| Show A YOUNG HCROINC Ibo Sottil lire llrollirro I Ifo ot Coital llrr inn She lived In Placer county California Califor-nia not far from hero the pretty town of Auburn now stands for It happened many yearn ago In tho early Dye and I suppose that few now residing re-siding them hate any rfcollrcllons ol tho affair mays tho San Krnnclnco Call The family consisting of her father n miner her mother and a 1 little brother broth-er dwelt In t small shanty erected under un-der rover of a ronxenlcnl ledge The hnnty wan a miserable structure of two rooms but It held 1 what many a grander dwelling failed to rnntnln loving household 1 The mother lay sick with tho foe and Carmen then n girl of 12 performed the drudgery of the house Her llttlo brother n curly headed romp of G was Carmens great responsibility Tho father was away from early morning until late at night at his work nod to the little hands ot 12 found plenty to do In common with the custom of miners the father kepi n store of giant ponder In the homo which In the present case was contained con-tained In a sack placed In an old box that stood by the foot of the bed where lay the sick mother The upper part of the shanty under the sloping board roof was utlllied as a storage place for old dunnage and rubbish One night the father was absent In tho mine on night work Ily some means tho shanty took fire probably from the cracked and defectlto chimney Cannon awoke to flnd that the roof was aflro ands and-s Jrka dropping I down I Bringing up she loudly cried to awaken her mother and Tommy but the little boy became frightened and hid his head beneath the covers ot his bed Carmen sprung to lift him from his bed when she taw the shower of sparks falling upon the powder box Itecognlilng thn awful danger aha attempted At-tempted to leave tho child for tho moment mo-ment And carry out tho powder but In her vxcltemint she caught her foot In tho overhanging bedclothes and fell to the floor breaking her thigh bone Unable to rise tho bravo girl crawled to tho box of powder and drawing herstlf up covered Iho box with her body The mother had by this time succeeded In I getting out of bed nnd outside tho now furiously burning shanty and managed to take with her tho little boy Tbe I cries of Carmen Oh take Tommy out wont you turned for a time the mothers thought from her daughters danger The fire bad aroused some ol the neighbors who speedily ran to the burning shanty and lent what aid tho could 1 Carmen was discovered ro moved Her metiers found her almost hidden beneath a mass ot burning cinders bt I den her back frightfully burned Tn let hand boro her to a nclghborlni I shanty where all that could I bo done to alleviate her suffering was eagorl bestowed Hut human aid came toe late Tho bravo little spirit llng ro until tho following day and then departed I de-parted for n brighter land It was not known until after abe recovered con sclnusness n short lime before she died I that she bad broken her leg Her lash words were Kiss me Tommy dear i I Ivo saved you and Im ao happy I |
