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Show . IS ill! Though Dying Prom a Wound, He - Shields j His Girl Friend j Yonkern, X Y., July y.K IV. Ing of . a buliet wound In l. Johu's hosplt-il, (lefrge Pelham, t-lx years -old, has sturdily insisted thai the. Injury 'which bro"ght him there-.was Aflf-ln flic led. Alter a careful oxamlrwition,. the hospital hos-pital physicians iunourtced, however, that the course of Ue luilbit made It impossible that. .the. boy. could have-shot have-shot himself Some. of. the playmates were closely que.vtiohcd and the story was gotten from them, lie had been shM, they said, by a girl friend, Mildred Paxter, seen years old. and ratjier than get her Into trouble, as he thought, he do-terminod do-terminod to take the blame upon hlm-scl. hlm-scl. Several of the children left alone for the afternoon had decided to play soldier, and (i'-'orjre-RppoitHcd himself j captain. The others armed themselves them-selves with toy rifles and cap pl?tnls. but .Vildifd could find-no weapon so George went upstairs and got his , father's revolver for her. : "Its all right." he said; "It Isn't I loaded ' Put when the command to fire wns : j given, there was a flash and an ex- I I plosion and the little captain fell with j ! n real bullet in his breast. |