Show A HEROINE saved 1 her brother Brothe ell I 1 II 11 il at COGS of ur own ahe lived in placer county california not far fram where the pretty town of albuin now lands stands tor for it happen d many yearn yeara ago la in the early ba baa a and I 1 suppose that few now residing there have any tiong ol 01 the affair says the san francisco call the family consisting of tier her father a miner her mother and a little brother dwelt la in i email small shanty erected under cover of at a convenient ledge the shanty was a miserable structure of two room rooms but it held what many 2 grander dwelling tailed failed to contain 2 loving household the mother I 1 lay ay BIG abek I 1 it with the feve and carmen then a girl of at 12 performed the drudgery of the house her little brother a curly headed romp of 6 was carmen a ff great responsibility the father waa was away from early morning until late at nigh right at hia his work and to 0 o the little handa bands ot of 13 12 found plenty to do in common with the custom of miners the father kepi kept a alore store of giant powder la in the house which in the present cue WM was contained in a it sack placed in an n old bo hall that stood by the foot toot of at the bed where lay the alk sick bother wather the th upper part aa of the shanty ander the eloping board roof rt waa wall utilized utilities aa 09 a storage place for old dunnage and rubbish one ODO night right the father waa was abs tat Is the th ulna on as night work by ame came abana the shanty took are probably front from the th cracked and defective detective chimney carmen awoke to 0 and that the root iron waa afire aare and sharks lierke dropping down I 1 Spring springing lac up she he loudly cried is t awaken her mother ard tommy but bill the little boy bay became frightened and hid bid his head beneath the coven covers of his hi bed carmen sprung to lift bin him from hie his bed when aae she saw the shower of 0 sparks falling upon the powder box recognizing the awful danger she attempted to leave the child for the moment and carry out the powder but in her excitement the she caught her foot in the overhanging bedclothes and fell to the noor floor breaking her thigh bone unable to rise the brave girl crawled to the box of powder and drawing herself up covered the box with her body the mother had by this time succeeded in getting out of bed end and outside the now furiously furlo burning shanty and managed to take with her bar the little boy the cries of carmen oh take tommy out won t you turned for a time the mothers mo thera thought from her daughter daughters danger the are had aroused some ot of the neighbors who speedily ran to tbt tk burning shanty and lent what aid they could carmen was discovered and re moved her rescuers re ecuer found her almost hidden beneath a mais mass of burning eta ders her back frightfully burned ten der hands bands bore her to a neighborly ln shanty where all that could be don dom to alleviate her suffering fering luf waa was aberli bestowed but human aid came tw late the brave little spirit Ilu lingered geret until the following day and then departed for a brighter land it waa was DO not known until after she recovered con coll 1 clous nesa a abort short time before abe she diw that ahe she had broken her leg her laal were kim kiss me tommy dear ive saved yoo you sod im so happy |