Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-05
From the New York world.

for the simple reason ina IL
is impossible to tell to what degree
of heroism either viii so when occa-
sion demands.
A little girl of 5. who under ordinary
conditions would scream at the sight
OF q tiny fame. will dash through a
conflagration to save the life Of a baby
brother who has fallen into the blaze.
a young woman daintily clad and
afraid in her normal moods to go into
the water without holding TO the life
lire win, forgetting self entirely, plunge
into the stormy flood TO rescue q
drowning person as quickly as the
trained lifesaver.
Compared individually with members
of the opposite sex, women today stand
forth ahead. For instance, the sum
!mer girl and the summer man, Classed
together in ordinary affairs, are far
apart when it comes to matters of
heroism. 1t is the summer girl who
shows the real stuff" when it
to a pinch.
All summer long there have been
young women who have performed
deeds of splendid daring. Many of
them have not been reported in public
print.
This attribute OF bravery on the part
of our women is not new. This sum-
!mer's exhibitions of it are only new.
And it is only meet that the story of
some of them should be tol again.
When young Earl Buckley fell from
the pier into the sea at SLAM Heights,
N. j., only Mrs. v. Floyd Campbell
heard his cry. she screamed for help.
Then, as she saw the lad rise and sink
out Of sight again, she plunged into
the water. She was fully clothed n
swan with difficulty. There was still
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him and enough of desperate terror to
make him very dangerous. He grabbed
Mrs. Campbell. and with arms around
her neck and legs twined about her
bodv chung with a death grip.
Then came a frantic struggle for life.
She struck the boy in the face and
tried to choke him. His weight and
her heavy clothing bore them far un-
der the surface. When they rose again
she put forth all her strength to drag
their weight nearer the shore, where
the shadows would give her q foot
hold. Her efforts were successful, and
thus she brought the boy TO land, and
together they fell on the beach, tx
hausted.
At Lake Hopatcong Miss Edna Hart
man saved the lives of -four drowning
persons on as many occasions, Miss
Hartman is only Is years old. very
pretty and. a splendid swimmer. An
other heroine OF Lake Hopatcong Is
Miss Fife Field. of Rutherford. n. j.,
who plunged into the water in her
Sunday finery and rescued Walter
Hutchinson, a 1~2-year-old boy, in the
nick of time.
Mrs. Frederick CT. Ware has just add
ed another rescue to the fourteen she
has mad in the nine years that she
has lived near the canal at Ansonia.
Conn. She has saved six boys, four
girls, three women and two men from
drowning. Her latest rescue, and one
of the most difficult, was that of Mrs.
Charles Cahill. who fell into the canal
where the water is twelve feet deep.
Mrs. Ware ieaped in after her, fully
dressed, and after a hard struggle in
the presence of several men who were
too frightened to give aid, brought the
unconscious woman to shore.
Then there was the brave rescue by
Mrs. Frederick e. Crane, of Brooklyn,
of her ~10-year-old daughter and the
latter's girl playmate, who together fell
off a pier. into deep water at Saybrook,
y. j. She went in after them. En-
numbered by her heavy clothing. h
performed a great feat of physical
ly to land, where she herself sank ex-
hausted from the shock and strain.
And not least among the water he
roines is Miss Mamie Sheehan, of this
city, who a few weeks ago plunged in
to the Navesink river and saved the
life OF James Edward Connolly. a re-
tired merchant of Washington, and
personal friend OF President Roosevelt.
Miss Sheehan swan q long distance TO
reach Mr.. Connolly, who had fallen in
to the water from a and could
not swim. With consummate skill h
brought hin safely to land,
Miss Florence Bowen, a pretty Chel-
sea girl. saved the life of her 6-year-
old nephew when they were we'll out
at sea. The little lad fell out of the
boat In which the two were rowing and
sank. When the child came to the sur
face he was some distance from the
boat, and Miss Bowen says there was
not a moment to lost. She sprang into
the water and swan to the youngster.
She got a firm hold of him and piloted
him back to the side of the boat.
And this brave deed was equalled. If
not surpassed by little Mary Edick,
aged IL, granddaughter of United
States Commissioner Shields. in saving
the life OF her playmate, Tommy Will
liams, aged 10. 1t was in the Hudson
river, off Grand View. Tommy had
swami out into the river a long distance
much longer than he had ever at
tempted beforehand then discovered,
out there all alone, that his strength
was falling. That discovery brought
panic, with a scream for help, he
sank. At first Mary, watching his
pranks from the shore, thought he was
still playing. When he rose to the sur
face only the back of his head showed.
and again he disappeared. Instantly
Mary dived from the pier and swan
with all her strength toward the rip
pies. AS Tommy came up she seized
him by the hair. Holding him at arms
length and swimming, "sailor fashion,"
with the other hand. she made for the
shore crying for help. Mr.. Edick heard
her calls and helped her al the shore
to take the unconscious boy from the
water and TO restore him to life.
The summers deeds of the girl hero
include the capture of many burglars.
The record OF her accomplishments in
this line have made man q pretty
story. The World Magazine has old
how Mrs. Esther Evans, the plucky
little ianitress at the apartment house.
No. 12S West rwenty-ninth street. has
captured since June % seven burglars
and turned them over to the police.
hen there was Mrs. Margaret Hayes
who found a man ra~nsacking the rooms
of a boarder at No. 907 East One Hun
bred and Sixty-fifth street. What are
you doing here?" she asked him. I'm
looking for a girl" he said. What is
hat In your hand?" she asked, point
ing to a gold watch. He dropped it
and tried TO push past Mrs. Hayes. In
stantly she grabbed him by the throat.
In the struggle the fellow dropped a
Jimmy" Her calls brought aid, and
the burglar was arrested.
But the interest always comes back