The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-09-18

my friend lost consciousness. He
knows by now and has done whatever
is in his power to do for the man who
saved him.
Leaped Into Burning Oil.
One Of the matloes (sailors) who had
been on deck saw the officer just as the
flames were reaching him. The very
sea around the destroyer seemed on
fire. 1t meant almost certain death to
leap in it, but the matloe leaped.
He swan under water as far as he
could. When he came up the flames
licked around him. He filled his lungs
with sitting, burning hot air and dove
again. Bit by bit he reached the Off
Ger, who had apparently lost all con-
sciousness, although he still was strug-
Cling feebly-just enough to keep him
aflOat, but rapidly weakening.
When once he had his arm Under the
officers shoulder the rescuer could no
longer dive and he had to swim slow
ly, supporting his heavy burden with
streaks of flame shooting all round him
and tapping him. 1t would have been
easy for him to drop his burden and
make the best of his own way to safe
ty, but he would not do it.
Although the officer could not re-
member it, he must have come to once,
for he ordered the sailor to leave him
and shift for himself, but the brave
fellow would not do it.
Cooinr fbof uyOY,ld ho ooCior fn
swim away from the destroyer beyond
the fire zone, he did so instead Of try
ing to get back to the vessel.
Other craft had been alarmed by the
sound of the explosion and had seen
the smoke and flames and were stand
ing up full speed. They picked the two
! men up In the nick of time, for the
matlOe lost consciousness before they
had hauled him into the small boat
which put off from one of the patrols.
That's the type of men they get in
the navy. This matlOe was just an or
binary enlisted man. He would have
| been expected to do his duty even in
| the face of almost certain death, but
he was ready and did more than his
duty in saving his superior
And yet party Of British sailors
I who landed after the Jutland battle
| were mobbed and several persons were
hurt because the people thought the
British had lost from the first reports
J received.
! Over a Mine Field.
! 1t wasn't long after this experience
of the destroyer with the mine that
went on a run in an NJ L. (mOtOl
launch for submarine chaSing) from
! Dover. The subaltern in command o.
the boat was as Merry as the best Of
: them, but he hadn't had much nautica
experience. What he knew about navi
i CATION and the kings regulations cOult
I have been engraved on the face of {
dime. AS we We're running back int
the harbor they lbegan signaling III
from shore. The subaltern looked a
the signals through his glasses, looked
fully ahead. l rather felt at the tim
that he didn't know what the signal
meant just from the sort Of self con
scious way in which he put his glasse
down. or course l did not know tn
British code.
Those fellows hate to let on they ar
stumped They'll race neck and necl
with death rather than let it be know
they lack any of the qualifications.
A moment later the signal flags wer
hauled down and run up again. w
lowered and raised several times, as
trying to attract our attention to then
on shore.
Presently a man began wigwaggin
frantically, while the flag signals wer