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Show Soldier's Bravery Proved. The story of a soldier's daring comes from Harbin. The usual nondescript crowd was on the railway station platform. plat-form. A non-stop Manchurlan express was swiftly approaching, when, to the horror of the spectators, a child was seen to crawl on t.o the metals in front of the on-coming train. The child's fate appeared to be inevitable. At the same instant, a soldier darted across the lines. As both the soldier and the infant in-fant momentarily disappeared from view, it was believed that they had been mangled to death. The courier ..i. . i passed in a flash, and ,to the vociferous ; joy of the spectators, the soldier was seen standing on the opposite side of the metals with the child in his arms and one-half of his long gray overcoat torn and carried away try tne locomotive. locomo-tive. The crowd immediately subscribed subscrib-ed a reward of 70 roubles for the brave rescuer. |