New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-26

pner by the collar, and shaking tOther neii
(D at them a.. Ye ken / wanted 20 neichV
on them, for saying riskit myself mar ior
the rich than the puir But a. couid say
was, 'wow-wow-wow' tho brethe wanna
rome book to NV body. And while L was
'wow-vow-vowing' at them, and gripping
nv coptiye like a mollyfactor, DINA he turn
roond and thank me in brief discoorse vara
ceeyil. Eb. mon, glOwered at him; L Tossed
him nm, 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,
sumo as ever | could speak"
/ come now to the browning feat of this
philanthropic and adventurous life; and l
doubt my power to describe it. halt before
it, like one that feels weak, and a mountain
to climb; for such feat, believe, was never
done in the water by mortal man, nor ever
will again while earth shall last.
James Lambert worked in SOmervilles mill.
Like most of the hands he must cross the
water to get home. For that purpose. small
ferry-boat was provided; it lay at little
quay near the MILL One Andrew had charge
of it ashore, and used to shove 1t OIL WIN
lever, and receive it on its return. lie olteh
let more people go intOi it than Lambert thought
safe. and Lambert had demonstrated, ana had
even said "Yell hae an Occdent some day
that ven rue but ance, and that VIII be a
your life" Andrew, in reply, told him to
mind his own business.
Well, one evening James Lambert wanted to
get away in the first bOat-lOad. This was
somehow connected with his having bought a
new hat: perhaps he wished to avoid the
crowd of workpeOple-here | am not very
clear. However. he watched the great wheel,
and the moment it began to WAIVER, previous
to stopping, he ran for his hat, and darted
down the stairs. But, as he worked in an up
per story. full a 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 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 of into the tide-way,
and said words which, if he has not prayed
God to forgive them III this world, will per-
haps hang heavy round his neck in the next.
"To hcll-ye bcggars!" he cried.
This rough launching made the Over-laden
boat wobblc. 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 coupit % Altogether,
they a. flew to me that could for they a
kenncd me. l. the water, them that hadna a
baud o me, had baud o them that had a
baud o me- and they carried me doom like
Iced"
Now it is an old saying and true one that
"After-wit is everbOdy'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 i
shall stop here and entreat my readers,
for the instruction of their own minds, to
lay down this narrative and shut their
eyes, and ask themselves how it was pos
sible for mortal man to escape drowning
himself, and to save those who were drown
ing him. You have seen that it cost
him the skin of his finger to get clear of a
single baker Here he was clutched and
pinned by at least four desperate drowning
creatures, strong as lions in their wild de-
spair, and the weight of twelve 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 Il
sack.
"Sirr, when we've twa feet i the grave,
your mind warks hard. l didna struggle, for
it was nae mair use than to wTastle vi n kirk.
Just strauchtened myself DOT like corp
OT), and let them tax me doom to the bottom
o. the Clyde; and there | stude up right, an
waited; for | kennel the puir sauls would
drOOn afOre me, and / saw just ae wee wee
chance to save them yet. Ye shall undcrStond
SIR, that when folk are dToOning, they dinna
settle doom till the water fills their
lungs and drives the air DOT. At first
they waver up and doom at sairtain
intervals. Aweel, srr / waited for that, on
the grund. / was the only ane grunded, yen
obsairve. A slight upward movement COM
menced. l took advantage and gied vi'lent
spang Wi my feet against the bottom, and
WI me choosing my time, up we a. came.
My arms were grippit, but / could strike
DOT Wi my feet, and before ever we reached
the surface | dashed DOT like deevil for
the quay Awecl SIR, WI all l could do,
we didna wcrd abune yard, or may be a
yard and n hauf, and doom they carried me
like Iced. / strauchtcned myself as we sank,
and grunded. The lave were a roond me
like Ton (D. l bides my time and when
they are inclinng upward | strikes fra the
grund an this time, mair slantiDg towards
the quay. That helpit us, and In a dozen
vilent strokes we may be gained twa yards
this time. Then doom like Iced. Plays the same
game again, up, and doom again. And moo,
SIR, there was something that turned sair
against us ; but then there was something for
us, to bOlance it. 1t was against MS that they
had all SWALLOWED their pint o water by this