Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-03-15
THE VALUE OF A moor SKIRT.

h.hA'r adventure on Lake Chains
piain--8reaking Through the Ice Two
MILES from Shore--Heroism Of a Young
Lao y-Hozv SE,e Saved Her Levers
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! PnATrsBURaH, n. z, Feb. 2O.-An in
cldetit SO romantic and unusual, and
with denoumeit SO pleasing, occurred
near here one day recently, tliat j send
the particulars to you.4 Lake Cham
plain, on which this place is situated,
'e Que of the most beautiful sheets of
water pI6Gably in America, and Cum
berland Bay, where oile ST the. MOST
brilliant naval engagements Of the &ar
of 1914 was fought and won by Com
modore McDoneugh Of the American
fleet against the British under Commo-
lore Bowri6, furnishes one of the
grabdeet sksting parks or ponds one
could wish to see. lie is The favorite re-
sort of the young ladies and gentlemen
of this vicinity on moonlight evenings.
Gre evening q short time since young
lady and ge1itleman of this village, who
/ had frequently been skating CT the hay
] before, went out upon the bay, but be-
1 heving in the cid axiom that ''Two is
! o6aE pgry;n went to an unfrequented
part, where they could enjoy the skat-
ing and each others society u1im0lested,
| AftGf sE@tiiig for some little time near
the shore, the gentleman tt,sorosea that
they should go further out where the
ice was smoother, to which she con-
serted end they accordingly ventured
out obout two niles, here they found
/ the ice in beautiful condition, 5ttt6 the
gentleman was proceeding to do the
grapevine. forward and backward roll,
and italy ether. fancy figures only
known to accomplished skaters, when
suddenly the ice gave way beneath hifsf,
and in a moment he found himself
struggling in the water and unab1s TO
extricate himself, the ice breaking as
fast as he attempted to raise himself on
its edge The young lady, true to her
ao1EaHty Instincts, 6ega1i to scream at
the top Of her voice, bu5 tRs f'fisacy
they had sought had taken them beyond
the hearing of all who could have been
of service to them. He besought her
10 90 to ihe shore and endeavor to pro-.
cure assistance; 6itf she wsll knew he
must perish before she could get Tack,
even if she found no difficulty in pro-
curing assistance. Then an idea came
fnte her head, and she Immediately put
it IN execution; 81 y
She. first took off her Jacket and dress,
snd tying them together undertook to
reach him with ono end but it was too
short, as the yielding ice warned lei
when she moved toward him and en-
deavored to throw him one end. What
more could she do2 She hesitated a
moment; then slipping off her CATERS,
both stockings were soon. tisd. TO the
end of the dress and jacket; aid yet II
was too short. Meantime, the young
man was rapidly becoming exhausted,
and if she was to save him no time was
to be lost. For moment her hands
Disappeared in the drapery about her
waist, and then something fell cr the
ice about her feet-it was her rhoopskirt
This was quickly severed into half
a dozen pieces, and added to the
jacket, dress, and stockings, and, to
her great delight, this made the line
long enough te reach him. Bravely
she tugged at one Giid Gf It, while he
clutched the other end with the grip of
a man who knew that that was all which
stood between him and eternity In
few minutes she landed him safely on
the solid ice, and then the red jacket
and dress were wrapped about her as
best they could be, and the two started
for home, where they arrived without
being noticed by any one. Few were
the words spoken on the journey home;
but they must have been to the pur-
pose, as the wedding suits are ordered,
and before the ice shall disappear from
ouf beautiful lake this spring they will
be married.