could not
be- raised on the ranch WIZ" fro.
itcntly accompanied him, and IL" two
wom n thought fotning of being lrit
aion" in the house until long into the
ght, a> the Il Stance to the city male
the drive long one.
1t was on one of thee evening" in tn"
early fall. just is th"} had completed
their supper and tn" mother wa, ar.
ran -ing the Ia H. for the hungry father
and son. tha; the Younger woman went
|, 10 the barn, III" back Of which WAS i'm.
media ely on the road. To- see a calf that
was sick.
suddenly She heard the voices uf men
in the road Rear the barn IL {" ;n.
and scarcely daring Ia breath. She heard
word that almost irJIc her with terror.
The old man keeps his money box
in the drawer of the Old bureau. hu' tic
old woman cares the key"
''liow can We get at z" asked an
other voice.
I'VE can binI ho;h women AMI II
they make any noi,r. We can stop
that
was fairly pavalI wed with fear hu.
she started un. ar RAINING quick,
around to the back of the Io,i,r aud
craw Wing tl:rIuSh an urrn nduW.
wen; to Il closet and took from il two
Icvo!'crs which Were al,al KEEP, lrai
eel for emergencies. cu.ccaling them IN
the folds of her dress.
Hastily rcioining her mother in the
l.r.er room. she was ju>t in time 10 see
TWO burly looking ru!lian~ enter 10y the
door.
Inc taller OF the two men demand Il
supper, ''and II i come quick. tou. he
sad. IN m..nacing ton. The hrINc
girl placed the food on the table know
ing that the sr"undrclS would satSf,
their hung,'r before putting their pur-
pose Of robbery. AMI rp>>i'l, murder.
into execution. She then at down in
fr.,,,t t,,fs 4 4. A
moment their mcal WIS completed. |. he
suddenly thrust the mul/h. oi the
pistols in their fac->. threatening Ia
shoot if they moved.
ENpo>tulatiuns and prou'>tat uns were
in VAN; the heroic girl stood there with
eyes flashing and determined. for what
TO her seemed ages. The poor mother.
rs soon IL she comprrhrndcd the >itua-
ton. overcome by her great terror. had
tainted and was wing on the floor.
AT last the sound Of wagon wheels
was heard comm" toward the house.
and i'll moment the father and brother
entered the house in company with an
uncle who had arrived III Denver thai
G,y from their old Eastern homo IN
rrnnsyl ania. and by the mrrc>t acci-
dent met Nj. Reed on Si>tern,h Street.
in Denver.
As soon n they comprchrndc the
situation they compcli Il the ruili.n-
with revolvers at their heads to submit
To being bound with rupe>. and wh,n
daylight cam they were taken n the
county seat and placrd in jail
The brave grl rs soon n relieved
from her terrible Guard duty. and the
horrible strain on her nerves was taken
OIL, went into u succession of hN>trTiCal
SpasmS, and it was Tor weeks that her
reason. if not her life, was dc>paircd Of
She eventually recovered. however,
and a!terward married wealthy ben
vr gentleman, and is now living in the
Queen City. The two men were r'cng-
ni.eI ~ OLD offenders. in fact thr, were
fu~i'ive> from justice from d. ant
county. and afterward serve: n long
time III the penilcatiary in Canon ti,y,