RISKY HEROISM.
It was a dark and stormy night, and the I oflicer, returning to his ship, sljpped on.! the gang-plank and fell into the" seething water. One of the.men who witnessed the accident very pluckily went to the rescue, and after a severe struggle brought him aboard. The officer was profuse in his thanks. "And to-morrow I'll thank you before the whole ship r£ company." "For goodness' sake, don't do that, sir," pleaded the hero in alarm. "If they thought I'd saved your life they'd half kill me." . ■ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 21
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89RISKY HEROISM. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 21
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