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Show A Hero of the Lakei A pathetic story of disaster, o ing horror and of supreme herois to us from the great lakes. At son of the year they are lin broken ico and swept by fieri Venturesome fishermen, nevt try their skill amid the perils and waves. On the edge of the on the shore of Lake Erie an u waterlogged and . rapidly sinki bearing a half frozen, half star vas picked up the other dav, been in the ice and water ford was so nearly dead that hin will beatteaaee by the loss ol his frozen limbs. When he set oat on the te water he had a companion. Is was overturned and they claml her bottom. For hours they dm hoping for rescue. Thentheydi that their joint weight was too i the waterlogged boat. If bothr by her both would die by drowni she went down. One might chance of being 6aved. The other man coolly and calmi the situation in the face, "i relatives dependent on me, w mourn for me," he said at lis' you have a mother and sister i you for support. Good-by,oM I'm going to meet my Creator, with a silent prayer he slid into! waters and disappeared fore'fi was heroism of the highest t; heroism of sacrifice. New York |