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Show "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.", Commander Craven Yielded Life That Pilot Might Be Saved. 1 The higher nnd more vahmblo rt lll tlio more ready It Is to lay Itaelf 8' tho sorvlco of others. It would some j times seem that tho sacrifice wero.too grent, as In tho example Instanced'riy Mr. Hutchinson In his "Battle of Mobile Mo-bile Hay." Yet the very act of heroism Impresses the merit or the whole cftar-acter cftar-acter with a dignity and worth whlcl. carries It far In Influence and reverence. rev-erence. During the battle a shot .from the shoro struck a cask torpedo and ex ploded It near tho Tecumsoh. A hole was torn In the bottom 20 feet squari' and the ram sank like a stone, turning turn-ing over ns It wont down In eight fathoms of water. Ono hundred and ton men out of 120 wero lost In an Instant. In-stant. Commaivler Craven, one of tho most gallant oR.cers of tho service, was In the pilot-house with tho pilot, close to tho only opening In tho vessel. There was only room for ono man to Irtish. Craven felt hlmsolf grasped by the '03. It was the pilot. "Let mo get out first, for God's sake, captain!" ho cried. "I havo flvo little children." Tho captnln drew back. "Go on, sir," he said, and ho went down with tho ship, whllo tho pilot wns saved. |