@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-
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