Show GIRL IS THE HEROINE OF A MONTANA MISHAP DIGS A DRIVER OUT OF SNOW DRIFT AND THEN FALLS IN A FAINT helena mont mary smith a 10 year old carbon county girl proved thit she Is a heroine in a recent elpe fience and incidentally one of the most unusual straw ride spills ever re ported in southern montana happened the other night on the highroad be tween achoe and D ar creek there was a darce at bear and several couples started from wa shoe a few miles away in a bobsled drawn oy tour horses driven by clar ence delhi the snow was deep and the night was clear but not suddenly the party was plunged into a ravine bated by the moon it was a hard pull up the hill but after chati the journey was resumed with quickened pace while the merry company sang and shouted like children suddenly the party was plunged into a ravine filled with snow the horses had missed the bridge that spans a gully about 15 feet deep the song was rudely broken off the heavy bass and clear ringing soprano with the altos and tenors were silenced there ensued an scramble at least un of the paita were under the big ed bs they aigul 1 ou and scrambled high grou d ibe horses had broken away and wera dashing madly down toward washoe the applied themselves to the task of assisting those who still remained beneath the wreckage two women suffered sprains of a slight na tine and one man was consid ably bruised about the head however all agreed to walk to bear creek and en joy the dance six couples bored their way through the arow and reached the hall where the dance was proceed ing suddenly one of the company thought of the driver he had not been seen since the spill and no one add thought of him immediately a barty was organized and set out to find deihl the revelers did not think of the absence of the little girl who had started with them and had been res cued uninjured from the wreck they had hastened on to the dance but not the little girl she walked a few paces and then thinking of the dri ver turned back to the scene of the spill there in the bottom of the ra vine 20 feet or more from the sled box she saw two heavy boots wiggling in the snow soles upward the little heroine dug up with her hai ds and feet and tugged and strained every muscle she worked heroically and finally succeeded in removing enough snow so that delhi could help himself which he did he managed to get ait oit before his breath was cut off entirely after he emerged from his tomb of snow he fell over in a swoon the girl rubbed his hands and slapped his face and the man was revived then the girl realizing that a life had been saved by her own et forts promptly keeled over in a taint mr deihl picked her up in his arms and carried her to bear creek where was found and the heroine restored to normal condition by this time the dancers had learned of the sequel of their spill and they promptly carried the girl into the dance hall and showered her with praise candy and paper flowers clar ence delhi went after his horses and found them in a corral the washoe party returned home in another sled mr delhi did not drive |