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Show A tlrava llan'a ll.ntl. . The Army and Navy Journal glvos a, touching Incident, which shows how gentle a nature may exist beneath tho sternness which at times reckons not tho life of men while In tho pursuit of victory. Tho lalo Commander James W Cnrlln was In command of the Van-dalla Van-dalla at Apia, Samoa, during tho tor-rlblo tor-rlblo storm of March IS, 1689. One enlng, some years afterward, on retiring re-tiring to his room while visiting hi sister, he found a mouso that had fallen fall-en Into n basin of wator, and waa struggling for Its llfo. "Thcro waa agony and defiance In that little fellow's fel-low's iye," said the cominander.speak-Ing cominander.speak-Ing ot It tho neit day. "As I gaxod on that helpless little creature I thought ot that terrible night on tho Vaudalla, and going to tbo open window I gently gent-ly emptied tho contents ot the basin. I didn't dry him with my towel, but I saved his life," tho commander added. |