The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-11-24

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dox., aThek wind, must be about nog-nor.
west, Cbe.esFfals for. anything coming up
to Bfistol from the southwark. I wonder
what what storm is like on this coast. I
b bays. se9.A e great mind to go and, see. I
shall lye never be able to get that hall-door
open 4 without gakmg them up; what a
q nuisance san Stay, capital idea j.! III go.by
the window -s,,,,,, -, 1884,. :
Before starting % his ex! edition, he
ehan the, remains Of his evening
dress (for be had. been writing in his
dressipgg,gown) for flannel shirt and
trousers, whilst a short pea-jacket and
ylaEz4esd E4sd hat completed his array. His
room was op the first floor, and he had
intended to drop from the window.sill :;
but the branch Of an elm came, SO near,
he found that unue cessary, as spring
ing to it he was on the, ground, like, a
cat, in an instant. He soon found his
way across the country, "ike Bird"
to the edge Of the cliff. The sea for
miles seemed one sheet Of foam: T..
But a fash Of lightning discovered a
group Of figures about quarter of
mile distant ), and he distinguished
shouts in the interval of the storm
,Re was soon amongst them, and he
found that all eyes were turned on :. q
vessel. which had struck Oh rock with
,j4 il two hundred t yards Of the cliff. II
was evident that she would go to pieces
under their very eyes. !.
= ."Is there no way, of opening com.
! nouricatiou With her ?" he asked Of an
Old coast.guard man. :.
!'Wby, ye see, sir, we have sent to
Bilford for Manby's rockets; but she
must break up before they. come" ;,
GLOW far is it to Bilford 2" s..
"Better than seven mile, your hon
or" - 80, ,-.:
"If We could get a; rope to them, We
might save the crew ?"
"Every one of them, your honor ; but
it ain't possible" =.
81 think man mi ght swim OUT
"The first wave would dash him to
pieces against the cliff"
"What depth. Of water below ?"
"The cliff goes down like wall, for
ty fathom, at least"
"The deeper the better. What dis
tance to water 2"
"a good fifty foe:.''
"Well, I have dived off the main
yard of the Chesapeake. Now listen to
me. Have you got some light, strong
rope ?"
GAS much as you like p,
,"Well, take double coil round my
chest, and do you: take care to pay it
out fast enough as I draw upon it."
"You, won't draw much after the first
plunge ; it will be the same thing as
suicide, every Bit"
"Well, we shall see. There's no
time tc be lost ; lend me knife
Aud in an instant he whipped off his
bat, boots, and pea;jacket; then with
the knife he cut off its sleeves and
passed the rope throug h them, that it
might chafe him less:
The eyes Of the OLD boatmen bright
ened. There was evidently method
in his madness. "You are very good
swimmer, I suppose, sir ?'
II have dived through the surf at
NuAuheva few times.'
II never knew a white man who
could Go that
Tyrawley smiled. "But whatever
you do,' he said, ''mind and let me
have plenty of rope. Now out of the
way, my friends, and let me have :
clear start"
/ He walked slowly to the edge of the
cliff, looked over to sec how much the
rocks shelved outwards ; then returned
looked to see that there was plenty O.
:; ropo for him to carry out, then took Z:
short run, and leaped as if from th'
4 spring board of a plunging-bath. H
touched, the water full fve-and-twenty
\ feet from the edge Of the cliff. Dow'
into its dark depth he went, like
\ Plnpmet, but soeq to, rise again. "a
he reached the surface he saw the cres
Of a mighty wave ., ten yards in from
d Of him--the wave that he had beer
d told was to dash him lifeless agains
d the cliff: But noH bis, old experience
4 Of the Pacific stands, him in good stead
L For: two D.: moments on be, draws breath
\ then e1e i reaches him, he dives belo,
1 its, centre, The water edashes. agaiua
/ the cliff, but the swimmer rises far be
yond it. "A faint cheer rises from th,
shore as they feel him draw upon tn,
rope. The waves follow in succession
aud he dives again and again, risin,
like an otter to take breath, maxim,
. very steadily onward, though more be
low the water than above it.
We must now turn to the ship. Th'
waves he'd made clean breach ove1
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