The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
A BOY HERO.
What Tommy Brown Did to Protect His
 Little Brother.

What Tommy Brown Did to Protect Hi Little Brother.
 He was only six years old, littl
 Tommy Brown. His father was
 pioneer out in Oregon. Oook on tn
 map, as always, and find Oregon, i
 you don't know where it isl Pioneer
 have discomforts and privations tha
 the people in older settlements do no
 dream of. They are often twenty mile
 away from any store. If any thing ha
 happened that they have not laid in ;
 supply of meat, four and meal, anC
 these things give out at home, it be
 comes very serious business. If tht so deep as to make them impossible there is chance that the pioneer! family may go hungry; they may ever
 starve. Provisions had given out 1T the family of MT. Brown. There haC been a deep, soft snow, so the roads
 were very bad indeed; but food mus
 be had, or his babies would have noth. ing to eat. So the father started with his wagon to the store, twenty miles away. He was long time getting there, for the road was so heavy.
 MT. Brown loaded his wagon, and started back; but a tremendous fall oi snow came and blinded him and blocked his way. The storm continued several days. The forlorn man stag. gered on as best he could, but it grew colder and colder. He began to be chilled through. Nobody knew what finally happened to him in those awful hours, or what he thought about. Fol he never came home. When the storm cleared away, and people went to look for him, they found him frozen stiff and dead in the road. His wife was dead, and his children had been left at home alone to wait till he came back with the provisions. What had be- come of them, poor babies? It had not been so very cold when he left home, and nobody thought any thing would happen. There were two children, Tommy and younger brother, only four years old. Their father would have hardly dared to leave them, ex- cept that he had beautiful and faith ful shepherd dog. This noble animal was used to taking care of the children just as if they had been two lambs. His name was "Shep." He watched and guarded them at play during the hours when their papa was obliged to leave them alone.
 The little creatures and the faithful dog waited all day for Mir. Brown to come back. They went to bed, and to sleep, and still the father was not there next morning. They began to get hun gry as the day wore on; but another night passed, and the next morning they were hungry indeed. They thought they would go out and try to find papa. They were not very warm ly dressed, but out they went. They wandered into the woods, Shep after them. It was Sunday morning when they left their cabin. They walked and walked, and cried bitterly; but no papa came. Shep hugged as close to them as he could. There were wild animals in the woods that would have attacked and devoured the helpless babies, only for Shep. He was as brave as a lion and faithful as father. Worn out at last when darkness came, they huddled down against Shep's warm coat and lay there. It is the greatest wonder they did not die with the cold; but they did not Toward morning it became warmer and began to rain. How the poor things suffered when morning came! They had no hope and no refuge but Shep. They hugged him, and cried together. They called till they could shout no longer, but nobody came. At last, the younger brother said:
 'Tommy, O Tommy, I'm freezing to deathr' Then what do you think this brave, tender big brother did?-big brother, though he was only six years old. He took his own coat of, all the warm garment he had, and wrapped it around the younger child. The rain poured in torrents, and Tommy had nothing upon his shoulders but cot ton shirt; but he bore it all, and pulled the coat close about his baby brother. There is not the least doubt the little fellow would have frozen to death but for this. So at last the neighbors found them out at noon Monday, cud- died down close together-TOmmy, the small brother, and Shep- Afew hours more, and both the children would have been dead. But how much the kind-hearted people made over them, when they did discover them! There was hardly any thing good enough for those two whom the storm had left fatherless. They will find plenty of friends now. But Tommy Brown is the bravest, noblest little lad 1 have heard of in many a day. He is one of the heroes of the world.-N v. Chris tidn AdUocate.