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Show ; . WHY NED RESCUED HIM. J "Tjjat-was a brave act!" ejaculated a ' Boston man. as he stood on the wharf in -a little Southern town and saw an , old. negro plunge . unhesitatingly into " I the deepest water, to save a very small r". boy who had stumbled snd fallen from .some piling. "A. brave act and he Is a 1 ' hero, no matter how black the skin he j ' wears!" ". t The Bostonlan was foremost lii the I group that gathered about Uncle Ned when he. climbed back on the deck with the rescued lad. "Tour son, is it, old man?" he queried. "Or perhaps only your grandson?" , ' ' ' There was very fervent admiration in thexdown Easter's: tone as he put the question. . - "No, suh; no, -suh," gurgled Uncle, Ned. . "Dat 211 .rascal ain't no klnnery cr mine." ... ' r ', "Then It w as all the braver. x- claimed the, Interrogator, positively baring bar-ing head out of respect for the old man's high-born ctwrage. jf . "Huh," sputtered the -hero, "you sho' don't think I'se durn fool 'nough to let ' dat boy drown when he's got every ; , speck er my fish bait in his pocke.?" i |