The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-03
THE CHAMPION CORRESPONDENT.
The Ingenious Msdesty Of a New York Lett
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The Ingenious Msdesty Of a New York Let
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From The Chicago Times. Oct. 20.
Chicago has endured the presence Of
many healthy prevaricators in the past
but in her late affection she has been
victimized upon ascale fully commensu
rate with the magnitude OF her calam'
ity. Chief among the persons who have
built Munchausen histories upon our
woe, correspondent Of the New York
Evening Telegraph stands out in bright
and unapproachable relief. Perusing
his account of personal adventures, one
is left in painful doubt which to admire
most, the writer's modesty, or his in
penious defiance Of all rules grammati-
cal.
"An incident" he says, which | am
about to relate, which, while it coiled up
my very soul in horror, failed to entirely
obliterate from my mind, my sense OF
duty, or to take away completely my
sense of consciousness Of what should
be done on such q terrible emergency,
in such sudden and terrible emer-
gency, which is part and parcel Of every
mans innate composition to more or
less degree.
"On the night of the second edition
of the great fire, just as the flames burst
with ungovernaLle fury down along Wa
bash avenue and that vicinity, surpris-
ing many Of the inmates OF the resi-
dences of that rather aristocratic locality,
|, with some hundreds of others, stood
disturbedly in mind at least, contempla.
ting the fearful ravages the devasting
element was making among the palatial
structures that lined that thorougnfare,
when methought l perceived the face
and partial form of human being
frantically gesticulating at one of the
second story windows OF what was after
ward told was No. Is. INSTANTLY called
the attention of my neighbors to the
heartrending spectacle, and wildly
called for some volunteers to assist In
rescue. The house was enveloped in
flames in moment, quicker than pen
can describe. In a moment also the
shadow Of form had disappeared d.
Feeling lest a human being or beings
were about to perish in sight of null
titude of fellow beings, placed, however,
in comparative safety, sudden despera-
ton all at once seemed to take posses
sion of my whole frame, and with some
wild, incoherent expression, l dashed
down the street, determined to do or to
die, as the phrase is, and with leaps
rather than strides made for the house,
never losing ght of the window at
which l had first distinctly discovered
the form, and almost instantly found
myself painting at the very door. The
heat was almost insufferable in fact
felt my very breath scorched as l stood
there, at the same time the perspiration
was rolling off my forehead in massive
drops, which seemed to my excited
Imagination bucketfuls.
II had thus stood lion at bay as it
were, for the space of about five min
utes, when | saw woman, all ablaze,
her garments nearly completely burned
off and the few shreds remaining one
mass of fire, dashing through the living
hell, holding tenaciously to what again
a parcel of consuming com
bustible matter, such as wood or woolens
of some description. Without calcu-
lating the immense risk, or the appalling
danger, l gave one spring and clasped
the expiring form in my arms. At the
same instant the bundle was dropped
from the arms of the female, and she
herself fell on my arm for support with
a groan. quickly conveyed the woman
blistered and nude, with smouldering gar
ments hanging from her shoulders, with
out the pale OF the flames, and then sank
to the ground more like corpse than
anything living. A few Of the more
courageous of the lockers on done the
rest that is, carried the rescued woman
safety, and thus saved two lives that
otherwise would have been sacrificed
Immediately after escaping the greater
peril. The bundle that the lady had
under her arm was subsequently ascer.
tanned to have been an only infant-a
sweet boy of two months. He persisted
at the threshold of rescue, dropped by
the exhausted arms of its mother, who
held it as long as human power sustained
her.
"My injuries were triAing, considering
the desperation of the exploit, and l am
now SO far recovered as to feebly detail
the particulars of one of the most excru.
ciatingly appalling experiences that it
base yer been my fortune to be the hero
of. The above can be vouched for by 500
witnesses if necessary. The name of
the lady or the fate of the rest Of the
family, l am yet in total ignorance of,
but will ascertain and forward as speedily
as my researches will admit. At last
&C q cunts she was in state of insensi.
bility, but in fair way of ultimate re-
covery."
TOrtures Of the Dinner Table.
The discourtesies often visited upon