The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1891-05-23
SPENT AND BLEEDING
He Lay Upon the Ground. "Is there Il
& Knight Of Pytl,ias Here:''

He Lay Upon the Ground. "Is there
AL Knight Of Pythias Here:"
From the Pythan (Minn.) Advocate.
Little do the members Of the Order
think while witnessing the exempli
ficatiOn OF the secret work that there
comes time when the most trihing
sign may be put into execution. Like
every other organization we have a
''sign of Distress by which we can
call to our assistance. when in need.
the service of IL brother knight. One
OF the most heartrending and pathetic
exhibitions OF human suffering and
brotherly love that has ever been dis
played by modern Knighthood, was
the scene that marked the closing
hours and saw the light of life slowly
fade from the eyes of dying Bro Walter
| COnOyer.
Near Peoria. ILL.,, a few days since on
one Of the railroads entering the city.
occurred a fearful wrecking of pas
senger train. Cars were de,nolish-
ed, passengers were killed and
manned, and fierce raging fire wiped
away every vestage of the terrible dis
aster. Pinioned under the debris was
Knight Walter Conover, and us he
lay both spent and bleeding no friend
passed by to lend him assistance.
Writhing with pain, the fierce flames
coming nearer and nearer, he sum-
mOned all remaining strength and
arousing from AN organizing stupor,
cries out:
rs THERE A KNIGHT OF PYTHIAs
HERE!''
Thank God! Quickly from the crowd
a stranger hurries to his side. and
though compelled to literally tear the
body from the arm held fast by the
wreck, he bore to safe and shady
nook the mangled, bleeding form of a
brother Knight. Here endeth great
sermoa-lesson for every follower of
Pythias. The following account from
the Peoria Transcript furnishes a vivid
description of this awful occurrence.
What chapter in life:
Zone Of the most pathetic incidents
of the wreck has just come to light,
and it will prove of mournful interest
to Knight of Pythias, Walter Conover,
of Manito, was one of those injured in
the wreck, and when the rescuing par
ty made the rounds he was found near
the engine with his arm pinned down
to the debris. Two or three men en-
deavored to extricate him from his
perilous position, but the arm was fast
and he could not be pulled out. The
pain caused him to lose consciousness
and it was thought he was dead. All
but the conductor then turned their at
tention to saving other passengers,
and poor Conover was left to be Gre
mated. The conductor was the last
one to leave him and he did it reluct-
antly. The blazing cars caused the
pinnioned man to regain consciousness,
and he gazed with terror on his i'm
pending funeral pyre. Hope had al
most died within him. He was power
less to move, and his friends who had
tried to rescue him had forsaken the
task. Conover had one solitary hope
left, and mastering all his remaining
strength he lifted up his voice and
shouted, us there II Knight of Pythias
herep"
Out of the little knot of men stran-
ger hurried to Conovers side, although
he thereby endangered his own life.
The men looked into each others eyes,
there was grasp of the hand and the
prostrate and stricken knight knew he
had friend at his side who would not
fOrsake him in his hour of deadly peril.
The stranger seized Conover about the
shoulders and pulled him away. In Or
der to do this it was necessary to tear
the body from the pinnioned arm, but
it was done, and the stranger knight
tenderly bore his MANNED ard fainting
companion to place Of safety. Poor
ConOver could not survive the terrible
shock and died at 8 o'clock that night.
BY his cot In the hospital stood a stran-
ger, whose strong frame shook with
the grief he could not control. Al
though he had never seen the dying
man until that cry for help went up
from the burning wreck, they knew
each other. There was between them
that undying love men bear each to-
the other, and they were bound by the
mystic ties which do not stop at death
but extend beyond the grave. 1t was
the love that causes men to risk their
lives for their brothers In Friendship,
Charity and BenevoleDce.
oh, What = Cough.
Will you heed the warning. The
signal perhaps Of the sure approach Of
that more terrible disease Consump-
ton. Ask yourselves If you can afford
for thu aoko If ao vlno Alc tn r,,n tho