@oes West on a Visit, Falls in Love ~ Now Carries Papoose on Back and Wears Moccasins ~ Lander. Wyo —A daughter of one of New York's wealthiest and most widely- Known hotel men, wearing moccasins of over her shoulders aud carrying a PApoose strapped to her back—this is ‘one of the curious spectacles that will - be pointed out to the thousands of land ssekers from all parts of the country who will come into this region when the Bhoshone Indian reservation is opened 10 settlement by the government next wprieg It doubtless is perfectiy sale to say that there are few women in this world who, lor mere love of a man. would give up New York for an Indian reservation, 150 miles from a railroad; civilization for barbarism. wealth for poverty, silks and satios for the coarse apparel of a Squaw, but that is what Grace Wether- bee did. She did it, moreover, not for Jove of a white man, a man of her own moe, but for love of a full-blooded In- dian, who {4 pow ber husband and the Inther of ber child. it is a strange tale, that of this daugh- for of a wealthy and widely known New Yorker and her red-skinned husband, Grace Wetherbee's father is ong of the proprietors of the Manbattan hotel in New York city. From ber home In New York, Miss Witherbee. six years ago. cAme out to Fort Washakie 18 miles sast of Lander. to visit the family of J. XK: Moore, who was at that time post- trader there ___Atlbe home of Mr. Moore, Miss Weth- erbee met Sherman Coolidge, a full- blooded Arapahoe Indian. who was then and still is conducting a little Episcopal mission at the Shoshone reservation, a ~ few miles distant from the fort. It was a case of love at first sight— the sort of Jove that laughs at jocks and ¥eys.and defles the world Coolidge " called frequently at the home of the boldly and openly pald court to her Nor 41d she discourage bis suit, as most daughters of wealthy men doubtless would have done. Coutrariwise, she en- couraged it. and when, not jong after ‘the couple first met, he asked her to be- come his wife she promptly and wbn- beaitatingly consented Since their marriage, Mr. and Mra, Coolidge have lived happlly together . and a child has been born to thelr union ~—4he¢ papoose the mother carries ~ strapped to her back, as squaws carry their infants. Despite the fact that she was reared amidst the refinements of civilization SHE HAS BECOME ADDICTED TO THE HABITS AND DRESS OF THE RED WOMAN and the luxuries of wealth, and had all the educational and social advantages that money could supply. Mrs. Coolidge ~ Bas fallen into many of the customs and ‘ addicted to many of the habits rod people among whom she has od for the last six years. She dresses ore after the fashion of asguaw than woman of her own race, she is careless ber personel appearance, undignified 3 Ber bearing. and destitute of those social graces that constitute the chief charm of the city -bred young woman of j@ class to which she once belonged Her choice of a husband and of a life ps involved the sacrifice of all those things that the average daughter of wealthy, well-bred parents value most _Eighly, but bis sacrifice seems not to made ber ln anywise unhappy or To all appearances she is to and happy in the love of her kinned husband and her balf-breed in the devotion of her hus- people. among whom she has 8 10 be regarded as a sort of saint. j# has faithfully and zealously assist- ed her husband to uplift his people mor- and to enlighten them spiritually, her labors have not been fruitless The Hfe of Sherman Coolidge has been ‘ rich In jacident and measur- pieh Tn sehievement. Out here In Wat, years ago, an Arapaboe village attacked and destroyed by a band stile Sioux, and a brother and sis- tender years belonging thereto jen prisoners. of the attack upon (he destruc. ihe village was sent to the near- ¥ post, and Capt. Coolidge a] th ® detachment of soldiers to fom fee capture the offending sav- Md reco She I dlittle Srisonen. his graduation he came back to his own people as a missionary, and for a num- ber of years now he has had charge of the little Milscopal mission at the Bhoshone reservation Near the reser- vation he has a ranch. and upon it he lives with his white wife and his child Coolidge 1s a large, corpulent man, and wears the conventional! clerieal garb. He is popular among his people and does much for them. BOY DIGS CHUM FROM UNDER KEEL OF BOAT. Youthful Hero, by His Presence of Mind, Rescuss Swimmer from Watery Prison. Montauk, N. Y —With both hands raw from the digging be forced them to endure for the sake of his chum's life, Henry Conklin, of Montauk, Is congratulating himself that Lis efforts were successful Hector Buckley, of Greenport, whom he saved, cannot say enough in praise of Conklin Beth are 18 years old Buckley, who is the son of E V. Buckley, of Greenport, paid a visit to Conklin and a swim was proposed. Rowing in » skiff to a sloop at anchor near ‘the CONKLIN DUG DESPERATELY TO " RELEASE HIS COMPANION shore, the young men boarded the ves sel and dived from her side “Watch me dive and swim under the old boat.” said Buckley He dived, but his companion waited in vain for his reappearance Then Conklin sprang upon the rall and dived down. As he neared the bottom he =aw Buckley, stuck between the kee! and the bottem. He was strug Eling for his life. The sand filled In as fast as he gouged it from beneath his body. Buckley could not see his chum and Conklin, realizing this, seized his friend's hands and pressed them apprise him that help was at hand. Then Conklin began digging, using his hands to scoop the sand from be neath his chum. He did not heed the manner in which the sharpedged shells tore his fingers. Presently he uncovered 8 clam shell, and It Is be lieved that Buckley owes his life to that shell, for with it Conklin was able to make quicker progress, At last, almost exhausted for want of air, Conklin was able to drag his chum from beneath the keel They were barely able to give a spring from the bottom to carry them to the sup face. Then they clung to the skiff until they recovered sufficient strength to climb into it Wolves Terrorize a Village. Paris.—The inhabitants of the little village of Morecourt, in the Vosges are living io a state of terror owing to the incursions of wolves from the neighboring forests. Sheep and cattle are being killed and fowls carried off by the score AS a peasant woman was relurning home the other aay she met a woll running out of her cottage door carry: ing her baby In its mouth. She seized a weapon and flung it at the wolf which dropped the child and fled. a hunt was organized by the villagers argl the animal was killed later In the evening. A corps of seniries has beea organ fzed for the protection of the Socks and lives of the inhabitants. They will keep guard night and a): Bride 54, Weds Schoolboy. South Bend, Ind. —Miss Maggie Ellen Sloan, 54 years old, of Syracuse, N.Y, who is a woman of means aod con ducts a cafe, has wed Clarence Clayton the 18-year-old son of Casstus Clayton, of Chicago The wedding was celebrated secretly at St. Joseph, Mich, and when the bride's brother learned of It he became enraged and refused to allow the sis ter's boy husband to enter the cafe Mrs. Clayton then procured accommo dations for the youth at a rival res taurant. Clayton is still engaged Iu his studies in school Miss Sloan had rejected several of The bride declared young Clayton is her ideal and that she will take him as an equal partne: in the ownership of the cafe Cow in Pedagogue’'s Office. Indisnapolis, lod —A cow occupied the office of President Garrison, of But- ler college, the other night. As Dr. Garrison neared the entrance to his of. fice next morning he was greeted with discordant sounds that he was unable to understand. When he opened the door he fell back aghast upon discover. ing a cow looking at Aim discongoilate- 1y from (be middie of the room. About the anima: were scallered books, pa- Still Plenty Left. Men’s Suits Every suit we show is well worth consideration. 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