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Show A (nllfonun Heroine lAi'lMi II uial Uncle .Sam has Just paid 11 well-do. served Irlhulii to hirolim und beauty. A general order of Hie rccretury ot tho navy has bien ri ad from tho quarter-tlccic quarter-tlccic of every ship In tho strvlco In Iho ntreniblcil clllceraondcnw, tendering tlm (haul. s of lhu nation to ayouni; and beautiful girl for Birvictsroiidirul nn thu orcailon of Uo reteut 1 xploslon nl Maru Island Naty )arl Callforuli. 1 lie, heroic character of tbeeorirvlcis Is, however, uot described lu tho mis-sago mis-sago of thank, which has )utt been riaj In tivi ry part of thoworll whim thu star-ipanglol banner lloals orer n man-of-war. Hit bad been, then, would havocomun chter from lhu ansumbled bluu-Jitit-cts mulu eloiuiut of nppricla-Hon nppricla-Hon than Is ponlliio Inn iiml-legnl documtnt. A ih z ui or more jcung sailors from tho U. H.H. Boston wero Ihhui 'bells nt thu Maio Island magazine. Bomu-lion Bomu-lion for no one Is alive to UIIIioh 1 ahtll vxplled, nnd lu nn Instant tlio whole building wint up In ilru uud smoke. A dozen men were billed uul-right. uul-right. At tbu moment of thu rxi Inslou ajouiitf girl was driving u punj-cart toward tho M.ignzini, about 11 tuartor of n mile away. As tbu paud lhu naval host Hal n doctor ruiliuJ nut nu I stsriiil to run towurd thu hugu I all of Mtiokn thai hung ovir thu eou'horu enJ nf HioliIauJ. IVoini tly realizing thu emergoucy, tho young lady calltil to tho doitor to lump Into thu tarl, and uhlpjlngher lni) lut n gallop, ao 111 cirrlvl him to Iho sctnu of tho nccldenl. Them they found that suvemi small magazlno buildings, In wbhli shells weru exploding every moment, ha I cm.lit fire. Tliu dtad and wounded lay around. Tlieru wtrotnough uxploslvcs In and about thu burning lulldlucettidtstrtiy nelly. This they both hruw. Vet luudliu nothing but (ho calls of ratrcy, Iho) passed into lhu smoki , T hero u wj.eli. mill Collliiaby name liall-ilazeJ by n blow Irom n llyini; frniiuenr, and blinded with blood that lloauJ Irom a wound In tho head, alumblcd from building to biilldlug, closlug thu Iron abutters un! doois to prcvtnt further tilsnter. Our louug heroluo calmly stipcd In Hutsiiiolilnr Inferno to Hu nbatidaenrnuu Hits Injured luad,nnd then looking uround for oilier wouuded, to vihom hir gcntlt, hands might bilng rillvf. Amid tliu ion-tlnuous ion-tlnuous lUihlug of frtsh txplosjous nnd thu hurtling of shell,, tlm brave girl stayed until other hellers arrlvid nud Insisted 011 htr having so daugtr-ous daugtr-ous n place. 1'or this, the nation's tliauks havo ust been tendered lo Miss IlessluMcl)ou,raI. Miss McUougal, who Is now vMIIng friends lu Washington, bin biautlful ns sbu Is t ruve. Moreover, she lomi s of u bravu stock, ilir uruiufutlitr, Ihulatu Admiral McDouga', was thu luroof Hhlmonosikl, when, In command com-mand of tbu W)onitng, n sloop otoupy six guns, !iueuK,li,J a force uf seven luttirles, mcuntlrg thirty luavy guna an I threu men u -wur carrying carry-ing ulghltin guns fort)-elght 111 nil dtstro) Ini; one ot thu batteries, bat-teries, sinking Iwi ships, disabling thu third, and 1 mtrglng Irom lhu ion-Ilia ion-Ilia with his ship lu good lighting condition and but four uf his crow killed. Ills sou, Commander McDoti gil, our heroine's father, lost his life while on duly as HUiihouiu lusiecbr nn Hie Pacific, const, A tlendld swimmer, he might havo saved Mm. nlf, but hu tried to savu n lomi anion and tile I with him. Miss Jleasls McDougsl haa rovnl hersula n Worlhy descendant of her brave forefathers Hhhh irobably lhu only tiung girl lo whom thu nation's thanks have Uieu tendered In a naval gtnernl ortlir. It II. J |
