The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-08

with 1t might be expected to have somc bright ideas.
 DO you think" inquired Serena that the editor would advance your salary?"
 NO. indeed" replied Mir Eaton. in an assured tone.
 Captain Slocum, again Respondent, started for bed. but Mir. Eaton restrain ed him. '
 Stop a minute. captain" he said. By George. it might be done. Not much news tonight either. There'll be lots of room," and out came his note book.
 Now, captain" said he, about that rescue. Dark as Erebus. wasn't tt7"
 No. 1t wasn't replied the captain 'It was in the afternoon"
 Waves mountain high, were they not?" continued MT. Eaton. writing furiously.
 NO. they weren't" put in Captain slocum. ugly. choppy sea: that's all. "Risked their lives for their fellow mans safety" went on MT. Eaton. Wasn't any lives risked," urged the captain: mot a bit of danger in pull in to the wreck"
 But MT. Eaton went on writing and mumbling to himself. and the listen ing Slocums caught such words as ''no- pie act' prouu ot you, Bidu to BiSe her to you" Then MT. Eaton closed
 bis book. kissed Serena. in his hurry on her nose instead of on her lips. and | rushed from the house.
 The next morning the Argus was stuffed under the door, and Captain Slocum glanced over the marine news. His attention was attraced by a bold | reading. Daring rescue at seal" and he read with astonishment of his own act. The account stated that the | waves were mountain high under the | force of a gale of sixty-five miles an hour. The thermometer was exactly | at zero. and yet the bold sailors of the
 Propontis. animated by their captain. pulled into that boiling whirlpool to | rescue two castaways clinging to a wreck. The account concluded as fol- lows: When Captain Slocum report
 ed his action to MT. Simon Platt, the | owner of the tug and one of our most public c-spirited and generous citizens, he remarked that the rescue had caused | loss of three days time. Don't men, l ton it, sir" said Mr. Platt, warmly.
 What is three days time or three months time compared to a human life. | l applaud your action, Captain Slocum. and wish all my captains to have the the same regard for the lives of others as you have shown. In token of my l appreciation. you are to command the new tug Fortissimus as soon as she leaves the stocks" This action of MT. Platt is in sharp contrast with the inhuman suspension of a captain by some British owners a short time ago because he put back to England with lot of rescued sailors, having not sufficient provisions to feed them for any space of time. It is pleasant to not that MT. Platt Is not molded in this sordid shape"
 Capain Slocum dropped the paper. Now" he exclaimed. "who on earth wrote that lot of rubbish7" At that moment the bell rang, and on opening he door he captain was applicant for admission.
 Captain Slocum," said MT. Platt, striking an attitude and pitching his voice so that anyone in the house woud have the benefit of his words T couldn't resist having my little joke, yesterday with you. No doubt you laughed heartily over it last night Of course. Ididn't mean a word of it. Il would rather you had lost three months than that one of those poor shipwrecked men should perish. You needn't mention my joke to anyone Human life Is too sacred to jest over You will take out the Propontis as us- ual. and I rather expect you will have charge of the Fortissmus when she is finished. Hello, you take the Argus, do you? Any news this morning; too busy to look at the paper myself" and MT. Platt hurried of to his office.
 Mir. Jack Eaton called that evening and announced blushingly that tho city editor had discovered an aperture through which he. MT. Eaton, might crawl to a better job on the Argus MT. Eaton. in his modesty, did not say that his good fortune was the result of good story of a rescue at seafi