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Show Little Boys Havo Close Call. Yesterday two little boyB of Mr. and Mrs. Rass Dallcy, Alma, aged nine years and Austin aged seven, had a narrow escape from death, and as it was, tho older boy did not como out of It without qulto serious injuries A giant cap was the agency that did the damage. It seems that some person per-son who had occupied tho Main street premises that the Dallcys arc temporarily tem-porarily renting, left, a package containing con-taining four giant caps near the coal bin, where it was found by the children. child-ren. Thoy thought that they were small rlflo shells, nnd tho larger boy, after a futile attempt to light one with a match, cut it in two with the ax, and then mado a second attempt with a match. Tho boys woro sitting on the ground nnd had the cap on an ax between them. This tlmo it went, as an evidence of which Alma has in tho neighborhood of 150 wounds on his faco nnd body, ranging in size from little more than a pin prick to some pretty deep and ugly lasccraions. which bled profusely, and frighencd his parens nearly o death. The younger boy escaped with only a few small contusions on his face. Dr. Leonard dressed the wounds of the older boy and he is getting along as well as could be expected, under the circumstance. When taken into the house Alma still had the remaining three giant caps in his hand. Mr. Dalley states that Austin, who has a strong proclivity for anything on the military order, is a little jealous jeal-ous of his brother, as he appears to bo the hero of the encounter. |