Show I HEROIC ACT OF A STRANGER I I Stops a Runaway Team and Saves a Little Girl from Serious Injury or Death i I I 4 I But for the flaring bravery of an unknown un-known man serious Injury or death wpuld probably have come to little ten yearold Katie Stewart of 15S Sovonth South street Inst evening about C oclock Ed Udntosh who driven a hack boarda with the Stewarts and last night while eating his supper the little girl climbed Into the scat and took hold of the reins Her brother who Is two years older tried to take the lines from his sister and in the attempt I frightened the horses which broke the hitching strap and tore down tho road at a breakneck spfod with the little I girl clinging for diar life to the cat and yelling as loud as Hhc could The i nolKhbor all along the block cnme out to see what wns the matter and the I I women were crying and wringing their I I I hands In distress The tumult brought I I out Mrs Stewart the mother of the lIt I llo girl and when she HaW the fast I I disappearing hark with her daughter I I clinging to lie seal she fell In a dead faint Just I then two men came around the iornor of Second East on Seventh South in a buggy and in a flash took ill lie whole situation They whipped up their horse and urged by the cheers of the lookerson they dashed down the toad at nearly twice the gait of the fleeing hack It wax u race for life Finally tho hack was overtaken and passed when one of the men Jumped out of Li tie burryy with not a second to spare grabbed the bridle of one of the horses and with a Jerk brought the animal down to UK knees and stopped the runaways amid cheers of Hero Ilero Mclntosh came running breath lesily and took charge of his team whili the two mon who would not give their names drove away In the meantime mean-time the mother had revived from the fainting ppll and when the I reckless little Katie had boon placed In nor irmn a very affertiMK fccnp followed Hud lip horses not boon Kloppod the little girl would probably hae been seriously se-riously Injured If not killed |