The farmer and mechanic., 1913-10-28
HEROIC STORIES Of
LATEST TRAGEDY
Reading Details of Horror We
Learn World Has Many
True Hearted Folk.

- ne stories ceme n. day after dav
from the latest tragedy II he -.
'heFe is the same beautiful thread of
heFoisfn running all through that al
Ways characterizcs such disasters nna
l"oAtens the h"rror-at least for thoxa
WHO s1t on the outskirts SAYS Frances
ohaHer IN the Washington Herald
| nothing in this word 80 in~p.r.x
one idth In the great heart af man
| kin0 as the Certainty that when p.rtt.
are pressing close and hard Their, al
ways are some who lnagnf@~.n,l, r,sa
10 the occasion. whatever the price
they pay.
| ana perhaps one looks rather more
aomsrlngiy al those heroic h.1res and
| hstehs more Intently 10 the recital ~
ehei. spleHdid calmneSs and resource
luiness because she wonders what
might happen 10 herself ana her cour
age out there where the IRE and IN.
sea were consprlng Ia do their worst
70 you ever try II answer the ques-
ton?
Nobody knows exactly, because
those denths never are stirred .xrent
In the sorriest happenings. when. n
the words OF one If the sailors. y our
money Is no good now. what YOU ne.e
| IS courage"
Ana II inspires one. through ana
| III oOSH' 20 read OF tho men, all the
way from Stoker to captain who vera
heroes. every inch OF them. big stern
and brave one minute, tender and MN
lsteCinS the next For much as one
must admire the trained officers who
stood over all commanding, counsel
ing, ever coura<ying. aud faithful to
the last, the bravery was nowise meas
0reG by rank or station. With the
call for volunteers. men came tlnp-
ling out from the steamers depths
oilers, StOherS, Scullery men and the
like. no less than the ever-ready Of
fcers. II there were a few who for
got or who never knew the way 10 he
, brave and lion hearted, they were
overshad dowed by the many who
r strengthen ones faith IA the valor Or
. men.
: Have Their Troubles.
, And one is mi AIDED to send her
, thoughts drifting TO the families If
: | these men, the women whose hus-
bands and sons, fathers and brothers
follow the sea and all its periIs They
have their troubles. for they never can
! | forget that they that go down to
: the sea in ships may never come
: back again.
But When tragedies come close as
!, they can to men they love With
out quite stealing their lives away
/ anu ifch tHc aItci dtu lS All "
!. | with thrilling stories OF courage un-
!. daunted and Of leading supreme-Well
those women must be proud Of their
], menfolk. and they must feel recon-
= pensed for the long periods when they
= sit at home waiting and fearful.
= Indeed. one never quite knows the
! manner OF man or woman until the
:, hard test comes and yet. as on,
q thinks Of those she knows and theil
= way of going about their daily duties
. it is instructive to guess who woule
: be the unassuming heroes and read,
helpers who the ones to slip away
to the first haven offered.
Hard to Call Them COwanis
In times Of pressing danger wheI
life is dear to all, it seems a bit hare
to call men towards II they think o
themselves, first Of all, particular Il
when the surging, fcar-stricken foli
around them are nothing more thar
+ strangers, brought close by the sud
den calamity. And If they look or
for themselves, without brushing 9th
ers aside, they only respond TO "th
first law Of nature" But when the
do more than that. when they delib
l. erately put up their lives against III
might Of the flames and the sea
well, isn't it good once III a while t
see what a man may do when he Is
man clear through?
1t IS all very Well 10 say that
ships officers and crew /re expected I
remember their duty. are expected I
be brave and true in the widest c
times. But they are men before the
are officers and sailors and stokers. tn
first and the last on board. and tn
lie courage OF some OF them Is sublime.
p y is hard enough 10 remain fri
I'd oneself in the face Of the worst {
a dangers but the heights are reache
nv when men are found following the
as manifest duties, then going about
e burning ship. heartenlng. calming AT
ed saving the weakest So'he u Ii
stokers did that.
As for us. IL is well 10 read the d.
tails because IN the reading we lea.
a afresh what we sometimes forget
that the world has its full quota
ed tFue-hearted folk.