A MODERN ROMANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 385, 17 July 1889, Page 3

A MODERN ROMANCE.

Within the pasb few weeks a working man named Kelk, l-esidingat Worksop, Nofctinghamshire, England, and ab present employed by v the "Worksop Co-operative Society, has been rewarded in a singular jmanneripra service. i;endered^by him to a , ypu,ng lady fifteen year's a'gd. ' The incident isall t,he more romantic otf account of the number of years which" hav'e^clapsed, and the fulfilment of a promise "matle' by a child aged six years. It appears that Kelk was formerly a soldier,' and in the autumn of 1874, although he had then left the army, he went to Stockton-on-Tees 'in his regimentals to have -his "photo' taken, and while there he -noticed a- carriage stop in one of the principal thoroi ghfares. The coachman got down from the box, bub had scarcely reached the ground when the horses dashed off at a terrific pase, dragging the carriage behind it in which was sat a young crj r | ot some' six summers. It was evident to all who saw the runaway that unless its mad career was stopped the child would probably be killed. Kelk walked into the middle of the road, waited until Hie advancing horse reached him, and then sprang at its head. He was carried about 100 yandf hanging ..on to the horse's head, » but eventually succeeded in stopping it. The child, who was i-ery much trighter.edj thanked the man again and again, Look hi& address, and told him that &he could not reward him for his bravery then', but would do so when she came ot ajxe, and assured him that he would hear from her at some future time 8 True to her promise, "on attaining the acre of 21 a few weeks ago, she made inquiries as to the whereabouts of Kelk, but her efforts for a time were unavailing, until a commercial traveller, intimate with the^ family, happened to mention that he knew a : man at Worksop whose name was Kelk, and promised to make inquiries as to whether he was the man sought for t • His investigation proved that the Worksdp 'man was 1 the one wanf cd. The family was-comm unrcated with, and Kelk received a letter belling, him to go to a station, neaiV/Manches'ter this week. He did so, and was met by a carriage and pair, and taken to the home of the child — now a woman — whose lite he had saved. Arrived there, he was hospitably entertained, and before leaving was presented with a handsome gold, watch, a gold guard and seal, and £80, -likewise in gold. The watch bore the following inscription :—: — ; Presented to T. Kelk for his bravery at Sfcockbon-on-Teeski 1874. ' Needless to say, the incident has created quite a sensation in Worksop, and the towpspeople,are loud 'hi' their praises of a young lady who has so .faithfully- kept her promise. Her name is 'ftliss' Wright, but the man Kelk is not sure of the name of her residence, beyond the • fact that it ?*§ near Manchester.