The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10
She Loved Him
For His Courage
b. U 3.

Tom Gregory won q girls heart by
bravery. She was not a witness to 1t.
but she heard all about 1t. aud Tom
was from that moment q little god to
her. This II the story Of how Tom
distinguished himself. One night, hear.
Ing something In his room. he jumped
over the fo0tboard right into q mans
arms. Tom clinched with the robber.
who dragged him out Of the room.
downstairs and through the door into
the yard. During this moving scufle
the burglar made several attempts to
put bis hand to his hip pocket to get
bis revolver. but Gregory anticipated
bis design and foiled it. At last Greg.
DRY got his antagonist into q position
where he could himself draw the re-
volver. He did 80. cooked it and held
the muzzle against his enemy's ear.
The feeling Of the cold steel In that po-
sition had a soothing effect on the bur.
glar. and be ceased to struggle. Greg.
DRY shouted for a policeman. One
came and took the catch to the station.
Gregory. who was in his nightshirt.
went back to bed.
The next morning all the papers con-.
tanned accounts Of the capture. and
Gregory. who had gone to sleep after
the affair vas over. woke up to dnd
himself a hero. Indeed. he was q hero
before breakfast. It isn't every man
uho oN~ o&k A~-- - hNn -~~n(~- un~o0
with a newspaper before him com.
mending him for bis marvellous pluck.
1t Is questionable If such acts are the
result Of pluck or the result Of i'm.
pulse.
But when he went downtown to bust
ness he was surprised that every n
he met took the same view Of the mat
ter as the newspaper.
That evening. having an engagement
with Jennie Oglesby. who had been
hesitating whether to bestQw her a6ec-
lions on him or a rival of his. she
lionized the hero. Tom. taking advan.
tage Of the situation. proposed and was
accepted then and there.
Jennie was very proud Of herself in
winning 50 noble a man. She talked
to everybody about her lovers prowess.
telling the story again and again. Then
when Tom fell Ill and it was feared be
would die she vowed that II he did
she would never marry. for she could
not expect to find a man who had
shown such evidence of bravery.
But Tom recovered, and the two were
married. Mrs. Gregory appeared to
have but one pride in her husband. and
that was his bravery. While other TO-
mantle features Of m%atrimony were
worn away by the hard dint Of fact.
Tom Gregory's display of courage
seemed to grow In luster In the eyes
of his wife. Tom was not much Of q
money maker. o did be occupy any
prominent position in the affairs of the
him to be proud of-his bravery. True
his tackling q burglar was gradually
forgotten by the community, or, rath-
Or, in the constant change Of it's men
bers those who had heard of 1t were
being replaced by those who had not
One person was not likely ever to IN.
dervalue this wife.
One evening when Tom was going
home from business he heard cries in
Z house he passed. He listened. and
they we're repeated. Some n was
begging ~piteously for mercy. The door
stood open. and Tom went in. A man
was beating a crippled boy. Tom told
the man to desist and received only q
cursing for bis pains, w~hereup0n Tom
struck him with bis fist, landing him
upon the door. Then he told the brute
that be would look In occasionally a.
he passed and IL he ever caught him
III treating the cripple again he would
give him what he gave the boy. He
also said that he would be back during
the evening to investigate the case.
Tom told the story to his wife at
the dinner table. He was not interest
ed in his wife's valuation OF his PROV
ess and did not look at her to learn
how she received the account Of his
protection Of the cripple. Shortly aft
er dinner he took up bis hat to 60 out.
where are you solnsF" asked bis
wife.
ITO 6nd out all about the cas- Of
that poor little cripple boy" was the
reply. 1T may be necessary for me
to separate the child from the man.
At any rate. l don't propose that the
boy shall suffer any more Of his bru-
tality."
Before you 60" said Mrs. Gregory.
Il want to show you something up.
stairs"
what Is it,"
Come and see."
She led him to a room on THE third
STORY.
There's something In the closet. !
hon't know II 1t IL q cat or a rat or
what It is" she said.
Tom went to the closet and looked
in. Hearing the door shut behind
him and q click. he turned and pulled
on the knob. He was locked in.
"What the dickens are you doing?"
No answer.
"Jennie. let me QUIT"