Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
EMMA RANILroN's BRAVERY.
a FlfGeen-year-old Girls Efforts to
Rescue IA Drowning Boy.

New York Times.
Captain William Hamilton, who
owns u produce boat running to this
city, .iyea in q neal hillside cottage
in the village of Northport, Long Is
LAID. Ftom his front stoop one may
! get q glimpae OF the blue Connecticut
hills across the sound, In front of
his house is a road and from the road
the ground slopes suddenly about
forty feet toa marrow beach. GA tho
afternoon Of July Z, tho captains
daughter Emma, wassI;tiug under the
trees that shade the slope. She wac not
sixteen untl last Thursday, and she
does not even appear to be yen as old
as that, William Beebs, the fifteen
year.old son q Capt. Beebe, e Sandy
Hook pilot, was in town visiting an
uncle. He came along and invited
Miss Emma to go up to the beach 70
the bathing houses and join "a number
of women and children who were in
the water. She declined to go and
the boy went on. Pretty soon she
heard the children crying: "rhere's a
boy drowning. AS thai was common
among the children when playing in
the water, she paid no attention to it,
Soon, however, she heard a woman
cry:
"For God sake, is there no one on
this beach that can swimf'
She knew then that somebody was
indeed drowning. 1t was nearly 100
rods to the sand point where the bath
ers were, but she reached the place in
time to ace young Beebe rise to the
surface for the last time. He was
about three rods from the beach.
Hastily throwing off her shoes, she
plunged in, and swimming I the
place as nearly as she could Judge, abe
dived several times to the bottom, but
she failed to find him. BY this time
John Murray had reached the beach,
A boat was launched, Miss Hamilton
got into 1t, and with Murray went t.
the place where Beebe had gone down,
being able to Judge more accurately
where it was than when she was swim
ming. Leaning over the stern of TIT
boat, she put her face under thu
water, so that q clear view of the bot
tom should not be cut of by surfao,
waves and rlpples.
When she discovered the boy lyin,
motionle IS on the sand and undoubt
edly quite dead, owing to the tim,
that had elapsed, she made Murra.
hold the boat over it with an oa
while che wet ashore and got a heav,
oyster rake. This she carried to tn
boat, and with 1t the body was brough
10 the surface. Efforts were made Of
the shore to revive him, but he hs
probably died before the boat wa
launched.
The courage and energy Miss Ham
ilton had displayed was 18th
talk of the country around. Capt
J. L. knight, of this city, a relativ
of the boy, and Capt. Jesse CARL,
ship-builder of the village, started tn
pr act of making a present to tn
, girl for her bravery. A subscriptio
paper was quietly circulated.
Cnristmas night was selectedto max
the annual presents to the Sunds
school pupils. There was a unto
gathering at the Methodist churcl
: The building was crowded. Aft,
; Santa Claus had climbed out of IL
chimney of a house made for the pu
pose, and given away many beautifr
things to the children, Lawyer N.
Ackely stepped up in front of the pu
> pit. He said the giving away of pre-
ents was q fitting service in memory
the life that Fad been given that a
q might live. Nothing was mo-
precious than life; nothing MOI
noble than self-sacnfice to save i
The villagehad been called last SUNNI,
= to mourn the death of a lad know
and loved OF all. But, great ss WI
the grief, there was a light shed upc
it by the heroic efforts of a young 81
. to ave the boy as he struggled wi
death. The whole village had fe
that it was a deed worthy of som
= thing more than praise. They HI
procured a gift for her, but they kne
that it could not add to the satisfa
ton which follows an act like hers.
would show 10 her, however, the es'
4 nation in which she was held by h
: neighbours. The heroine. he said,
whom he spoke was Miss Emma Han
ilton.
Amid a great roa of applause Mi
Hamilton then stepped forward.
\ gold hunting case watch with a cha
( and seal was given to her. She bo,
3 ed her thanks amid profound silenc
and, as the applause again burst fort
she returned modestly to her sea
Y The watch is very handsome, and
worth over 500. Inside the case a
engraved the following words:
Presented to
EMMA HAMILTON
u by her friends
+. Northport, L. L.
t. as a tribute of admiration
10 for her heroic efforts to
safe life on the day of
n July z, 1882.
Iv Miss Hamilton has long brown hs,
II q clear complexion, large brown eye
u, y and regular features. She was t
heroine of a similar adventure t.
We years ago. A playmate of about t
same age vas in the water, a she
a distance from shore, and accidental
got beyond her depth. She could n
I; swim. Miss Hamilton, who was
te the beach, promptly went to the r.
u cue and brought her to shore, whe
\. re~storatives were successfully apple
II, Honest and Liberal.
10 When the Hops In each bottle
IS. Hop Bitters (at the present pric
" S1.25 per lb cost more than q bot
Is sold for, besides the other cost