Heroes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 144, 23 May 1885, Page 3

Heroes.

j f n drainajj; heroes ai'e^enerally res- ] cn^trirtniiiha^tly- from U lie danger-: j to wjiicli* tlioir bravery' Tins cxp se.l I theni^J.ut^t is notalwa^Bsp m .i;enl • ljfi«. E -cry your convinces me that poetical jus; ice does uot exist on earth, a'u^tliabytlio hero's ivwardiA found elsdwJiisre^A> m th^t «»f the man. The cowjini of en savi« him-' self. The s«>ltish and grasping ioo often prosjyi). j\Ve uttl^ast ought to' hold the hVroe.s ' m nur inf.'inorie.s 4whilfchu£yt;sas,s[ wV jVun&pse whd loye them will -do this? I blush wrt^ >hank- .lo.tliink! ht thisifiMtaiytilj tatnvot,i'6caH th»« -uatiiie of itlie mAni yrlio »(o|)|ied the g-ap m a breaking punnel with his own body, and .-aid : T Boys, yqurs.«lves. Yo^j ; are barrieil^l adi Wt," iindlw.as dr\jw.Wd |j ivgi-et that thei e i?< no,, record of itbjps^who, every > yearslos* '^kew KvfiS; iiiiVtiAMtf^' stian^ers 1 jfi-iAu "a watci-y' (grave ; that their comrades only know •the firemen who died amidst. jH^oku. Tf &S£^ lii#&^#V {h ? i, ; :«ruiWWiftl*iJ goitf ;thui.- death -as itrajiy a one has ilom i— t) save the traiii full of passengers, j liehiml thr-m. T«^a^lh^^}^ J JV% •»' | anptliei 'IWo* Ues befi.rt- lucy t,\ik \ b , I Jninm U.,ir, the foivju.tn of a Chicago , factory i hat was rec^htjy liunipl. B| his c«>yliie^anCeni'C^Jiitji:i^d thfe lives $• iiitfrW'tiijfii thif-fcy : jh«W<oir^, and ■tl^Mi, feeling t.hat..sjt>jneVlriil|>le<.s soul had^ieeh^mrg?>tteiii'lie returned to Ihu upper story an.l parwlied. He died an ag«)nizt!ig, death, vvi thin sight. «if itojwsjwjwf&isibfc Hftv^^fa^ed'ainnii*l«.lfato inn, th Xl j,^ , , i^j,.^ i f | o uot kn.w ■wJi, J rfit*i i f«J 'iia.Taiiy wife or; childivn, or any ileir one ; ,t«» i jui him, liut.it w pos.j'.ju 'tbut he ; hud. Such* a man, ct»ull scarcely ■ ••« ( wiiJjoui. elo-v-iuy o f smne .-.oit. Bit.^ . terly nlust I lley grieve for hini'. Unti beyond iiu'i.ii:,ii; of the fire, little will lie.smJ. Little,Avas said of the hero; of the sii)iiuci-<rc>d titiitiol. Accidents are painful. ' People d.o rio'c . like to linger uvv? tliei.it, and the I'teroe.s «>f tluMUjaie set a^d«» wjtho^ierMiu.pleas--"ant.atJis^b'l iUtticeivi ivh\i f«il km bat-.: < le,get into history : ineij of the. ranks: larfciy"; and these'iilJtm wbrkihjf men.' ,who tire heroes of a rarer, sort than j&ldiei's, pass with theiiiewKWy's cry of "Dreadful siccide t!" " hoss df •life I" from men's memories. Yet^ amidst the selfish world, full of rather ..cowavtlly. folk"; li >\v hrighily they ought 10 stand out, lhe.se nu-.i who have given their lives for. other.-, not Miujiv, but knowing their risks, v^ 1 brave mt-u ouiv. know it.