Show THE BRAVERY OP A i SEArtAN 11 li I not only amid the moke sod imult of battle Ihat heriHt are made I ten In piping llmre of p oneaman In the natal clI eenauan 1 then hu a chance of shamIng that lie It J made ol he right tort of Huff se the following Illle ilory front real Ufa will bony well ihowi I loIns not ia Very long ago though I Ihe Incident hai been keep dIscreetly quiet thai a iccoml clan flrnnnn on me of our big crnlieri WAIl u1I7 at work In hli quartern Near him one of I h ill ihlpnialn of the black gang iris ilianlng a tectlun of tho after engine win bllgti on the itnruoard ride Next I 10 him wn the well locked magailna or the big cruleer wllh enough Mptoiive naterlal In II lu blow up n dozen lkrt A sIre partition was the orily thin Ihat ttpnratcd Ihe cnclne room from he inagailne The bilge cleaner Ira laiy lo nil nnd me nno of Ihe small turpentine mm Inmmr heel for the pcclnl purjioft haubd I n fire gallon can to hli bilge elation and wgan work Notr smokIng It I shrIlly forbid ten on tery pnrl of a manofwnr excepting In the forcemile at certain ixiinnl kane ThIs U I particularly trm with regaid lo Ihe engine roam which it ueually nllcd with highly combuilllto material Hut llil < partlculir lillgi nhonr wta was s rrmkhne 551 t ernie wkat Irrrtpomlble fellow took out hit pipe I thinking he would enjoy a qu el nub while al work After lighting up hue rareleetly threw hli mulch en I Jnlu Ihe bilge where n quantity of turpen Ilas drlpplngi had accumulaled quick Os a Itaili thli 1 turpentine gulled and billed up Jumilnit In lull feil the wmrknm vlurn1 Ilie tinge nO aIn a-In l can nnd I floodil the place wllh the highly Inflammable liquid Thu bilge smaaICtcn IOnrlo Itile a rearing matt of furors thai bun up through the berth deck grallngi and played omlnouily ecnlml the ilcel bulkhead icparnllng the cnitlno room frum the magaxlne There wai moil horrible fear In Ihat man heart ai he ruthed up In the rur deck cc resIn hog like a madmin lilt handi and face were ecorchcd and hlibnlr was hurn1 nil 5 woanI 1 tllla IImon hueever5 wla had aim been In the engine mom at thu time did 1 1 nnll due hit head but making n leap for the bilge purer uccdcd In getting them In place over tIme blatlng limps In I doing Ihli hli bnnlt were lee rlhly turned by the lur > enllne hat Hill relalnliiK hli I pretence uf mind he itliel 1 a wrench I and quickly knocked out nor n-or the Intake Water al once began PourIng Into the compartment romlng WIll sash force that II dliptlced the bilge rarer Hut II pat out the rumn coole1 tIe tteel partition and avcrltd a great dltaiter WIrn fire qanrtenn si ssenunIeuh nn1 Ih ru raehrel Iho coninu loom hey found the nerund clan nreman itlll at hl > lush with bli hair aol eyebrow urned off and the shIn reeling from ill fare and hand Hut not for one moment did l the rave fellow muse ImbruIng bueketful uf water agaInst steel bulkhead mill 5 > but that II lent back clouds of learn II wa the linane act of n fearless mann man-n ni luch Was at once rewarded by promotion |