| Show I UK IS AN AMERICAN I I COMMANDER MOIFFIN OF THE SHIP CHEN VUEN I I I i I lhllo Norlon N nlri w 1Iul nl 1 I nulI atnt 1 trlw 1 Iking lrrinl I for HlnirK a nmmnlr of i a Mirr IVinhlp I j III MOST IMC I liires < pie I figure I i u far developed In the IhlnrkcJapnn war It an American ri n not vet 33 Murs old ThlIs Sort Mcdinin the com I manderoflhe Ibrn I I I Turn the 1 largest t warship the Chi nrse navy and the man that tired 1c llrst gun In the battle bat-tle of Yalu and whom bids fair to rival hlntr I Ionian III loud methods and 1 In glent achievement In the land nf tin Son of Heaven Mcdlflln whote full baptismal name Is I Ilillo Norton but who I known to Id frlrmU simply is Sort was Ixirn In Udvlilnclon I In IMS He was a student lu aOilnglon and rtTrrsun collrge In his I native town for two vr Hro going Hirough the preiamtorv ilrpartment and thru entered the Naval academy ut Annnpoll Ills jicoplc on both sides nrc among the oldest Nntch Irish outlets In western 1 lenn J Ivaliln Ills father Norton Mcdlllln not n classmate I Itlnlne In the UaMilngton college n daring soldier during the Mexican 1 war unit colonel nf n regiment regi-ment In the civil war l1 Midlllln has lieen u member nf the IVnusyl viuila legislature And lipid nn olllce given him by Illnlne during the llnrrl nun nilmlnUtrntlun The mother nf CnmnmndcrMcUimn belong tutheohl family nl Quail well known In western west-ern Icnntylvnnla Her < eople am connections of lho Illnlne family nt well usnf thn Kwlngs of thu Thomas lining I branch Uku lemon Norton was rtnrril In tlin strictest Iresbj terlnn faith An n lx I > y Curanmmler Mdiinin nan nn omnlvnroiu render limiting n JmbU of lying In front of nn I n r S I1UliINIlr1I i mFFs Nit N-it hits burled In it book the Hour around him colored ultlihookn At Anun > ollHlio received the thunkHof theMoretary of tha i nuvy for Knvlni K lira ctlldrcn from a burning building Sin ono uf hit return Irlpr to IllUhnrg he found hlniMlf In Unit city In thin time nf thin great riillrond rloti and promptly offered hula acrylic Ilk wan Ktntloncd In one of thin ruuulhuuieii whIch sera urroliolllllor day by the iniib Mcdlflln volunteered to cnrry n mikuigc and got on u locomotive by hlnuHf doll An engineer started s the engine far him and told him how tn Mop It Ha II eat lying through hu mob wifely llnvlnir Uen gmdunt from tlm Nnvnl ncudcmy ho continued In the United Mutei servIce for ton jeunt during nlilch tlmo hu nmila u rhrnrvUitmlgtl Iw L Ilc ncnclvnl trip around the world lie recched the tlmnlu of tho kccrrlnry of th lousy fur Ids courage In n stunts when hip being closely reefed n boom uvunu loose anti the bluu jacket re < filed tn go aloft MidlUln Mt them an exiimplo by Marling up I the rig t IInll wan folloncd 1 by cndett and j saint thu klilp from Immlnrnt danger II At thin outbreak of tutu TrancoChl I font > sour ho resigned from tho service of llm United htatet and went with 111 lira of Intrnluctlon China lie piuwuliil hli letters to Iupt Mumilx I who wnsnbkcnt on leave from ourgov eriiuunt and who had organized the I hln Mt marina corps Monnlv stoke of him to thin viceroy nho anti lie nould Illeu 10 ncu him Mcdlftln nt 1 once pro euitnl lilmvclf nt this entrance of the I palace and seas challenged by r the I sentry Not being I acquainted i ltli I language and knowing that the i 4 vtiero wn mil Ing to nee him lie threw nslde hula gnanln and forced hU nay Into the procure of 11 Hung hang who lintend nf icing angry admired hh pluck After liuvlng been dult eXHinlneil he I has put In charge of I a gunbonl In the nasal battle of Yantsc he I raptnrnl the manly Creneli KiinlMHtt Hint was lint In the star He I I nas tent Inter to England to Mi > erln tend the building four InmlmU of one ofwhlrh he U I lion mminmudcr When the prewnt nr iipenul lie linn placril In commnnd of the Mngshlp lh1I Turn lie nn wounded In the tattle of Vain but Is I non doing nell In time II peace lie I liven In a palnec ItiXhnnghalMirrouiiditl In Mlirn ncr vantk In phjMque Mililllln Is I toll null lenn ipilte the rever eof thenlie I e hlnr e Ideal of n hem I He hna an extremely line note that looks like the beak of n hem line ru s and a linn llgnre nml Is straight usthepnirrrblal arrow Ills voke Is tlhrnnt moil thrill hut suitable fitfn Irmlerof men |
