T. C. Irwin
F ROM yon high shore The cedar that salutes the morning sun, And views some vessel far as sight can reach, Whose sails have felt the tempest, and whose sides Vibrated to remotest ocean's roar- Reflects in some clear shallow by the beach Its tufted roof of autumn gold, whereon T Courage in Duty.
HE following particulars of courage in duty despite the claims of paternal affection, recently occurred in Prussia, and were recorded in a Berlin journal: A pointsman was at the junction of two lines of railway, his lever in hand, for a train was signalled. The engine was within a few seconds of reaching the embankment when the man, on turning his head, perceived his little boy playing on the rails of the line the train was to pass over. With a heroic devotedness to his duty, the unfortunate man adopted a sublime resolution. . "Lie down," he shouted out to the child, but as to himself he remained at his post. The train passed along on its way, and the lives of one hundred passengers were, perhaps, saved. But the poor child! The father rushed forward expecting to take up only a corpse, but what was his joy on finding that the boy had at once obeyed his order! He had lain down, and the whole train had passed over him without injury. The next day the king sent for the man, and attached to his breast the medal for civil courage.
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