, 1879-01-09

l,earhs, vhcru Mexican brig had ttnol over
and gone down, Only TWO tnen Of the crew
Ayaras!a. We were told that ber topmast was
sticking out Of tho water. but, after proceeding
upon accurate bearings for several days, We were
unable to find It. We were cruising about
~ lean over tho tai!1ail al the right naoment |
saw MANY fat.lonls bc'ow = long dark ltne
stretching out under TIC crystal water. ] con-
sudci that lhs waa taa., must, and that the
put on Jiyiag dress and acnt down. We
l,an been told that ak people were lost; among
them was Thu Caotaln's niece, young won-
all ab0ut ~ wears. Ut age. got 10 the
taking caro- 10 keep tic a!r.tubiur. c!ear from
the Keel, SO as not 10 break IT, Not sfSty yar,ls
from inc ross ttIu white wall Of the coral rect.
There were great hotta In the bottom Of the
hulk. got aboard and on feeling around found
hung ttUwn In c1ogVinG masses on tie aide. tbs
ship looked weird anil strange enough, ! ran
tell yuu. I went down Into ths cabin. The
floor was 50 steep that could hardly rnfk. On
tile stdc whict, leaned toward me- Wishing to
scc whether there was any treasure a1oard |
tucked up bar which ha1 with ne and atruck
ihp door two Of three ttmce. 1t did not budRc,
pos. and began to pry. Suddenly, Is I was look
fng np-for You must understand that II WAS
above tnc..it swung Glenn open, aud the cosntc
of n beautiful woman, clad In her white night
clothes, with her face torard me- slowly ie1l over
hea,i foremost. Before / could move land II l
hat wished to WAS paralyzcd with horror) her
hand touched my helmet with llGht. blow md
her fces struck tho aoor. Tao light poured
remember Just how tint facc looked. Thu eyes
were wide open and stnrttng IRON their socketa :;
the lips were gasp!ng. and tho mattel ho'r
littel and trtsnb1cd and waved With her motion
EfL fhti IFIfifF rxf
feruser fnyaeli shook OH the hand with nl, tic
power tia. could muster. It heerncd eocsuteh
Mt inc. md was lrIe .tcncd, When I got on
deck, however, fclt better, and we fastened q
ilne TO the corlse aud drew II up. She must
have Jumped ont Of her bunk Just AZ the brig
wcnt down and died in trying to open tho door,
TIE Foam was lost on the coast Of Mexico. be-
!aw TnMptco, and my diving sutt went with her.
ol nothislg hut q tarpaulln and 4u,a'westcr.
:" It was during tho French occupation Of
Mexico, md Joined the army under Ten. Pc1ro
Murtiuh l served tEse1 months In his cntn-
know to thls day IN which slde ! fought, Or
whom Or what was shnoiiuE At. Il WIS most
1y Euerrlllu warfare with us. We Ernlnll1v
!novcl northward. and from Monterey iooe
brownsville. came Sorth, and ny father gave
mt start In husiness At Cape May. I did q
good trade, but passed most Of my time on tho
Leach. coulon't keep nwaY from It. It wns
tHCf0 (unt Hr8E went DH4O kIG lklt.6hVaNK BcffCa
as a volunteer. Dnring tho first seascn rcs-
cued fourteen persona from drowning. took
soma terrible risks. The next sum
mcr, after spending the winter IN Philadelphia,
! returned tn the Cape and saved several
lives. And here II peculiar point. have au
fnstnctfur ltte-eavinG like TINT Of New1u,ind-
laud dog. ! NeYcr calculate the chances OF my
OWN safety. by Rurpassing the mcIt who were
there nnKAlcu in the ltfe-xayinx service, and
showing tAcu, TINT tgir OF II BystetIi was ialsc,
! u,alo many Ut them Inv enemies. In l6th',
S1,U0 worth OG presents ere given nc by tho
visitors at Cape Aiay. Ny store was fred by in
ccnAlarics, Bn1 good part Of the city wna
burned duwn. I lost atl that lad. attribute
against myself In the man,cr alluded to.
went agaln Into the submarine diving business,
finding employment IL the tlnlf Of Mexico. WhG.l
the Frutlut,tiertnan war broke cut IN 1870 went
10 Europe and Joined tho frnnc-tfseurs at I1AvFe.
! hatetl discipline and would not belong to q
regu!nr corps. During tho whole war ] served
untier Gen. A1orqusfL. l still have tho riffs
which uscd then. II was given INC in teslt
mohy Of my services. ! was At OrIeant, Limo
res, Roucn, Bnaltcck. aIId many little skir'
1nisbcs IN thc nurth Of France. After my rr
turn 10 America. 1871, went down to Atlantic
CITY aud acted u II volunteer ltfa.aaver. ! was
very succcsaiuI, and during that winter worked
I'll my llfe-prthervlue Apparatus. ] Wna engaged
by thu Camden i; Atlantic Railroad CON Dau3 ste
organxc q llfesaytng service oil tile coast, and
the eeus6tI ri 1b1a pnsscd without tho lnss OF t
Elngte life. Altogether haye saved aeyCbty
one lives on tho Now jersey coast, yet for thl!
scrvica have never received any recognition
either from tho Government or fro!n hutlIats
sotet!cs. LII tho spr1ng Of 1873 ns Jon Know
Tent ~ Europe en tho Quccu."