Show II I The Man From From Rochester 1 BY DR WILLIAM E. E BARTON A man In Rochester returning from his business and hurrying to supper noticed a group of excited men on the bank banI of the Genesee river He lie stopped long enough to see that they were ere endeavorIng endeavor- endeavor Ing to rescue a boy who had fallen in The river flows through the city and accidents accidents accidents ac ac- occur now and then and as there thero seemed to be men enough on the bank todo to todo todo do whatever was needed this man was thinking of ot leaving and hurrying on on n home But he be saw that the efforts to save the boy were not very very- successful and he flung off his coat plunged Into the water and rescued his own son That man from Rochester Is unknown to me by name 1 simply heard the story and it seems to me one to be passed on I 1 should like to find rind that Rochester man and if the story is true let him tell it to the manhood of the world Horace Mann was once advocating an aI I expensive school reform and met with opposition It would be worth Its cost said Mr Mann if it saved one boy His Ills judicious associates reproved d him for a remark so extravagant and absurd I I meant said laid Mr Mann quietly it would be worth it if he were m my boy There was no answer to that thaI No Xo expense and effort are excessive if we wholesome fio make life for safer our and own sweeter boys boj's e and and girls IrS more re I And they boys and girls are all ours Man finds old vest with 60 returns IH it it Is I complimented on honesty Huh Ved Wed like to know what hed he'd have done if he hed he'd d found an old pair of pants with something in the hip pocket Seattle Seattle Star I |