El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-06
HEROIC YOUNGSTERS.
Brave Little Tots Who Have Per-
formed VaIorous Deeds.

formed ValOrOus Deeds.
Probably the most precocious hero on
record is a tiny boy called Leonard
days ago received a certificate of honor
from the Royal Humane society for
saving from drowning the life of his
little brother, aged 3. The children
were playing with some other boys on
the edge of pond when the younger
Weber fell into the water. The 9TH
ers, frightened by the incident, took to
their heels, but Leonard, without the
slightest hesitation, plunged in and res
cued his brother from a watery death.
The youthful hero, who is bright, in
telligent youngster, seemed to think
nothing of his brave feat, and there
can be little doubt that he is of the
stun which has gone SO far toward
building up the mighty empire to
which he belongs.
Quite as remarkable was the case
which comes from a remote corner of
Russia where a boy of years actu-
ally possessed the temerity to tackle a
great gaunt wolf that had aSsailed a
tiny playmate as the latter lay asleep.
The rescuer seized an ak that CHANGED
to be lying on the ground where it
had been left by a woodman, and gave
battle to the wolf, who, finding himself
thus attacked, promptly abandoned his
murderous intentions and trotted off
into the wood. So silently was the
splendid deed performed that the sleep
er slept on through its performance,
and it was only afterward that he
heard how narrow an escape he had
had from a terrible death.
Russia has, indeed, been the scene Of
much youthful heroiSm. Some years
ago, when a peasant woman was sit
ting with her little daughter, aged
about years, at supper, the curtains
which divided the living room in which
they sat from the adjoining bedroom
caught fire through the explosion of an
oil lamp. The mother sat dumfound-
ed, not knowing what to do, but her
daughter, child as she was, possessed
more presence of mind, for, Selling a
knife, she climbed upon a chair, cut
down the blazing curtains and then
smothered the flames with the hearth
rug. In two minutes time the fire,
which might have developed into a
veritabIe confagration, was eXtin-
guished, and the whole business was
carried out by the unaided pluck of a
mite of 8: Fortunately she escaped |
with nothing worse than several triv- !
ial burns, and her brave conduct was /
the talk of the village for a long time |
afterward.
Even burglars have found them |
selves worsted by children little more |
than babies. and in Nottingham, not so |
very long ago, a burly disciple of Bill
Skies was subdued and captured by
the action of a schoolboy Of II. The
boy slept in a tiny room adjoining his
fathers apartment and was awakened
one December night by sounds of
struggle from the latter chamber.
Without an instant's hesitation the
child seized a poker and gliding on tip
toe into the room found his father in
the grip Of a massive burglar, who was
gradually choking him.
Quick as thought the boy hit the ruff
fan, once, twice and thrice, upon the
head, with the result that he loosened
his grasp on the fathers throat and
fell to the floor stunned and helpless.
Ten minutes later he was on his way
TO the police station under the guard
lanship of two stalwart constables.
and it afterward transpired that he
was a malefactor long wanted by the
police for a series of daring burgiarieS
Times.