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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1911)
I OOBaBBBBaBaaBBBBBBBaBaBBaSBBBBBBBpajBJBBQSI I I 'l f1 S Qvl S o) S cy. I cLEb cLa riso t!E3 THE CHILDREN'S . HEROISM . Br F. A. MTTOCL 2 1 Ln f Tte Brrtosi eoast t fraacr la a C4 tot wy kcaattfM rca. Artists Om ts fM ssifcjscts twr tWir fle tare, wktrk the? fta4 MX aUj la IW mmry. bl ta U siBspts swsssstry wfelra Ihai tacrsv Oa t&st sr Bgfrtswn aark as resily cMri sip Cross rotas; ikara la 7 tc Bbs4 coastrj. Om of tkca BgVtuw srs mm ly tba araaa of a story rtal story aadk aa fssr iRkcn actio (m U vcsjC a Mary fWI af saitaos. f fcw. af great arark f tffotcrfJax IW Bscs af sssay ako ra aaiUa$ stesUnt arcr tk area aacooartooa af sraat srms riac aa aadrr tk Ht la tk 4cUia portioa af tbis ttrt koaaa tka toper ssj Tt H h4 fast ssocmlas; bea U his ssal tosf.fc. kt waa aaddealy tskes UL Nrr tactess) ka kv at kla ssrk of prpsf img tka Bkt srilaf tha ereaiag. Flat srtfs karw xwhtns; a boat the tsssps or tha arklarry ky wkirk they vcrr iaU la aiteraafdy akiao aad diaap t ma ckOdraa vera a boy aad a girl the boy ataa. tk girl eea yara aid. Tim eras a oo sear tk Ught- 1 1 call apoa ta tak ap tk ttfbt Mass's atWa wkea tk Bight 2 . Xar srss tbera a ay doctor tkat coa'A srfmlstsrrr t Ma physical tDnnU Tk keeper grew vara. StlU k kpt at kia vark tja tb aftcrsooa wkea a sraa abUged ta grr ap aad go to bed. B kad eJeaaad tk lassps. ftUcd tbeai with oil aad ta every way got tkna ready to ka ogkfad. but cither k kad . aot kad tint or tka strength to wind i p Uaa great weigkt tkat turned lb srtitnrry. eaaalag tk teiolatloaa revoIotJoa By which tka Bgkt waa Wkea might eaaaa oa tk keeper waa drawing his laat breath. Bis wile waa praying by ka kedatde: bia chU drea. were ataadlag woadetlug at this their ftrst sight af deatk deal tkat saade their Mother a widow aad tbeoi fatherless. Tkera were a few long breaths, tk biterrals belaeea them growlag greater, a rattle la tb throat aad to keeper waa dead. As soon aa the widow coo Id saffl eteatly recover from tb death scene ah tbongbt of tb Ures that might be wrecked from her brobajxTt being tkna suddenly takes away from bis work of protectioa. It was a danger ons eoasL Skippers bad been nsed t seeing the light and counting tb sec onds between Its flashes, and then they knew where they were. If it failed ts shin they would ran oat of their Tb widow roused herself, and. tak tag her children with ber. went np Into tb lighthouse. 8b lighted to lamps, bat she could not soak the machinery rerolT. - A tight that did aot flash to tha place where a flashlight a bo aid b would be sb misleading to sailors as no BgfatatalL - Tb little girl placed herself at tb rerotrmg apparatus and found that It turned easily. Bh poshed It around. making tb circuit under ber mother' direction la tb time it waa used to rerolTe. then a be said to ber mother "Mamma, go back to father. W children will torn tb machinery and make tb tight flash." So the mother, whose grief, more keen than that of childhood, sappnl ber powers, went back to tb bedsidV of ber dead huabsnd to pray., learlng her children the only barrier between Urea out on tb ocean and tb rocks that were ready to engulf them. The girl turned tilt a be was tired, then ber tittle brother took up tb work. When ' be became tired she relieved him. v And so the children worked oa wails their father lay dead below and their mother prayed beside him. And the captains and tb sailors on tb vessels that passed, coming and going, looked at the light and wondered that It now lost, now gained, a few seconds. And persona In . their berths below a'epr soundly, not dreaming that they owed their Uvea to a girl of eleven and a boy of nine. Midnight passed, tb small hours of the morning ram, and the children, toiling on. began to think of tb rn( that day wonld bring them. How they, especially the boy, kept awake is marvel. And now a faint but wel come gray a freak appears In tb eaat. A dim outline of the uneven land be- j gins to d apparent, tsat ine cnuareu work on. turning, ever turning. What though tb interval between the flashes lengthen as their little legs grow hard to move and tbeir steps shorter! The A n HrhtMia. th whit hrMbm fir. grow plain, then tb black protnon- i torle asratnst tb sky. then both land and ocean. "Mamma.'' called tb girt, "may ws aot stop now?" Tea, my child; It is light Tb sail ers can see where they are without you children to tell them." There com persona who bar beard this atory of heroism and aak to see the littl hero and heroin. They And a family unconscioas of having don anything remarkable. The children apea their eye and wonder what It means. They only turned tb appara tus all night beraas without tb light tb sailor would be lost on tb black t Extra Special GENUME DIAMOND RINGS- Offer 2 (HOT CHIPS But they ar aot their own Judges Their work ta heralded la foreign lands Is flssbed across the waters and read by minion of people not only tn America, bat all ovor lb world. Yerfly. tb bamaa heart may stUl be toacbed. ' DtaWt Hsv t Ask. Brawn waa la terrtW burr to b at bis dub, n had bee patiently sitting for considerable time, and then, getting ei asperated, be poked tb conductor la the rib with kl umbrella, saying. -111. conductor. H this bus going on f , ' "K. slrr replied tb conductor. It Is standing perfectly stlX" - Loodof Ideas. rUsMly Said. Hewitt-Doss tha cilsaass agra with r wlfet Jnwttt-Thara aaara tkna irvii'- - r-f I HERE IS THE PLAN: To the contestant in each district sending in the largest number of Subscriptions, new or old between now and 6 P. M. 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