Show refused to de ert his post the floods in bew have fur dished a real instance of d ath at the post of duty an old man 8 ears ot age named pert as in charge of E emping ration had been with he ra broad sine it was bu it and had ben years ago transferred from track aorl to the pumping station on ac count of his advance d age his 1 atle cabin stood between the rack and th river near the rip S ene ne when the water came up to his doorstep the old man refused to go to the h but went inside Ms j cabin and hut the doer aga ast tl e rising tide in a fw moments t 8 water came over the baal and tool the cabin the duap hous and evert thing els porters lody never been found fhe faithful old man had no 1 relatives except a laughter in topeka foreka capital |