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Show OF THE AGE OF CHIVALRY Ft Victim of Cupid Bashfully Acknowledge Ac-knowledge Real Reason for Hit Act of Heroism. The smallest boy had , broken through the 4ce and the fat boy was crawling to his rescue. "Come back, Fatty!" the other boys I. shrieked. .. "You'll bust It all in, an' '. den youse'll both be drowned!" " But the fat boy, flat on his stomach stom-ach and spread out to his widest extent, ex-tent, ignored these warning cries and steadily crept toward the black hole and Tommy's clinging fingers. Once the ice made a cracking sound and the watchers yelled with dismay. But the fat boy did not halt. Nearer and nearer he came, and finally hia out-stretched hands caught those clinging cling-ing fingers and drew the small boy, little lit-tle by little, onto the firmer ice and so to safety. "What did youse do it fer, Fatty?" one of the boys tearfully remonstrated. remonstrat-ed. "Aw," replied the hero, "I knew what I lost In weight I made up in wideness, see?" Then his face softened. "Besides," he bashfully said, "I'm faweet on Tommy's sister!" |