Show SAMUEL PRESTON HERO HEROr tt ft r us 13 1 for just a moment to toT toa toI I T a t t v li E deserved dese ed wreath Ith lh upon the thet i t if f Samuel Sanu l Preston Pr on prospector 1 f r K V Rae exa au pies of ot daunt daunts s q to o lit in the his 1 4 n y f the ut LOW few le are finer than 1 nd rl of oC Preston Presto Prospecting with in m the Nevada ed desert the two i 1 au an pa rated The friend did not t tm t m nr lf It enough water and lila his hi Ip ta out oat Preston ton found him himi j i d U I lurs after h had bad fen fallen faint I MI ill exhausted in Il the alkali dust lIu t of oft t i 1 rn irn r n 1001 1 The nearest water VAter VAters is s M VP miles away al Preston f r had hati h l none j I breast the spirit of flon Ie Is strongly Imp ed edIt J it it nover iver to Preston that r desert d rt his friend First re ren reI I n him as ft best he could c uld by hy firc f 5 j e r t ven in hl b lila J rn some moil fure I i v a by crushing ru a quantity of or cac caci J c I i its Preston placed his comrade f 1 Ms his shoulders and end with th thin in to tn the spring Twelve miles dOom doos dO a lat JailS bug s dl di in a land lend of or Spot gOod S od roads roada ro da abundant a unda t water at r and d fre t J But the man m n fIs that thit h t under the most favorable circumstances does not care caret to t t be burdened with a heavy load Now No picture to yourself Preston as he picks his way through h the alkali dust Hup Hi H throat ie 16 It burning his tongue is dl d y aw thick his eyes ey aro are bloodshot ot othi his hi skin fe On his shoulders he bears the half unconscious partner a K fuh f l grown heavy man How tiow go long Ion long the way AY must have seemed to him Often he nn must mu t have hll n stopped for breath often otten felt that tha t he could go no farther But lut ha h stuck to his work and his burden burden He had b d determined that both would reach safety or neither And he won on His comrade owes his life to him Preston doom does do not look uj utOn u on himself a as a n hero He lie would do the same thing over oer today if it were necessary and nd he knows k that a friend would do doaa doaa aa much for r r him It is all aU in the days work But It is u good to know that we have such men in the west good to see ee them show hox themselves thol hes on occasion and we C are tre ar never going to lose an op opportunity of or culling Calling attention to them |