Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-28
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Gue voul3 meet a like fate unless stopped
For weeks altcr this happened the news
pa..afa cf The country rang with tho nc
knaw,cA ulcnts Of the girls bravery, and
wilL so.. .csJons for u proper reward for
the lives she hrl saved phcn, notwith-
standing thc claim lac girl had upon the
gratitude Of to pU1ic, the years that
have passed anca the event that made her
famous have brought her nothing to lift
re. aboye The ts. made necessary ~ pov
crt- Instead, he story Of her plowing
and sowing arl rcapiag, her saving and
chopeing wood and teaching between times
would be fulI Of pathetic appeal The ia
tacg is dead, and on Kate, the Oldest 0.
four, and herself not yet %, has fallen the
house burden.
From Il strictly picturesque and romantic
point Of view the story Of Miss Sheliy's
deed Of daring is one OF vivid atro,,es and
daring color. Kate Shelly was then Is
years old, the daug ghtor OF m&a already
dead, who i.&d set led on piece cf land
a.tarward cit Hcraa8 By the Chicago and
Nn-- -Hcatcrn railroad. The land was
hs.l- aud so unit for cultivation tAat Mr.
Shelly abandoned farming and became u
wor,.m&n on the ro:;abed of the new rel
road Exposure brought on consumption
and he died.
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