True Heroism

The Berlin joUrnn!s relate the M'ow ing roeiden, which has juet taken place in Priir-siu: A pointsmanwus at tho june tion of two linea , f laihvav, his lever íd h:s hund, fora train si na Ie I. Tlo engiue was wilhin a few secondsof reaching the t'ïnoai.kii &B',when Ihe ui;in. in tottiog big baad, peroeived his Ikile bov plavïng on the rails of the line the train was to pass over. V ith an hero.c devdtion to big duty tho unfortunate man adopted a sublime resolutioo. "Lio down" hu dhouted out to tbe ohild, but hs to hirn gelf he rmuained at liis posi. Tho train pa-snd along on !s way, and the livee of a huiidrcd paaseogerií wera perhíp sived. But the poor child ! The fa; lier rushedforward, especting to take up only a oorpse, Imt whut was his joy on finding that the boy had at ouce oheyed his odr- h had lain down, and the who'e train liad passed over hiin without injury. The next H y the Kingaent' for the mar, an i at 0D09 sttachfd i0 bis breast the raudal ut cuil courage.