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Show S0MK UKAVE "WOMEN. PLUCKY FtMALES WHO COMPARE FAVORAQLY AITH MEM. ttra. Aana Klmb.ll'. lurlaf real ff lild leg ll.rara Herd ( !. ..l l Caltla I. . a Man'l Ur.-Ml" Hlllartl .nj llrr CUlm Thai IH.Ia'l aua "Junteetl. Thrro waa a he rottie of the tattle trail whoee nauie waa at one time, buck In the aevenllea. heard In ovary tatnp fruul theChuarron to the liraxna Anna Kliu ball ahe wna named and llie waa the wife of a camp manner, one of tlno cbaractrro who took care of tho trull, the linking anrl the bnggn,reof the cow tore when a great herd viji on lu trae. ela from the euutlicru rangea to the luirtlmni fei.llng gronnla Una day, when a herd of 0 WW I utile aa camped near the hall Fork of the Arkiimuta, III the Indlin Ti mUirjr. alio waa left uliine In camp white the cattln were fectllng near by Hoddenly, from aomo can-) neeer lo be explained In n ciwc like Ibat the herd lifted ita thonaunda of hca1l an I following a fete excltablo leaden ehirtcJ on a itauipixle Buch a ruali (a death to any ooo In ita path, and Mra Kinilnll nnxlnualy lonke.1 oier the pral rio to tho north whither the bird nma tending A few hundred yarda ah"ud of the bellowing lauta there wee il white li.it allowing agalnat Hie green of the plain. It waa one of the herdera who hail dlamonnted, iitid hla tiony ha.1 dewrted him lie mi dlm.liy In the path of tlifi oiKHitnltu iiralAmho of beef Tlieanhiula bllndol with their atnlc, would trample hlra into Iho oarth wtthonta piuao. Only a moint nt remained for action The woman waa tha only oue near Mm front of the henL l.capinir ujmn a jny ahelnaheil It forward, p-i'alng one ranlr after nnolhor. until ahe waa abeud of the hcntwh.uahedaalieil .llrectly in their way Hhunld hir horae atmnble ahe too, would lie loaL lint the burae did not atumble and Mre. Klinlull came iienrerand nenrtr the mau now racing at hla trot paco to ard her At W.t. when the thnnderiitg huat waa nnt more than throe rod behind, alio leaned far from t lie Ml.lle and lifting with her anddenly etrvnglhened arm the lirrdur by tho wnM, ahe threw him acroaa tho neck of her puny and went racing on until tlity were without the range of the cattle. It waa a deed whlih few men could hare accompllibed and the htndaoina watch prccnted her by the men at the end cf Iho drlra prorod that, hardeneJ aithey were, they recogtilxed a bruro acL a rmtKtr. iiioitixr. Among the hiroinea of tha prairie there inuat not bu ouillted aomo of the women who have taken ap claims and defcuded their righta lignluat all corners, boveral liutnnrosof thU kind of bravery Uie gained atutu wide notoriety, and Juatly eo. They endured hardahiai and took chancue w hlch entitled them uot alone to 160 acrea of land, but to the beat wiahea of the uholo atate In which their lot was taat A Mine Millard took op a claim near tho ICausaa and Nebnukn line, far out on the plain. Vhe hud Imeu a eiliool teacher in llllnola and became weary of thodrudgeryof her position She aeb-ct-tit a h indsome quarter acctlon and proceeded pro-ceeded lo make a homestead entry and to realdo on It the required alx months. bho hail ljem on thu claim but a few weeks when one day ahe notlied luu rough looUug men uoar tho little cabin In hlch ahe lived. She watched them until they hal withdrawn to aoinedia. lance, and saw them polut to the quirter acctlon eagerly, aa If dieciuming ita poa.U UHtie. Tho next day ahe was compiled to rida to the county potollco. Uvo rntles nway, and she took care lotnlo her ahotguu with her On her return tho found that hor claim had Utn 'Juln,iP that la. the men had Liken pusMttalon of her cabin an I prtqoi.l to mat her as an Intruder Aa alio uimo near they motioned her to kisqi uuu) but aha did not hied them, and auddou. ly bringing her gun to her shoulder ahe discharged a load of shot into the aldoof the cabin The men were probably unarmed, for Ihey did not atop to dispute poMeaalon at th It time, and vuc-lting the huuao ruu out to tho pralrio. The girl took tho honse, pleased with her easy victory but she reckoned without her host, for n few momenta later alio auw amolcu curl lng up from tho griuu n few rotls away They had begun to light the prairie tiro and Mould burn her ouL nutiriv) two Mm Determined to have a taste of ro-vengo ro-vengo tint, the girl drew Irom lie hiding iilruo u loodt ritlo, which alio also kept by hi r, undent uball so close to tho depred itora that olio of them had an arm shattered Then ahe took a wet bedqullL and running out lo meet tlie ttro. iouudrd It along a atrip in w Ida as tho cabin. There waa a high w tud, nud tho Haines aw opt by on either aide, unit lng agalu at a htllo diaLincv. lent lug n V ehipcd plcco of sod, at the bilao of which stood tha cabin. The men had all they could do to care of tho wound. ed arm. and when the tuioko chared away the plucky little cx-ethool teacher aavr them etlll out on the prairio. Now Hist Iho danger to herself was 0 rr, pity came to tho aurfaco and ahe Went out and helped to bind up the stranger'a arm, eeudlng him oIT w ith be r own pony to tho doctor's. Homew lint to ht r surprise, aa aho olterw ard eonf i seed thoHiny was .returned to her In safety and she was never aj;in troubled with claim junqiers. Hho owns now her claim and considerablo atock Her deed was not an exceptional oue foraacttlcr Many a man and woman bad to light fur the Ian I they now eeaa, but It waa remarkable In that tho girl tempered her nvinge with mercy an 1 showed herself tonre than the equal of two men. Kausae Cur BL Louis Mot Democrat |