Show TWO BRA BRAVE V BOYS Every Evory boy by who roads reads magazines has hl heard tho the story stor of ot tho the sinking of tho the Republic Republic Re Re- public and of or how the tho lad la wee was wa the time operator of ot tho the wireless telegraph stood to at his post for hours until ho he had bad brought help to passengers cr and crew But Bul there thare was a little sequel to tho the story which they thoy may not have heard A week after atur the disaster tao manager manner of ot a vaudeville company offered this lad ladno ladno la no less tess than 1000 a a month If It ho would appear on tho the stage Mo he ho said aId A thousand thousand thousand thou thou- only sand a n dollars telegraph Why operator Im I'm Im no actor Im I'm Im This reminds mo mu of ot a similar story which is also true A few Cew years a ago o there stood sto in Penn square squam in Philadelphia a high old building building build build- ing with offices and in hi a ruinous condition condi condi- ton tion When a neighboring house was wa taken down its Is foundations Were weakened weak weak- ened cried and Us its Is walls wails wals began bega to fall fal Some Somo of or the time occupants n of or the tho upper stories es escaped escaped es- es cape cl then the stairways foil tol But time the frame of or the tho elevator remained standing and tho the engine continued to work A great seat crowd assembled in the tho streets watching tho the lift as It I Jogged slowly up am and down bringing a dozen men out of tho the Jaws of deth death As it I started up again the Iho frame of the elevator shook Tho The police pollo Interfered Stop I they shouted to the boy by whoso whose band was on tho the lever le But there are aro nT t two o women up there thero ther and Im I'm Im time Iho elevator boy by he ho repeated doggedly Ito He went up to th the top stor story took on tho women and came down slowly When the tho floor foor of or the elevator cle touched tho the earth there was a 1 great shout of triumph They caught the lad calling him a hero and praying God Go to bless him but ho shook himself free from them Somebody had to go JO and Im I'm Im the elevator ele sic vator ator bO boy ho replied nIl all ni unconscious of oC his bravery and unselfishness Rebecca Rebecca Rebecca Davis in Jul July St. St Nicholas |