Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
LIFE FOR LIFE.
The Heroic Act Which Cost q
Noble Man His Lie.
0srMany's Minister to the United States
Saves tho Lives Of Some Pl2ying
Children ut tho Cost
OF His Own.

On . sunny afternoon last spring .
group Of children were playing on the
edge Of q sidewalk that fringes one Of
the many handsome, wooded squares of
Washington. The group mum bered
nearly dozen. Bright pretty children
they were. ranging in age from three
to ten All were dressed in the pref
tiest OF COWS, and near by, forming
group by the mselves. stood the nurses
Of the little ones The charm Of the
afternoon had attracted many to the
promenades and not few paused as
they saw the children at play to watch
them A game Of tag was in progress
To escape the chaser the little ones ran
into the street AS they did so. says .
correspondent Of the Chicago PosA .
largo horse, hitched to hanson cab
and without driver to guide him,
turned the corner and with the speed
OF . frightened animal rushed toward
the playing children. The tots, wrapped
in the excitement Of their game, did
not soc the runaway, and. all uncon-
scious Of their danger. 'romped on
The pedestrians and the nurses
saw the flying steed and their blanched
faces told that they knew too well the
impending horror. But the knowledge
seemed to have paralyzed the senses.
No one moved. No one so much as ut
tered cry of warning There were
men, able bodied men. too, in the
crowd. But, like the women, they
stood helpless spectators of the scene
On rushed the runaway The street
was on an incline, with the children
| near the bottom, and the horse gained
impetus with every bound. But TWEEN
ty feet separated him from the still-un-
conscious children. Women turned
their heads and men closed their eyes
to shut out the horrible sight.
A man Of stalwart frame burst
| through the bushes surrounding the
| square, brushed with one sweep of his
arm pathway through the crowd
and sprang at the horses head. The
man vas a very giant in stature and
his grasp upon the bride was I'M
shakable. But the fight Of the horse
| was too great for two giants to have
stopped in the short space between him
and the children But not too great
| for the unknown to throw the horse
| from his course. The swerve was not
much, but it was sufficient to miss the
children. And when a moment later
the rescuer bro:crt the horse to halt
q cry of Joy wen, 70 from everyone.
| As If moved by the s;:rie thought, all
ran toward the delivercr to thank him
for his act. Before they could reach
| him he fell. His arm was broken, and
q doctor, after hasty examination,
said that he b ad also sustained internal
injuries. He recovered in time, ap.
parently, and in the early summer his
tall figure could be seen any pleasant
afternoon on the avenue. But appear
| ances were deceitful. He had not re-
covered. He suffered, but said moth.
ing. But the pain became at last sc
great that he went home across the
ocean to be helped. His friends here
waited anxiously for tidings. They
came. They first told that an opera
ton was to be performed. Then they
told that it had been performed anc
that the rescuer of the little children
would suffer no more. He was dead
His name? Count Ludwig Won Arco
Valley, envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary of Germany to the
| United States.