Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . t. The thunderous clouds have vanished, The rose-fingered morn awakes,While over the breast of ocean The shimmering sunlight breaks;And the Life Brigade have finished The work God gave them to names are called. Any missing ? Mournful the answer— Two 1 Two of the best and bravest Have been dragged by the cruel wavesDown to the depths unmeasured, Mid thousands of sailor graves 1Two lives are given for many I And the tears of sorrow shed,Should be tears of joy and glory Fo
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . t. The thunderous clouds have vanished, The rose-fingered morn awakes,While over the breast of ocean The shimmering sunlight breaks;And the Life Brigade have finished The work God gave them to names are called. Any missing ? Mournful the answer— Two 1 Two of the best and bravest Have been dragged by the cruel wavesDown to the depths unmeasured, Mid thousands of sailor graves 1Two lives are given for many I And the tears of sorrow shed,Should be tears of joy and glory For the grandeur of the dead 1 QUESTIONS. What can you say of the bravery of the life-guards? How manylife-saving stations have we in the United States ? Who are some of themen that have won medals? Can you describe the rescue made bystudents of the Northwestern University? What can you say of thehardships and sufferings of the life-guards? Can you tell the story ofthe superintendent of Sand Beach, Michigan? Can you repeat any partof the poem entitled the Life Brigade? GEK JOK^ C. FEEMONT THE GEEAT HAT a big country ours is, said James. 1 was readingwhat a large part of it lies West of tlie MississippiRiver. I must tell you something about the discovery ofthis immense territory, said Uncle Frank, and inorder to do that I must tell you the thrilling story ofGeneral Fremont. He was a remarkably bright boy, and at the ageof fifteen entered Charleston College, South two or three years after leaving college he was a teacher of mathe-matics on some of our naval schoolships. HE MARRIES JESSIE BENTON. The interest in opening up the country and building railroads hadgrown very fast, and Fremont decided to leave the sea and become a Gov-ernment surveyor and civil engineer. He helped to lay out the railroadroutes through the mountain passes of North Carolina and Tennessee,and after that he was one of a party that explored some of the thenunknown sections of Miss
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