, 1869-04-18
mA LEWIS,
ao 6faee Darling OF Amcxacu-The
aan Angel Of Newport HaFs
IAeyea Lives 8nycd-Ltne
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Su"<dlan Angel Of newporf H4..
f-E1eyea Lives snvcd-Ltuie
t.ocA ana Its sTcnnnts-Tho n exeine
Rewarded, -
7n,,!r 'oN r she Veg York 7tt1unx, Apr11a
septenbsr I'm n,oyl - lnss = ths dawn Of stormy
sas Eesh q ed.., ne ,Leassene On
tide ssa rrsone n1nesef 6oat upon The ragtn9
,l M ne imminent peri Of her te nine nrsons
.en s,e.s ne ta.s.s.oas 1Feck Of roe ForsaIssile
yer q year praises and rcwaIls Trrr hssoes uInn N
s,ts PET ~ ansnnted measure; ilpd Of ri I'D -
1esTs ~ -, tEf } neE benefit; the remaining four
~ "a " " ue were crowned with eyetY CONT
.o3- A1u nef name has Passed into culrrs,f usa1,
q" Icy 5.onSm @ !of N unseldsh and heroic woman.
march Afternoon, Ida Lewis tbs tn1rrnii d,eh1y
~ =; ias Lme Kock lght-keeper Ia Newport ia Il
Grace Daring OF England, and tuanas l-e
Hasn Hten frea19 n1efnlness In tho sartnr OF hnInsn
snd TIC R.e drnSa Sa 'naa r. day Ia eundn toercnt
rta luJ that taxed the full strength AMI sSi,l *
tne 1nt: most e1pereneed beatmen In tie nidst Of
Ga who had somehow Obtained possssiea u on
ne emaest and most unsafe aai-ooata in sns
sneees nnos sinfe 80 esr1stsasd the soAter dEowne
lanes Adams, md Private John 4eisnThiin. to
iet s,.n nnn eaty them Ac.oss from the e1ty,
to FoI taea WY aaa Sonc 70 make some
ions TO escape the drearJ thrce-mIe tTsop bv ia1d
oAu1 penesfnK the lAdh assertion thai he touLt
aaa @ @aae Se e. tn az y sSs!sa ssety
S9t aeopi m usdray IN The haItof a sudden blast
sn r. r7 s9e ss tns STARTLED ooy TANNED lie helm
stahl and The Esvea rolled Il swlee oYcr, IKE The
seHest cookie shell For long hali-houf It's luck
sasS In e mi md s. 1Ra s. Mrsa Ta7s
Mn u The energy Of despair; but nnally the boJs
clutch as MclAughlInb i shoulder. and. Vii, frrn.
z1e1 langh upon his lip he Mps cuue nor has any
Haee o. him since been seen. Fast raralyz1ns
ill., Ga cold .s% sHs a4sst ns bEs et hops the ~
s1ase, M ana sins g : nqtaa, g7aye-vaen sad
shot little boat driven BY rnpd strokes and aurc
etzAght over tho bounding waves toward the
drowning Drew E men Hope klnalea IN their breasts
slender youth an., sti stenderer G w wornsa pylng I
the oalA On swiftly came, however, aud the
boy was amost rsschlns over The SIDE grasp The
Ing, stop, Hoscy! We shall be c1psized that
Eay turned the bosI with weu-timed strofe,
the stern, smother backward pull another llft and
the ns1t moment the c71s, with tts freight Of res
eued lives WAS seuddIng swiftly through the spray
@ m III LII
to be carried into the lighthouse, where both OF
,ns ssSs,ed se 9soss =, CT I'D ana
The heroine Of this daring exploit was born Feb
ruarJ - 1s4a and is thus ID her 18Th year but her
tember, 1sa. when she was only Ii. Four gay
3ounK fellows ali about IS OF 20 years Of ase, and
II sons :. of ~ wealthy Eent.smen ono from Ph.de
evening sail, and one OF them, more full ot mis-
chief than the oshers, climbed the nnst aud upset
ne boat half mile from the nearest shore None
Idly coming on, the capszeh boat was TOO Light to
support more than two or three Of them at once,
queneea q tser maa oc Tse sen se1 sne feepers s
Cd Is thelr ieiIei. md rescued them al rom sher
eniiated q the opening Of the waE, and rece47ed
mortal wound II the disastrous battle Or Ban Run,
hut the others are sill living. and doubtless cher
server.
During the Intervening period Of ten years, this
One cold md windy February day three into1ica-
ted soldiers stole skl1 and set out for tic fort
By soIDe drunken fecklesaneSs they soon atoro a
hole In the bottom and the bt,aS rapidly FLIED
Two OF the men succeeded In swimming ashore
again, and were 80 alarmed at their adventure
thas they ran away and never came back; but the
paddle 1t with his feet across the harf,o, when
teeth and = bottle Of whtstey IN each pocket, ne
IN hls desperate attempt The next rescue wAs ia
JanoaE. 1851; A valuable sheep escaped from
the harbor. Three men, who went 10 pllr-
suit along the fort road, found ak1R and put
~ 1E{TE
east gala vas TOO much for them, the hoat began
to swamp rapidly, theJ could not regain the shore
and we're EtaEng Death !n the face, when the fear.
les1 Ida vent to their relief carried them and tne
kdd 70 land, aud then went out and eayed the
sheep! In The remaining Instance, 1t seems that
1ne-looang, but reckless young fellow stole
evening" and put TO sea with It, but rho gale drove
the craIt upon the ''Lit,ie Line Rock, about :
mile from The Light, whera It sunk, leaving tho un-
meky thief cllngl9 to the hAlyatd from midnight
III daEu. when the heroine reached aud picked
him up. '.Thern he was, y ear Mss Lewis, ii re-
and bepRtng to be ses % snorr, md the iast saw
O. nm ne vas crawling up the wha1f on his h10ds
single noele impulse: the bravery Of Ida Lewis
lRh. On Lime Rock Wss estsslished. d ma Hosss sea
the coast from HalI9ax to Norfolk became its
Keeper on the stA Of December, ls5a This soatn-
en- ne ot shs b.. ns5bor ~ makes w!de deepaned
midway between, about shree hundred yards from
q NE haFbor, and upon il The Keeper
lived alone three ycara and 3 bali. Then
Ss: sp ind e nc r, P,sk noass
disabled htm from al work, and ever since hls
family. 1t waa she who CARED Tor her father and
ilxhtcncd her mother toll, and watched oTer her
Younger sister Harriet, and rowed her brothers
0AA
ughtkeepel , slender plttRnce with her needle
and other feminine labots, and dew TO tho rescue
OF 1mpe11lcd lie with an Instructive courage th8t
would not let her wor.t enemy SIM without her
Itsktng her life to save him
In personal appearance thh Newport heroine
remarkably slender, sad would be thought much
nearer twenty than twcnty-sescn- Light brown
nashed, though noi round enough ior beauty, u
t1act one 10 woman whose quick smile xn1 frAnE
and friendly manner more than excuse tue lnevt-
fAf, ,tnA At@&n NrntA A-Nr
must Awsya entail No one can talk With her
without believing her as unBel1sh as she u fear-
less, and the fame her he1ulsm has created seems
yAaltJ. So Little has ahe thought Of her own deeds
thai, when nEst asked. abe had TO spend much
how many lives she had saved!
Fer father L. still q soc,ahe and pleasant old
gentleman, able To walk . little. but spending
Is q ryecspoIen and nospttabie matron, devoted
70 her family, 70 her four stoE-psperA, Of which
nonaela L<d9r1 Is one, and % the care o. The
from sunset to santtse these many years With a.
sure and unfalling nay - CLEANS from any Light
gp9n tne s9a, R1aopl ~ y
A1oses) Is % and teamkter In Newport. Hattie
l. ONLY II, and possesses wealth Of personal At
envy. Both the sister, indulge In Tinxs md tar-
dropa aud other vau1ties dear TO the feminine
hear, md when they have recourse to the srea-
ldas industry. theJ might easily bc mistaken for
dAlasc11 cf high degree.
The house in which they tive Is white washed
I'll 1t glIstens Ike SNOW, and everything Ii kept
scrnpu.ously clean The Eosk itAel Is Jagged
Pile, less than an acre In extent, divided BY \
barren that not b.aIe OF u.ass viii grow upon Il
4 Ms a1evous blacS Poodle, two rabbits, three
plump Isis "ho mair AZ en1 10 all the rats md
nice !ons asGt couple Of tuIkeys, aad dozen
common OWL ave qulte . Robinson CTlsoc ali to
The p:4.e- TIE Ode rises here about sevea feet,
Al IN m fhn }An mi. l,,
high pier capped with nf:eea nu-;.e n.ocks 81
stone, and herr, swinging fam: - ''c7acts, or
tquaTeexscrne wes1arn soseramc:s: m mn soa,, % oIacf
without, and h!:e And green wltln, In which
Aiss Lewis haa learned 70 TOW 80 well th.t e[en
the brawny bo2tnco Of the hA1tor concede her
superior Skill and with which most Of hex rescues
have been achieved
A portrait Of the American Grace Darling and =
years ago In an Illustrated paper. aad may CON-
plinents and requests for photographs ensaed-
su1ae her 70 change her axue 70 hts, and found a
friend indeed, hnt no wife Two brothers, sea-
1sn asf Dm nsff Rof ce @,s hays
nay bc masHea eetoTs aaothe: apsiee
rehtluIJ entitled to the e1taor7liuafy md IN
pfccedented pAme Of IdAwallcy Zo1zlln, ~ Mhich
She inhst!n fron ths 9uaini fancy Of her maternal
lslAnd p6ysicaAa. This rAne, however, she haa
wisely discarded, and writes herself simply ada"
In kIAQCc OF E1F1An0+ SUCH 1tfptnG W01o !
have long Aince received many honorable md sub
etantlA1 testimonals but scarcely x1y Rtfr8 were
nadc to Miss Le~s Until the two Aaldiesa rescued
on the 39th Of March, insisted on her accepting =
gold EAtch and chain Of Swtss mauufAetare.
mined II 800 l. Pra1G. the Boston chrome |
prbl!aher, sent her Last week Kind letter. and |
half-A-dozen choice ptcturtA John Carter Brown,
Esq, Of Providence, and John .Auch1nclos8 Esq,
OF Sew York. have each sent her cheek TOR Is;
and Boston gentleman transmitted to her Last
Friday the kon Of tl0@t An active Newport ciuzea-
o. long sa.t water e1peftencs- rapidly
subscription ct 4la5 for the building
Of cedar Me-boat to be finished In the dnest