The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-21
LIFE I0l LIE.
The Heroic Act W : Cost Il
Noble Ian L LIZ,
Minister - III" '1'trA -t't"a
Saves the Lives II S,..i l,..9:
Children nj the Us.
Of HIS Own.


On n sunny afternoon II s~-lnT :
group of children Were pia .a% "a t. .
edge of u sidewalk that iriT o.
the many handsome, wooded slu4re.'c.
Washington. The group numbered
nearly dozen. Bright pretty children
they were, ranging in age from three
to ten. All were dressed in the pref
test of gowns, and near by, forming a
group by themselves, stood the nurses
of the little ones. The charm of the
afternoon had attracted many to the
promcnades and not few paused us
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 Post,
large horse, hitcbed 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 see the runaway, and, all .uncon-
scious of their danger, rompcd 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 q 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 twen-
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 a pathway through the crowd
and sprang at the horses head. The
man was a very giant in stature and
his grasp upon the bride was un-
shalSable. 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 moment later
| the rcscuer brought the horse to II halt
cry of joy went up from everyone.
As if moved by the same thought, all
ran toward the deliverer to thank him
for his act. Before they could reach
him he fell. His arm was broken, and
a doctor, after hasty examination,
s&id that he had also sustained internal
injuries. He recovered in time, APP
pGrently, and in the early summer his
tall figure could be seen any pleasant
aitcrnoon ON the avenue. But appear
4 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 lpre
visited anXiously for tidings. They
came. They FIRST told that an opera
tiol was TO be performed. Then they
toll that it had been performed ant
tA.t the resczcr of the little children
would suffer no more. He was dead
] Hi, name? Count Ludwig Won Arct
! Valley. envoy extraordinary and min
.,oar plcnipotentiary of Germany to the
ouited States.