The Ordway new era., 1909-06-25
pends upon 1t: every second counts
now"
kerved to Strike by the
Thought Of Mothers Danger


81 can't do it; | won't do it," was
the girls reply.
Then order you to do 1t" said her
father. III you disobey me now and
let your mother die. then you must
take the consequences. And be quick
about it,"
To this there was no answer. Ada
Price knew that she must. Without a
tremor she lifted the AK and brought 1t
down with one swift. sharp blow.
The mangled hand was left under the
stone and slowly the injured father
tottered out of his prison. minus his
left hand. Quickly the girl tore n
piece of sheeting into strips and bound
up the stump OF her fathers bleeding
forearm as best she could. Faint and
weak, still the mans indomitable cour-
age kept up. and with his daughter
they worked at the wreckage until
they came upon Mrs. Price.
But their mutual sacrifice had been
in vain. The wife and mother lay cold
In death She had evidently died of
her hurts even before the little boys
had been taken out by their devoted
sister. Then Ada took her father to
the nearest physician to have his
handless arm properly treated.
Weak to the point Of collapse: COM
pletely overcome with grief at the
death of the mother she adored. Ada
Price kept up until the last detail was
done by the doctors. Even then there
could be no let.up. There were the
two motherless little boys to be cared
for now. and that duty fell upon the
frail shoulders of that brave little
daughter of the house. Not a thing
was left undone.
Every one who knows pretty Ada
Price is loud in her praises. But Ada
is very modest through 1t all.
Il don't see why people are making
so much fuss over what l did, said
Ada to correspondent of the New
York World. II was the only one not
pinned down by the wreckage of our
house. and | had to get to work. 1t
was too far to the neighbors for me to
go and get help. and | was afraid to
stay out in the dark by myself.
81 was walked by the crash OF the
house as 1t fell in. don't see how any
of us we're alive when the roof dropped
in on us. Anyway. 1t wasn't SO hard
for me to get out; but when l began
to look for my mother and father. and
nv brothers, soon found they hadn't
been as lucky as |.
Little Heroine Toifed Hard
without a Thought Of Self.
Then | heard some low crying, and
then the voice of my father crying out.
When | managed to get near enough
to talk to him he told me to get the
ak and try to chop them out. l went
to the woodpile-oh. 1t was an awful
long way, or 1t seemed 80, for 1t was
mighty dark and the wind was blow
ing hard-and I got the Ak. Then l
came back to the house and found
lantern. | lighted 1t and put 1t where
the light fell upon the ruins OF the
house.
"I started at the best spot and be-
gan to cut away the fallen timbers.
never worked SO hard In all my life,
and thought l should never get
through. At last. however, l found
tina. 1 was making good headway and
that encouraged me. My father kept
talking to me and cheering me up.
though hs was suffering horribly at
the time, and kept cutting.
"In half an hour got enough Of the
timbers cut and out Of the way to get
INV two brothers out, aud then began
work on getting out my father. That
was the hardest part. When he found
out that couldn't get the ruins on
his hand he told me to cut 1t on. l
told him / would not do It, and begged
him to let me go for the neighbors,
but he was afraid mother was su1er-
ing.