Show ROBBER BUT BUTA BUTA UT A HERO When the tb American steamer PresIdent Roosevelt the full fury ot of a North Atlantic st storm rm to stand by the th doomed British vessel essel Antino and rescue her crew from certain death two American sailors eav gave their lives that the rescue might be accomplished One On of ef them was a young eung youn man those name Dim was carried on the Ie sevelt's articles as Ernest Heir Helt Kelt man He H died gallantly heroically I ly 1 venturIng out In a frail life lifeboat boat when he alone of ef all the ships ship's company knew that he could not net swIm a stroke He was WIlS dropped Into the th water clutched futilely at a dangling rope repe and sank out of sight i And now It develops that he was not really named Ernest Ernest man Helt-man Helt Heit- Heit Heitman man The Tho real Ernest Ernst Heitman HeitmanIs Is living In New York Yerk alive and well drivIng a taxicab Heitman was a a sailor lallor some years ago aso but quit the tho sea sea sea-as ca aa a sailors are ar al always was wa's ways to do He knows that his locker In a seamans seaman's seamans club was broken Into one nIght four years ago and his bis seamans seaman's papers were stolen stelen Indicates that the sailor who shipped on en tho the Roose velt as Ernest Heitman Heltman was a ayoung young yeung German who found It hard to get a berth because h he was not an American citizen So he be did what he h could fie io stole stol the papers pf p Heitman and used them Its It's an odd little Sup Sup- Suppose Suppose Suppose pose the young yeung German had known when be he broke into Helt Heit- Heit Heitman's mans Hell mans man's locker lecker what those papers would bring brine him how they would euld lead him to an unmarked grave far down in the th cold Atlantic In in dead winter would he be h have hav taken them Perhaps net not And yet yet- yet et It doesn't really matter The seeds of ef heroism forgetfulness of allf were were burled buried in his heart all the time even If it he did rob a fel Id- fellow low seaman of ef his papers papera in the th soul of ef this unknown young yeung sailor was the capability to te rise risto to a bravo deed Somehow It doesn't lessen our eur admiration for him to know knew that he committed a mild form of ef burg lary Ho He was ready when the time came He H met the bIg ble test going cheerily over the th side sid to te his hll death like a hero Wanderer well do neer ne'er-do- ell roustabout roust rouet about whatever drifter drifter whatever he h was whatever his nationality the the un unknown known hero was was a chap we e can gladly claim as an American melcan |