iously injure him. He escaped this, however, and slowed down
the movement of the heavy bomb to such an extent that near the opposite
rail he was able to grasp it, lying with feet and hands braced in the
grating of the gun platform. Then to be sure that it did not escape
him until help came, he turned it upright upon its flattened end and
sat down upon the most destructive bomb used in war, on the deck, of a
ship lurching at sea in a severe storm.

Then other members of the crew that had been watching him as if dazed
ran to his assistance, and the bomb was soon placed in safety.

The commanding officer of the _Remlik_ recommended that Chief
Boatswain's Mate, John Mackenzie, be awarded the Medal of Honor. The
report to the Secretary of the Navy was in part as follows:--

"Mackenzie in acting as he did, exposed his life and prevented a
serious accident to the ship and the probable loss of the ship and the
entire crew. Had this depth charge exploded on the quarterdeck, with
the sea and the wind that existed at the time, there is no doubt that
the ship would have been lost."

Mackenzie was awarded by the Navy Department the Medal of Honor, and a
gratuity of one hundred dollars; but these awards are of little value
compared with the greater reward which comes to him in the admiration
and respect of all who read or hear the story of his heroic deed.

THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE

In Norwich, England, stands a memorial which will forever be visited
and prized by travelers from every part of the world, and especially by
the people of England and of Belgium. It is the statue erected to
Edith Cavell, the British nurse who was wrongfully condemned to death
for helping innocent women and children to escape from the terrible
cruelties of the invading Huns. That her fine courage equals the
bravery of any soldier is indicated in the sculptor's work itself. It
represents a soldier of the Allies looking up toward her strong, kindly
face, raising in his right hand a laurel wreath to place at one side of
her, opposite the one already hung at the other.

The statue is a symbol of the glorious deeds and the beautiful spirit
of the women of France, England, and America, during the awful
conflict. It is difficult to realize the complete revolution which
took place in the lives of the women of the world when they awakened to
the need for their services in connection with the war.

In forsaken schoolhouses and barns, as wel