, 1873-02-01
A LONG ISLAND HEROINE.
NEfsY Lucinda Coni6lan'n Mrarery-A
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Miss Lucinda CoEfklan'n lsrnterf-A
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From tho Broohlyn tN, ~ Union.
On friday afternoon, John MaBon, who iB con-
noctca with the gravel pit at tho hamlet Of Ia
4 friond to Caire's store, Which is near Hunting
ton harbor, to lay In his weekly supply Of pro-
visions. Having mado his purchasea, ho and hia
friend ro-onbnrked in thoir frnl aliff and start.
bny, thoy lad go through a narrow strait, known
in Long Island yernaoular aA tho gut and
thon row oloao to the ghore Of tho bay for Hov-
oral milos. They passed. tho gut in safety, and
had rowed to 9 point about half way between
Eaton's Neck Light and tho bay, whom the boat
became ontanglcd in d floe Of ico.
Tho 8lsiR being heavily loaded aBtorn, 60 hcav"
lily in fact that hor bow was nearly out Of Wster,
tic frantic eiorta Of the men to pull out Of the
gottlng into clear water, thoy showed moro Than
half Of tho boat on Top Of 1arge cake Of Ice.
Then both dropped their ours and made IN Of
fort to push the boat OF the leo, but In their
hurry and excitement thoy cnpsized hor, and IN
water. Mr.. Masona companion, being able to
swim little, gained the boat, which was 1oat-
ing bottom upwards, aud got astrdo of her koel,
yelling Justify for help. Meanwhile Maaon, who
Of leo, which wns barely buoynnt enough to aus-
thin his weight, and WAS rapidly becoming e1-
haustod.
Directly opposite tho place at which the boat
vas eapsized is the residence Of Mr.. Conklin, .
farmer. When tho cries for help Wero heard
Mr. Conlllin was awuy from home, and there
Wero only threo women and a little boy In tho
house.
All rushed to tho beach and Baw tho struggles
Of tho drowning man, hut for moment they
we're SO paralyzcd that neither of them had pres-
once Of mind enough to make movement to MD
him. Then, Misc Luciuda Conklln, without stop
ping to consult her motLor or sister, waded out
into tho bay, determined to mike at least one cf-
fort to eavo Mason. At this part Of the bay the
beach is broad and shelvos out very gradually, 90
the bravo woman wns enabled to wade within q
fow feet Of Mr. Mason. But M she moved for
ward, clearing the ice from her path with her
last, when sho was only eight Or ten foot from
tile 1nnn she sought to save, only hor head was
above water: By this time Mason showed posi-
tive eignB of exhaustion. Ho had clung to tho
Ice for 10 long timo that hia hands had bocono
numb artl almost powerless, md Miss Conklin
saw, from his effort to relieve his hauds by
placing ono of his elbows on tho cake Of ice, that
his chances for hfo wore not worth q minutes
pnrclaAo.
Viii, q heroiam seldom or oyor parallolal, she
plunged into the deep wator, and, with few Wig
orouH strokes, reached tho drowning lnau. Al
though exhausted, lie wns still sensible, and
faithfully oboyed the instructions giyon by the
braye woman. She had warned him against
soizing hold Of hor in auch q manner as to in
pede llor motions 30, whom sho reached him, lc
placed his hands on her shoulders, and i'll a few
seconds, thanks to hor good swimming, botl
stood neck deep in tho ico-cold water, and begun
wading sioreward.
AS Mins Conlklin reached tho shore sl,e faintcd
away, mud WAS carried 10 tho house by l,or relu-
tiyoB, Mason, noarly frozen to death, following
in thoir wake. Ills Conliiin VAS thoroughly OK
haustod by hor o1ertionB, az we'll as by the tro-
mcnlous excitement nndor which sho had lnbor-
cd, and did not recover for two or three days,
Magons companion stuck manfully to tho keel
Of tho boat, aud in due course Of time WIS hauled
ashore.
Miss Conllin is a youlig lady oil about tho aver.
ago sixe, but her country trimming has impaired
to 1lor much more than tho avorago strength Of
her Hex. Although not beautiful, she is spoken
worry popular in lho neighborhooa III. which she
roHdoH,