Show I HEROINES OF HISTORY The unveiling of ot a monument at Saragossa Sara- Sara gossa by King Kins Alfonso In memory of ot AugustIna de Aragon recalls to mind tho the exploit of ot the Spanish p rl whose valor Byron Bron c celebrated In Harold During Durins- the p peninsular war when the tho city was besieged by the French the maid of Saragossa carried food tood to the soldiers who were defending the batter baUer I les ies She arrived ed Just In time ono erie day to see ee the last gunner fall all and seizing the match from his hand fired the gun un h her her- r- r Then she rallied d tho the Spanish soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers and leading tending them to the charge chane drove tho the French from the gate sato which they were on the tho point of ot capturing After tho the siege was over oyer a pension was granted Augustina and tho the dall dally daily pa pay of ot otan an artilleryman with the tho right to wear on her ber sleeve tho tim embroidered red shield of ot the city of ot Saragossa In American history there Is the companion companion com corn panion piece of Mary Inn Pitcher r tho the red haired faced young Irish woman who was the heroine of ot the battle of ot Monmouth Moo Mon mouth on Juno June 28 8 She was the tile young wife of ot an artilleryman In Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's Inston's army During the battle she carried car car- red ried water to tho the American soldiers She was b by her husbands husband's side when a bullet struck him dead deac She caught up the rammer rom ram mer mor and taking the tha post stood by tho pun gun un until the tha British under Clinton Clint were beaten back hack The young widow the tho na next t tda da day dav was presented to Washington and re reI received re- re I a sergeants sergeant's commission with half halt pa pay for tor or life and It Is said that thIn the tho French officers who were fighting with Washington filled a rocked cocked hat with gold pieces nieces and named hot her heLa La Capt tai no Tho maid of ot Saragossa Pitcher and Mary Ambree who ought fought against the Spaniards In Flanders and Is the h heroine of tho the old English Ush 1 ballad from which Kipling borrowed the o opening words of or tho the title of ot his novel ol Captains C Courageous are arc comrades illustrious b by their courage In the thc field eld New York World S |