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Show SOLDIER'S CLOSE CALL AT NIAGARA NIAGARA FAI.L8. N. Y., June Roland Poftget, a private from the armv rniat at Fort Visji-ira. is todsy ennrat ulaling himself that he did not lose hi Irfo by going over the brink of .thr fails, "Wearv from a long hike during the dsH. Pvi?et lst niffht lav down in a r lump of tree to take a nap. The roar of the falls and the rustling of th leaves overhead carried Pc-ggei in hi-dr,-atn back to I he "tirrtatf times im I he Philippine w hrn he stalked for Agutnahlo and his little brown mea. lie waa crawling thrtwigh the tangled gnta of a I,iion thick!. whn k suddcnlv gwoke tn find himself afloat in the i agara riyer eed penlou'iy near -thy lrink of the fill. Kortiiestelv he aj rauht bv a shore ddv, from wh h h rescued bv a rark iolicn'at and several men wno or met a luing chain. |