Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-14


Do you little boys and girls know
what heroism is? IL you viii lister TO
ne a few minutes ! will tell you how
a little boy five years cid became a
hero.
Gregory was a little boy five years
old, as pretty a boy as you ever saw.
Every one said he was pretty and
sweet enough TO be a girl. He is q big
boy now, and rides a bicycle and
horses and gets into fights sometimes
coming home from school. He il not
SO pretty now as when he was a little
fellow, and If he reads this story he
will be surprised that any one should
tell it to all of you children
Gregory had a little brother Tom,
two years old, a fat, easy-going, good
uatured, big-eyed little fellow that
every one loved. They lived in a town
in Texas where the northers come in
the winter and it gets very cold for a
few days and then turns warm again
and the children can go out and play
without wrapping up much.
One cold morning, a short while
after New Years day, these boys slept
while their IN and papa were at
breakfast. When they gJt up and
were dressed, papa had gone down
town and took them into the
dining room TO eat breakfast while she
went into the sitting room 10 see that
everything was warm and comfortable
/ for them u have a nice time in the
house all day, because ii was too cold
for them to play outside.
Gregory and Tom ate their break
fast in short order and went over 10
the big fireplace to pay and warm.
Tom picked up a piece of paper from
the floor and lit The end Of il in the
hot Goals in the Fireplace, and when
it began 10 burn up he threw ii on the
hearth and put his foot on it to put it
u But the flame was too large for
his little foot, and his dress caught
fire. When he looked down and saw
the flames leaping up ON his skirt
he called out, "Oh, Geg! look here"
GTegoCr locked and saw his little
brothers dress on fire, with the flames
almost In his face. Do you think he
ran down the hall to the room where
his mamma was to tell her? No. he
didn't. He just gave one bound to
where little Tom stood, and, catching
the little dress at the neck, tore ii off
and stamped the fire out with his feet
And there stood Tom. with his biz
eyes bigger than ever, his flannel skirt
all scorched and no dress on at all.
Dick, a big, black, awkward, over
grown boy who helped his old nanny
about the kitchen and did the chores
was cleaning up in the kitchen. Ton
said, Lets tell Dick, but we mustn't
tell mamma, cause she'll phip,' and
into the kitchen they went. WheI
mamma came in TO see what was keep
ing the children SO hong in the dining
room she saw Tom with bullying eyes
looking at Dick, while Gregory was re
hating what had happened. Mamma
saw Tom standing there without his
dress, and a lock Of excitement on the
chiidren's faces, so she said. What il
the matter, where is Toms Dress"
Then Gregory began to relate how
Toms dress had caught fire, and ht
had torn the dress off and put out the
fire. But here he broke down anC
cried, and took him in he
arms and told him how proud she was
Of him, and that he must not cry, fol
he had done an heroic act, for he hat
saved his brother from a severe burn
which might have resulted in hi,
death.
Then Gregory said he was crying be
III his hands hurt, and mamma
looked, and sure enough both hands
were badly blistered.-Dallas News.