People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-08-05

only Santa Fe town anyway, and
patronizes other roads very little, will
have no more MISC uri Pacific troubles
to worry her, and the Missouri Pacific
Co, will have line over which it will
do much better business. Such a
change would be a great thing for
this county. The Star will give some
interesting news in reference to this
matter in a short time.-COnway
Springs Star,
TIE papers Of EldCrado are speak
ing in admiring phrases Of the hero.
ism of Miss Nellie Raffety, a girl of
II, whu ieOpardized her own life to
her own life to save drowning man.
Miss Nellie and her little sister were
standing on the bank of stream
watching young man by the name
OF Weber wash buggy. Weber was
working at the top of the buggy,
when he slipped and fell into the
water. Miss Nellie waited until she
discovered that he was not rising 10
the surface when she plunged in and,
cropping about the bottom, found
him and raised his head To the air.
She then slowly made her way to the
shore and managed to drag Weber's
unconscious form out upon the bank,
where she rolled him to free his lungs
from water while the little sister ran
for help. When help came it was
quickly discovered that Weber was
dead. He had struck his head in
falling upon the projecting nut of the
buggy wheel. and fracture of the
skull resulted.
Misses Daisy Cummings and Rachel
Branscombe drove up to Yelling
ton Saturday and returned home
Sunday morning. The reason the
young ladies remained over night
was on account Of their horse taking.
with the collie: but why the horse
should thus be taken sick on this spe.
cial occasion when it had never been
known to do so before, will always
remain a mystery. But the event
will mark a period In the lives Of the
girls that will always be looked back
TO with much misgiving-they had
an experience" The girls like their
mothers before them from the begin
ming Of time, knew IT, would never do
to bring home any money, and after
visiting the dentist and photographer
kept only enough reserve 10 the treas
ury to liquidate the feed bill at the
stable. Imagine their CONSERVATION
then if you can when the liyeryman
Informed them that their horse was
sick nigh unto death, and ii would
not be in condition to drive home be.
fore morning. The girls lived days
in a minute-and they were days OF
agony and mental anguish-ffteen
long miles from home, sick horse
and a busted community! Could a
worse condition of things be imagined?
Columns might be written descriptive
of the torturOus route over which
they Travelled in the next twelve
hours, but our space will not admit,
and we know that not single being
OF the wOmankind would he warned
by il sufficiently to hold 10 reserve
under similar circumstances six bits
of contingency fund, hence we de-
siSt, and will close the romance by
adding that just as the gulf Of black
despair opened up to swallow its vic
tins four good Samaritans in the
form Of Liveryman Rush, Landlord
Ward and SchoOlmams Maggie Nc
Candless and Marie Shmidl appeared
upon the scene, and instead OF chrnn.
telling tragedy, We, as the only pres
ent, living paternal ancestor of one Of
the rescued ones, now with happy
heart and cOuntenance beamiug with
joy, narrate only "a little experience
of the girls. New Era.
Children of Shame.
Three car loads OF waits were shin