The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-30

alone three years aud half Thcna sub
stantial, square, Two story briek-hou~e was
nu!lt, and IN june, 1917 lhis family joined
him. Four months lattersa stroke Of par
alysisstlisa tied hini hom all work aud ever
since, his tade>t daue h er Ida ha> b. Gu tie
manstay of The family. Ii was she whJ
cared for her father. and liphtcned her
mothers toll and va, ched aver her Young
le>t sister Harriet. aud rowed her broiherv
Rudolph and Hosea to school. and ekta
out the light Keeper slender plttanoc with
her needle and other re mInine lahurs and
feu 10 the rescue of imperIed life with
| m Instructive courage THAT would nor let.
her worst enemy sink without her risk ing
her hfsvtosavr hun.
+ In personal appearance this Newpot
| heroine scarcely attalns the average height
TT womctf= is remark atty slender. and
would I've thought much nearer - rhan II
Light brown hair, blue eyes, l. eur but
kind, and cheeks pink Au,he,:, though not.
round enous n for beauty, attract Que to
wolfram whose quick s,nilna aid frank aud
friendly u,aDner more tnan excuse the In
evitablc educational deficiencies which
such a life must always entali. No one
can talk with her wi: hnut believing her a.
| unSe!fish as she Is fearless, and the fame
her her0isns has created seems simply 10
amuSe her without excting the least van q,
uy. 80 little had she thong hit of her own
deeds that. when first asked she had 10
/ spand much time IN con Iteration before
>he could say exactly how many lives she
had saved ass1I .-rai..r ~ .r.4..f sff
/ Her father is still socable and pleasant
old gentleman, patle tn walk "a little, but
spending npst OF the waking in his chair.
| Mrs. Lewis l. a free spoken and hunnra., bic
i A u. 4
story papers, of which Bonueris Ledger is
"ue, aud TO the care of the Imp whose
fame has giseDed across the harbor from
sunset to sunrise these many years with a.
sure and unfalIing a ray AS CLEANS from
any light upon the American coast. RI
doll phi Is young sailor oil % now absent
on voyage, and "Hosey'' (Hosra) is %
I aud .eapSrer IN NeNrort. Hattie is
"nlv II and possesses IA wealth. of personal
attractions that many a fair Fifth avenue
girl ntght envy. Berh he si<ters in
duige III rings aud eardrops, aud other
vanites dear 10 ihe feminine heart, aud
when they have recourse to the treasures
OF their wardrobe, accumulated chiefly by
Liza industry, they might easily be mis-
taken Tor dam>els of high degree. ii.
The house III which they live is white
washed TIL 1t gIi,teus like snow, and every
thug Is kept >cruplpu>iy clean. The rock
itset !, aj,gged pile about All acre in ex-
tent divided by channel, which is bare at
ow tlde, and 80 utterly barren that nor
blade OF grass will grow upon IT, A mis-
cFievons black poodle, TWO RABBITS three
plump cats who made an 'eud TO all The
rats aud mlce long ago, couple Of tur
keys, aud dozen co.HInon fnwls give
quite a Robinson Cru~o air TO The place
The tide rises here about seven ieet, aud
The highest point of rock l.. IL feet above
That line. On Tie landward side Is a long
high per, ctpUd wIhI5 massive blocks
ut stune, and here, swinging trnm the der
| richs, or rocking on the tue, uay be seen
the small square stsrned, fwelI>wurn gov 81
ernllcnt boat, black Without, aud white.
aud green within, IN which Miss Lewis has
carued TO row@-bweli that even the hraw-
ny bIatmen of the haruor concede her su-
lerlOr skill, aud with watch most of her
rescue, nave been achieved
a pUrtrll, OF the American Grace Darl
ing, and d pic Vre Of one of her .xpult>.
we're pa hI>hed two years ago Ia an illus
| irated paper, aud many equipments ami
requests Tor photographs eu,u:d. More
than one romantic gentleman tried 10 per
s"ade her TO change her name tor his, aud
tuut q TREND Indeed. but no wife. Two
i plUtHtlN, ~ HlSl, tTbtH r.
Conn. have pfeased their suit at Lane
Rack with more succcs>, aud Il is aui e
! probabethat both the sisters may be mar
RED teiore another emlng. II .-'n.s4.# .
1t 10 worth nothing, perhaps, that Miss
Lewis is righrfuly enIuleI To The. extraurE
binary ami unprecedented name of Liza
valley Z1raila, which shG iuherlts from
/ The quick fancy OF her upaterll,l grand
| father, ami bic tut erUeuIlic Rock
4 ls'and physician This. ifame,L however,
she has. Wisely dl>catded. and writes her
sell simply Ida aza -ra.....r. ..4..s..s F. .
a.ln France or England, such heroine
would have long slnce received many hos
urauie aud sut>tanflai testimonials. but
scarcely any gifts were made To Miss Lewis
until the iwu soldiers, rescued oh the 2Y h
OF March, assisted un he accepting. sod
wi,rvh aud chain of Swiss mauuiacturr.'
valued at 500. L. Prang, the 30 ton
chrome publisher, sent her last week d
kind letter, aud bait a dozen choice PIC.
lures John Carter Brown, E-a ,infrProv>
ldcuce, and Jehnr Auchiuc,o>>, Esu of
New \ ork have each scat her check for
SIS and Bee on gen tietnun Transmitted
10 her last FRIDAY the sum of 800 An
active Newport citizen. of long sair eater
experiences Is rapidly raising an that city
The building ut a cedar life boat, to he fin
ishcd IN the tiuest >iyr. " me of the best
Newpnrt builders, and painted ahl,e with
git stripe. 1t /, almost certain that
this Will De completed and pre>en ed TO
Miss Lewis within, a few weeks. Another
energetic ctiZen tuedItatcs raising a fund
Tor her benefit. this season, from the sum
mier visitors AT Newport. and one or two
- private enterprises OF moment fuf her beue
Ut are also IN progress. aeG - $500 =,
In The opipio,l-of- the best judges, no
trurr or more fearless heroine than Ida
Lewis ever found a place in The annals OF
any human society on either side of the
Atatic, aud none more un>etf II ever re
ceivsd honors tronrIhe>e whose position or
wealth enables them 10 crown lhenturious
acts with suitable rewards. F.;.,,.d
ii oney Dosen't Make the NJ are Go-An
az, Aged Croesus CtrcumyenIed. -
"A pec,i liar incident 6ccuIie ed short
ttInIe since "a, tte, y,,jJ,itvs If n ~ NV