The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-11-19
A YOUNG HERO or THE GUTTER.

taes . Young nastsisrk stopped Dss.
seress 1sssvsy - the DriAgs.
Ding, ding. ding" rang the electric
gong 81 the New York tsrmtnas oe the
brooklyn bridge just At the busiest hour
OF an afternoon. Nearly all In the great
throhg that was pouring into the entrance
turned their heads ~ they beard the Inn
Irtuois note Of warning. Whist wss this
gongs Why was Il souudeds Pew IN an
crowd knew. but instinctiyely they seemed
10 feel that sonnet hing sesions had oocur-
r~d- INSTANTLY the policeman who's duty
Il is 10 watch the carriage exit Al the
horthsra side ii ths terminus Asd run 10
the strongly constructed gate thrown bsek
against the building and had unfsstsned
IL ready for closing.
Then tho word p~sssd, IT'S . runaway
Oh the bridge, and It's coming this wsvs'
In Another minute the crowd. sprinsias
up. ~ u were. from the ground. blocked
Park row. Several policemen stroye ysiply
10 keep tbs people back from the end OF the
driveway. N-eks were crsusd and ewes
were strained 10 catch q glimpse of tbs
hor~1 and wagon which were Just coming
Into view al the top Vt tho long ssrvsch of
paved aPpro~es so the bridge
Here ha comes" was the cry frum n
Thousand thrusis. and people inyoluntsrily
drew hack. - II 10 avoid the crash " Lieh
might oosne later on. The hor.~, IL could
le s--a. Mas on dad run, but - far away
was be that he only s-~sned to be moving
sio~iy
Then IL could br s~~a that q Young
man sst In the drivers seat aud held xhe
reias- His fsst w~re nrnly brsos-i sxAins,
the fuotsaard. his lips wrrv srs and be was
sxsrtins all bile strength 10 stop the mad
earush VI the horsr. but the incline l.
steep. The animal had evidently los, bis
head. :" and ~as now dAshinx TO his certain
destruction la sn exc-ss VI mad terror. The
s.aiirrn,sn with his hand on The gate tsxsn
siosly 10 riss~ IL. Il sas his ini~nsion
should the animal not tsr stopped 20 shut IL
Ia his fscs. People tessa TO picture TO
thssnsrlfrs TIE erssh. aud turned awsy
ihsir breads ia horror Th~re MAS profound
sal-ncr Ia tho A~c>sraek crowd, broken
oaly by dssaonnesss~i 1xelamasions, AID
shot- all tho unfortunate ding. ding
dag Of she going
fAown The iong inrlinc came tho fright
-ssesi sis~si. has hisck coat t<~;af,~r~d with
fcsstn. and sssyrsl from aide 90 aide By the
franisc efforts u the young driver 10 slack.
en hss gait Ia sDitae IT tAes~ iusch-s the
hosNc aud Wagon narrowly MISSED strik King
the teams ct~wu up nj the sides Of tbs
driveway. From a cab standing a few
hanirvsi so~. up the driveway could lac
beaFi ihr hys,rrioSl srr~ams 81 woman
SAIL tho has~r had bos slzckrnsSi hts sr-crsi
The polsc~man einessi the gate and the
croed drws hack. ~ u ini~ii~d by one
NH. holding its bt~a,h.
The hoss~ hsd Fva~hs.i th~ stone lsains
lraaie that walls In the driveway for the
siaarr II si.p1t = handrvsi fs~t from tic
s,sir~ slk. 4 tsAfr i~gsrd t,ec,hlaek. " ho-e
fArs .hou~i issl~ i~aoath lie coating "
dual Ass'l CRIME. wss sr~n standing on the
tsaiastrssi~ Suddenly the hoy vas s~rn 90
spring luto tho driveway Ia front Of the
plansias hns-e. lie s~iE.i the tishieEesi
fvlns ele~r 10 the tls. and raising himself
frun, the groand hung Al the horses bead.
\ shoa, went mp from the crowd, The
har~p made SEVERAL mere pinnsc.. then
.~syrd fFsstn aide TO sieic and finally stopped
stock s,Iii within a f-w fc~s Of the stout
bar. Of the gate. The gong CREASED ringing
Five minutes later the eairancc 10 tho
bridge had r~sainci tie usual appearance.
and no nsT In the bDrrytns crowds would
have guessed that II had hr~n the sc~ne Of
an ars Of herui.m, .-Nrw York Tribune.