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Show BRAVE GIRL SAVED A FAMILY Mlaa Dora I-ortlno deaerves all the pralae thai has been histotved upon her bv the people of western Texna for th. lourage ind good aenae she recenth dla pli)ed In aivhig a whole fundi) from lertnln death on the aril plnlna of the Devil Itlver countrv Aaron Pnrgo anl hla wlfn and two ihlllren would aurclt have died of thirst If this fearleaa Texaa girl hn I not rlaked her own life under Irving ,tr, umalaucea and cnriled watar lo the loat nnd hopeleaa aufftrcra Mlaa limine haa nlnai)s been regard ed bv her friends aa the poaseaaoi of pe collar trails or iharaeter but her warm eal Rilmlrers were more than aurprb. I when thev wete told nbout her moat atnrtltng adventure It wna well know i that she wna n boll rl If r and ,i great hllntreea fearing neither wild unlmnls nor will men but It had never l-eii ant -poanl Hint she would stand out on the plains and ex, hange ahota with half a doaen drapers.toes an.l linn lie a gun Willi the .oolneaa of a tried veteran until th detnlla of the affair that haa ninde lor famoua were reiorled In the little tiwn on tho Itlo Hriinile where ahe lived fot man) veara Vbout the mid lie of April Mlas 1 online terminated on, if h, r huntliir lours on the plains at Doa Mimn rinch on ihe arid plnlna of weat.rn Texaa some llflt Jl Ilea hevond Devil lllver Her ponv hid fallen Inme her dogs were tired nn I Ititha lur pet Jaguar wna ao ihlrsti that h, refuard to go farther even aft r he hud coi hla r-d tongue Mlaa limine was well acquilntcd with tin women of the famtlv living at Dos Mamn and ao nccepted an tnvltntlnn to remain over night There ahe met Vnron I a ran who Intended In croas the ilnlna on Ihe next dn Mlaa I oralne wanted to go to the Pnlmn ranch on Devil river and not being familiar with tint region ot tountrv she waa glad to llnd compnnv The people at the Alamos warnel the traveler to be cireful and not loae their VI ! as at least Mill mllpa to Devil river nnd there was net a drop of water to be found on the plains IinOINVINQ OP THH nvENTru. jcii hi;i Mlaa Doralne found Mrs Fargo goo 1 compon, nnd ah" n, cepted a Bent ln the covered back allowing Itoman her pon) to Hot lieh'nd it the en I or a loofe rope lipping Hint a little rest might Improve hla Injur il foot On the morning ot their departure tl e sun roae In a cloudless skv an I in less than nn hour the snnds nf the barren lalns were scorching hot As the clums) wagrn rattled over the. unbroken wnste the sunburned girl to whom a tch life vvna mire monoteti) wna thinking of the dancer of rroMlng the desert without helng well prepared when one of the Vnri,n children bcnn to call for wnter Tho cnreleas father had trusted a Mcxl can to nil the two small kega that were lnahed ti the aides of hla vehicle before leaving Dob Alnmoa He stopped his niulca nnd taking a cup went to a keg nnd pulltd out the Hooper A look or hlnnk ninixement spread over the mans flee Iheie was not a drop of wnter In tie keg 1 rth were emptv Mlaa Iiralno was In f iv or o' turning about at once nnd golni, hnck to Dos Alamos hut Fargo Inaletrd on nuraulng the Jojriirn It wna tlfteen rnlbs he sail back to Dos Atnmoi. and onl) ten to Ilully Ilov s tnik where he felt sure the.ro was jilentv of water Forgo had atoppetl ut Hull) I ot a mmo )enra previous, and he renumbered re-numbered tint there waa a greit lake at that place which never went drv Mlaa I oralne ctruratl) pleaded with Fargo to olnrdon Hie Journey 'The rlik la loo gre it iha aald If )ou And Hull) Ilov a tank drv our altitatlon will be deapernte The hnrsis will not bo able to go farllur an I our throats will be parched Mrs largo, rowfver took rides wlih her bus bund rnd the Imprudent father gave his miles the fetal dgnol to go forward In the course of an hour both children wer conale nil) cr)lng for water and firgos throat waa ao dry that he could birdlv cluck to his mulra It was an un uaunll) hot da) and by noon the mulea began to lag and over) member of the piri) waa weaV and allent 1 nrgo stoppel and I lolied beck It la no use to look Hat mil now ' remarked the voung girl Again the) nnved alowlv forward over the, burning sand Hour Biter hour pns-id a id not n word was spoken The , till, Iran bad rrleil Ihemaelvea Into a feverlab sleep nnl the atr-erlng mother hid filbn In n heap on Hi bollom of the haele P irgo a llpa Mere cricked and hla parched tongue protrutlul from his mouth The courage oia clrl of th party sat upright allentlv nursing her slrenglh She had k, pt i hnnlkerchlef over her lips She was alrlv Ing to devise some tilnn to nnve the puctv from p, rlahlng rhe tired mulea were bareli abb to atagger ovn th. hot win I, and It was evllcnt that soon thv would fall HHBT AI30NIINO DISM'POINT M 13 N'T Mlja I oralne waa straining hfr evea tn ward llu hills of Duvll rlvei whi. h ahe betlfted lo be olrfnit ttvenlv mllea awnv and thinking of the bloci of the anlniHla when largo alowl) raised hla han I mil i,prit-.l lowiird nn object In rront or them Hole glenmeil rrom tho siieeehleaa man a e)ea Hullv Uov'a tnnk und visions of a iol ol water roae In hla mind The in ties atnggend up lo the old eal In nnd Mlaa Ixirilne ami Pari,o looked eigerlt iitmui for wuter Thi re was a depiesslnn In Iho earth not fur awnv and the t.ning girl leaped from the hark anil ran toward ll Bli- heard n. aplaah lis aha na, rle,l n Utile elevation 1111,1 alnll ,ndevored In shout with Jn) but h,r tongue nnd Ilia reruael to move She looked over Into tho IkiI or iiii ol I tank or natural lnk The re wis w iter there, neurl) a quirt nf It thick with mud Mlien aho elriw neari" hoping to get at bnat nn drop to w,t her pan heel toaitui slip aaw a, vernl shin) enik.s .nnd a turtle squirming ii in the little milt hole while rabblls and IU urila ait on thai bank looking wlalfullt at the wet mud Aa ahe returned lo He wagon a honllp rovote showul her Ida while fangs as, he ban l mivul out r her um He la onl) milling In lick our bones she thought us slit Inirrbd bmk tn the wugon l-nrgo had mien down on he sand nnd covered hla faci with Ida hanila Tho mother wna Ijing wlih hn u ul on the a.al moutilng In her ev.a llu re waa a wild look The Jniauil lui I lit ii wheil licking Ilia lips Sueh hanlalilna wen not new to him The dg hud I iln down on the, trull muM..1 ?mlT !" ",f B".'. "Kh'hig at", k She enn boiiat nf a long Mm of miuatora manv nf whom won farm on bio nl tl Ida llu. I luck) girl however wna ml lla inaul ti vbld until every reauirt, Im I bom i xhauatisl flit up ahe a, 1 1 ton, hlng Pargo wlih Ihe toe of h, r bom lit ua die trying in get water The hoieliaa man anawirit with a groin or dnaiilr Canting it look of .on I, nqil nt the hurl mass of hiiiuunltt n II big upon tin Band Ml Jeiiriiini hurrlully thnw her sad lie niloBB Itoutiiu i,n, uf t.r lash lag the two small kega n eiiher aldi of hi t horse ahe mounted nul ml,, nwiit toward Davll river Juat na ihe su nnklng like 11 i.rnt hall of ml fit. sunk Int , tho aea nf burning aim I Inrlunatil) Unman had re. ivirel fr m hla lameness mill being n game inuatiini. be currlel hla mlalieaa aeriias tin plnlna l.t a ralrlv rapll gilt ,, b, fori, mliltilghl Ihe hills legs" in ui'n,.i? J'"' rka orcnalnnull) tlew fiom th libit alruek b) Ihe Heel on llomnn a t ,e!e Th i Mierleneetl girl knew that lh, deaerl vtua Ih hind her and that wnur waa noi ru awnv V glorious inoon Bulling sums u iluuilfeaa l.) ri Haled the oullln-a or Hi, tusgisl mnuntalna that loom up n'.uiy-tho n'.uiy-tho ahorea ut Devil river It was nr I tig la-fore Itoman la-gan to move I .sua and alipntllcllel II. scent I watt mil the bnpnlfent pen) 1 egan tn eluvnu, h s bit and shake his head Mlaa liVrame ki w aeiniethtng ataiui the rugged ahnr.a of the terrible river and ahe fan re, I thut ahe might have to wonder inr miles thr .ugh Hi iiiiiilntaliiB beror, all, would lj ilili to find a Hall thn e,i down In t.itviN'o cArru3 uriiNc. npm hupi Discovering a large herd or initio r,n tht slopes of the hills bar bosom swelled wlih hi e for the prtaence of the unlmiila led hn to believe thn they wne ueur a trail Hint led down tn Iha Hvei Bhe wna tlr, ,1 un I hnrdli able to keep lur eeut in the sad lie but tier coiirugii wua red to i , crualii d lukltg down she was pleuai i t, n,,,i l luil ll.iin in wua following n well I., ,,l, n ii ill No mortal eun renlta. sat thin In ne girl how much 1 surf, re 1 and I. ,w anxl u 1 wna to put my hot i.mu u .....i i unhid llpa In th. water '"" Blulilenl) tho ponv stopped with hi lieu, I down and hla foil feet blnciel Vilas I or ilnt ill. mounted and advnn, nu. a .in looked over n precipice Htanclli g rm . moment, weak and alck, uh heard w it, r tlowinc over rook I will fall ,i ro,, into water, sh whlipsred to iierai ir ror I nm dvlng of thlrsi Ihe iony threw up ita head ai 1 anrt Ing furlotialy, turntd a few aieua io ,h right Minx toralna looked lh w ." horse had turntd and saw Dotha. cimiug along the side of the mm nlnln fche cnlle I hltn nnd whin he came to her she found thit his shMgv hrelr it dripping wet Itoman with hla ncae to the Bround foi lowed the trail of the wit jlfcuar anil Mlaa Loralne held on to hla tall After tnklng a few steps nnd rinding the roitn prnctl cable, the thlrtv murtung I ingeel forward sending a shower of nrka rolling down the mountain , les The suffering girl, now nenrlv Insane with Jo fell and rolled b) the side of lur lioblt horse Into the cool cieur waters of the tr, ncheroiis mounta'n ntream Itemizing the dinger of drinking too much, tho atnalble fir I conn ill d hirself US teat she coull but It n iilr. d all her alrenarth to n.astir Itoman and prevent him trom klllinr- hlmsiir fter resting about two hours Miss 1 oralne Illicit the two 1 eea ind 1 shed Hum to the horn of lur suhlle She asciiled Hi rivr blurt with but Ullli dirtlrult) The tlrst part or the Jo irne In the tool night air was uneventrul hut the aim wis hnrdl) above the horlson brfrre the tired girl and her Jaded pon I eg in to surfer from the In tense he it Mlaa I oralne knew that ihe would have to be cnreful wlih the little kega of tt it, r for she hoped to be at le to spare a rew dtopa for the nnlmala They hu I iccomrlKhed nbout two thirds or tho leturn tourney when ahe au idetil) dlacotered a 1 urtv nf horsemen galloping across the rluln Inwards her At the llrst glume Hn re was acmctlilng ntiout the ipptoachlng gimp ,r ildera Hint e ana d the gbl to experience n f, eling of tin, nal-n, nal-n, as M lien the) elrew tu ir, r hr fears w, re increased upon dlaconrlng that lh, strangers were Mexicans Ihe lead, r rbI-loped rbI-loped to the girl s side nnd naked her what she was rarrvtng I pou learning that the kegs we e tilled with water Im shouted shout-ed with exultation Hera la w itsr tu ba Meres ome on' Miss Inrilne, with Hashing eves drew her ponv nal le und told the Mexicans i stand back VI thai moment she untlied that one min among them was an Vmer lean nnd ahe at one ad Ires.. I him up penllng to his honor for t rntecllon 'l have nnib a long Journ, v utter the watir she anil im.l I im i irrilng It lo a woman mil her chllireii who nl, dvfng of thlrat Ihe Teais enwbov quliklv spurrr I Ids horae forwirl I do uol knew th. e, p e, Pie he anld I fell In with lliem nnli a feu monienis ago I Is I ,ng tu Ih l,s Vliimo ranch and I am going to Piling Do inllr- nljrnnd llerorr he I id ion ililded a Mexl.lllt seized on. of Hi k . altempllng to Jerk II nwa Irom the girl s aaddle lx-t go' Hum bred the enwbot drawliiE a Ifltul '.imose' Vim )ill. divlla r Honor said lh lend.t we are dtlug Inr wnler ml we are .ol ig to have ll Nnl until vein have u..s. , I nit ilend bod) replied I hi I xau interlng the man wlih Ids tun One or the Mixlinna (lre.l a ahnl direct Iv nt Ihe girl a l,ru.-t but tin hull nnli grand her aide The rexua girl now be inme furleiia uml eilzlng a pistol In llu Texan a bell she turn, I upon Inr naaall nnt nnd aenl a hull throigh his shoulder Tho cowho) was ruining bulleta iimniig Ihe deaperidnea nn.l though they wire bilging mil falling bmk i hi) returned . Thi tight wml on in a furious pniennl before Hi. . xi mill,. ii of in int nilnutia three Mexlcina wen Ding on Hie ground and Hot li hud uiiolh, r h th leg mil vt in drawing 1,1m fiom Ills and lie Mb a Ijirnlne wna living I, in, I lo kill tlu villain who hail ahot ut lur but her lalol (nil, I to rivolt. Dla.oveilui, Hint hla lomriulia hud full, n the mm gallop.. I awn) with one arm dangling ul Ida ale riu uiw la.i a gun wis nnplv or llolh i a-prlaouer would not invr been permitted lo Hiirvlu the uctlnn The jaguar had drilggnl III, wrt-teh rrom Ida fioia, and be wua about to aluk his while femes In Hi, tliroul or llu ahrl, king ittiitd when Mlaa Lorulii, Ir lilted li) hla till, una ,i nulla inn I, I In cnriigul beaat apart, Ida lite UNI! DI,M) '1 11111313 INJI 111.11 I lure, wua I. il one ,ed man on the I'll 1 wo otlura wire w liiiiibd and one bud Inn torn bv II" thn a mugs 'Ihe um- rda I., am. I Imrel r.u llulr II .a ml ul t iiilluh Mlas Loriilin sh i.l.l. ml ah, u she bought what would aim It hat. hup, . ,,e, ir tlu brnvi e.mtl, had noi , ome to lin usalatiine, all, eoiiid n, I summon the jar'ii'i'ViHindi'.Vs "' "l"""'" "f "'" ,loH- Texii'"'' ""C''1 "' Ik "' """ "" Yea llu) would hit, robbul'inl mir ib rid me ret.iii, il ki,i , V1 w,n .'irwiriruri-r,1 ,'::;, ir' ,: -",; lh. wiiiiii l.d to ih tlMI Mlaa lorillii una .invl.ua tn ratty Ihe ivut.r In Hie aiifr. nr ul, , li hm, il '" ,"' alive nn.l .ft., 11111,,,'h- hipEib of Ihe M.xlcans alu nua about lo resuine her J'Uriuv III,,,, lottl,,,, leggel In 1 "11,'W.e.l to ii ,i,i in, h.l Hhe ulmll, iisa.nt,il ror ll brui bunds, un "clln.v hn.l found a wnrm uli,. in In, ,,, ,l ii. hid fought furl, us I1.", n, "s, d I, r br, nnd ut II... moment ahe riMaril.il bim wiii, reelings that si, 'l , Tin v K HI ' In wonla Thet r. I. a f.xl n that ,,, ,J noi il!. "" ' " ',"' "lll( H" BWBI.I the iiirge, Mmiii iiiiu ii.,:.,gh ! 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