New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

bargain; they castit in my teeth that was
martial. and saved the rich afOre the poor
Moo let naebOdy 6roOn. but my bargain
was with the club to save them first, so
behooved to keep to the contract. Aweel
then did nae execution there worth speak
ing o., the thing I'm comm to was at the
bend of the Clyde they ca the peat bog
A number was skating on the rivur, and the
ice began to heaye an shake wi the high
tide. So / chased all the boys off wi my
belt, and warned the men; but some
folk Wilma be warned by me. The Ice
breaks under laboring man. and IN he
goes, and the tide sucked him under in a
moment. l ran to the place as fast as l
could aud under the ice after him. Aweel,
l soomed and soomed and did ma catch him.
l soomed and soomed. ay hoping to find
him. till had nae chance to come back
alive if did ma turn. But, just as turned,
nv feet struck him. Then my HART got up
again. grippit him and dragged him back
wi me, and sOomed and soomed for my ain
life the moo, as weel as his. Eth, mon,
was amaist game. But wadna loose MIN
Twas bath live or bath dee. I'm just glvln
in, when see the light o the hole, max for t
and get him DOT and on the ice, and DINA
it keep breaking direckly with the pair o.
US, and sac we 90 hounderin' and smash.
ing, till we are helpit ashore Moo, IN
tell ye farce. I'm haulding the chiel pris-
Oner by the collar, and shaking t'tother
neif ~ at them a.. Ye ken l wanted to
tieicht on them, for saying l riskit myself
mair for the rich than the puir. But a l
could say was. 'wow-wOw-'-the brethe
wadna come book to my body. And while
! was 'wow--wOw-wOwing at them. and
gripping my cOptive like mollyfactor,
DINA he turn round and thank me IN
brief discourse vara ceevil. Eth. mon, !!
glowered at him: | Tossed him an rolled
away backwards to glover at him. He
could haze repeated his catecheesm, and l
could only baash an blather. The man
was better man than me: FOR he had been
LANCER in. Oh. declared that on the bank.
sune as ever l could speak,
come now TO the browning feat Of this
philanthropic and adventurous life. and
fore it, like one that feels weak, and a
mountain TO climb; for such feat. be.
lieve. was never done in the water by NOR
| tai man, nor ever will again while earth
shall last.
James Lambert worked in Somerville's
mill. Like most Of the hands. he must
cross the water to get home. For that pur.
| bose small ferry boat was provided; it lay
at a little quay near the mill. One Andrew
| it Oft with lever. and received IL on it's re-
turn. He often lie. more people GO into it
than Lambert thought safe, and Lambert
had demonstrated and had even said: ''Ye'n
r haze an occident some day that yell rue but
ance. and that will be a. your life" An
drew, in reply. told him to mind his own
| business.
Well. one evening James Lambert wanted
| to get away in the fret boat load. This
! was somehow connected with bis having
bought q new hat; perhaps he wished to
avoid Tho ornwd Of xuOrR naOpIa-harQ 7 a m
not very clear. However. he watched tho
great wheel. and the moment it began to
waver. previous to stopping, he ran tor his
hat, and darted down the stairs. But. as he
| worked IN an upper story, full dozen got
! into the boat before him. He told Andrew
to put of: but Andrew would not till
| the boat should be full: and soon it was
| crammed. James Lambert then said it was
! shame of him to let SO many go on board.
! This angered the man. and, when the boat
was so crowded that her gunwale was not
| far above water. he showed her violently off
| into the tideway, and said words which, if
| he has not prayed God to forgive them in
this world. will perhaps hang heavy round
his neck in the next.
..To hell--ye beggars!" he cried.
This rough launchin. made the over.laden
boat wobble. The women got frightened,
and before the boat had gone twenty yards
she upset in dark. icy water, ten feet deep.
1t was night.
"Before the boat coupi. Il, athegither.
they a flew to me that could. for they a.
kenned me. L the water. them that hadna
a baud O. me, had a baud o. them that had
baud o me. and they carried me doom like
leed.''
Now it is an old saying and a true one
that ''Afterw wit is eveyybody's wit" Were
to relate at once what James Lambert
accomplished hundreds would imagine they
could have done the same. To correct that
self deception and make men appreciate
this hero correctly, shall stop here and
entreat my readers. for the instruction Of
their own minds, to lay down this nara.
tive and shut their eyes, and ask themselves
how it was possible for mortal man to
escape drowning himself. and to save those
who were drowning him. You have seen
that it cost him the SKIN Of his finger to get
clear of a single baker. Here he was
clutched pinned by at least four desperate
drowning creatures. strong as lions in their
people more hanging on to those that
clutched him. SO that the united weight Of
them all carried down the strong swimmer
| like statue IN a sack.
''Sirr. when we've two feet i the grave
your mind warks hard. I dldna struggle,
for it was ma MAR use than to wrastle wi a
kirk. LUST STRENGTHENED myself cot like q
CUT " uuN 1cG lucul LAX UOOu 10 Iu0
bottom o. the Clyde; and there stude up
right and waited: for ! kennel the puir
sauls would droon afore me. and saw Just
wee wee chance to save them vet. Yc
shall understood SIR. that when folk are
dr0oning they dinna settle doom till the
water fills their lungs and drives the air
out. AT first they wayer up and doom at
sartain intervals. Aweel, SIR. waited for
that on the ground. was the only ane
led A Sirbe orI
movement commenced. took advantage
and gied vi'lent sprang wi my feet against
the bottom and wi me choosing my time,
up we a'cume. My arm was grippit. Blu,
could strike DOT wi my feet. and before
ever We reached the surface
dashed Dol, like a deevil for the
quay. Aweel. SIR, wi all could do, We
didna wend abunc yard, or may be yard
and haut. and doom they carried me like
Iced. STRENGTHENED myself as we sank, and
grunded. The lave we roond me like a
fOn.iI,. l bides my time. and when they
are inclining upward strikes fra the grund:
an this time. MAR slanting toward the quay.
That helpit us, and in a dozen vi'lent
strokes we may be gained twa yards this
time. Then doom like Iced. Plays the same
game again, up. and doom again. And moo,
SLIT, there was something that turned sar
against US: but then there was something
for US. 70 bofance il 1t was against us that
they had all swallowed their pint O. water
BY this time, and were ma sac buoyant: it
was for us that the water was shallower
now, may be not mair than twa feet over
heed. Moo this iva feet wad droon us AZ
weel as twanty; but wi nae MAR nor twa
feet abune us. ! could spring up fra the grun
by mere force; for the gum gies 80 an
awfu' power for foot or twa. Sac moo I'm
nae suner doom than up again. and still
creeping tor the quay. and the water aye
wee bit shal!ower. The next news is.