Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . frozen stiff, their spirits °^six men were rescued on the first trip and back, and then back they lU tiFB-SAVING MEN. ~ 1 went until every life was saved. Crew and rescuers had to be rescuedback to life when all was over, but there were hundreds of glad hearts and loving hands to do it. Theyw^^^^^ms^mm ^^^ ^or^ their^^^^^^^B great game, and besides the roar- ing huzzas ofthe great uni-versity camethe seven goldmedals from theUnited StatesGovernment. Life savingmen seem notto kno
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . frozen stiff, their spirits °^six men were rescued on the first trip and back, and then back they lU tiFB-SAVING MEN. ~ 1 went until every life was saved. Crew and rescuers had to be rescuedback to life when all was over, but there were hundreds of glad hearts and loving hands to do it. Theyw^^^^^ms^mm ^^^ ^or^ their^^^^^^^B great game, and besides the roar- ing huzzas ofthe great uni-versity camethe seven goldmedals from theUnited StatesGovernment. Life savingmen seem notto know whatfear is. Theynever earn theterm coward, nomatter whatduty is to beperformed, nomatter howwellthey kn owdeath waits forthem at theother end of theline. They fol-low behind theirred rocketsglare with theenergy of therocket; they go out into space with a silent prayer that they may be returned to shore. Jerome G. Kiah, superintendent of Sand Beach, Michigan, was one of the conspicuous figures in the service. He alone remained from a splendid crew, and it seemed that he, too, had better have been taken than. SAVIKG THE CREW OP AN OCEAN WRECK. LIFE-SAVING MEN. 215 left, for his mind was wrecked for months. But, happily, mentalpowers were restored later. He has been given the Michigan post asanother reward for bravery, beside the gold medal by his appreciativecountry. He was then keeper of the station at Point Aux Barques, on LakeHuron. The vessel was out of line reach, and the keeper knew the hope-lessness of a surf boat in that sea, but he ordered it out and took an the open lake the storm was not to be dealt with, no boat could live init. Over and over went the surfboat, losing a man each time. Thosewho could cling on soon gave way through numbness. Kiah was by thattime insensible. He never remembered how he kept his grip. Whenpeople found him he was supporting himself agamst the root of a tree onshore—a raving lunatic. It is the custom of the life savers to make t
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