The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-08
A BRAVE BOY.
Narrow Escape Of Four Youths from
SwaIng.
A Courageous Lad Re,snes Two OF
Them From a Sad Pate.
We I,ra,e Deed Of a Young Hero.

GA Sunday morning some twelve or NJ
lsen boys bad oongregsted az tho carp
nond OF Nr. samue RlchsIdson near the
residence Of Dr.. n. n. Hughes Tor the puf'
nose of having a glorious TIME Tor the hrst
inns Ia some OF their lives OF Hkhllng on
the Toe, About ~ o'clock Miss Sammy
ssasirunk, the assistant oookkeeper Tor
Hughes Bros. & Company, was watching
them from the window aud remarked,
having; 1 believe will so dogn aud Join
them,T when DR.. Hughes replied 10 her:
"Yon shall not go; 10 IL too dangerous,
Immediately She exclaimed, Tine ice 10
broken aud a number OF them have gone %
tho bottom Dr.. Hughes ran GU immedi.
aiely. Whom he reached tho pond TWO OF
them bad made their way out ~
the direction Of hts haus'' =,
Godbolt and one other whose
name Ia not learned swimming and break
Ing the leo M thry came. The other two,
John Sites aud Robert hurIofd, went TO TIE
bottom, Robert being he smaller hoy
uraspiug John. Who succeeded, toNtNrr, ~
extric1tlng himself gni carried budprd TO
the -urfsco of tine water with MN Each
one grAsped the i'o nnu attempted 10 maze
their wav out towards the city, Each tune
large flakes Of ice would brtuk aud they
would 10 down again. &c water wa
tan feet deem where they were ana
inlly sixty feet from the shore. Tn" boys
hnd succeedel iu launching ivo plauAs
aeio, the ice to them btiore Dr. Hughe1
reached there, but II was impns,iols Tor
them 20 move the plank w coh'equence OF
Tbs loatinI ice which surrounded them.
Fnnr ~ the boys had locked hands and sue
cssdsd Ia Teaching the end OF the plank bf
wndinF 10 some distance, which held young
sit.s nm. hat little Burford was beyond
their reach struggling to eziricato himsel',
and cried Boys. help mel Atthis moment
Or. hughes reached the margin OF tue lake
the same time some one arrived VIVA
short rome. When the doctor cried out,
~, there not boy here brave
enough To fsscuo that chic" as quick q"
thou,ht Young Walter stone, SOP
OF Colonel Stone late Of the arm OF stone "
K.atipr. snatched the rope, ran 90 The edge
of the unbroken ice, and In the attempt 10
throw the rope .he ice upon which no stood
gave way. and for n momest u ieemed
that he too would be lost
mt he soon made his way ont and quick
as lightning ran above the point where HE
ine rad been broken to It's very edge, this
time throwing the rope WIN SUCCESS
purford caught A., the ice broke under
Stone, but like brave hoy he held 70 ne
rome, came To shore hauing But.oLl hlter
hin. The two boys, John ana i'pbefi'
wore carried 10 the residences ol Sir. sam
/
! f,rrsbia room. their wet clothes re-.
moved, the young ladies Of The house
bp.,ed tbemselyes in providing dry cloth
| ing. mt them in warm. comfortable beds,
making hot toiiies and co-.' ioI hem IN
/ drink. Skies did not seem 30 snltsr much
/ from the effect oi the cold Young Bur
| Erd' however, had cougestiye chill, bs'
coming as spotted hs ~ dying. dolphin,
nom which he did not recover for several
/ hours The credit OF saving tho life CT
| little Robert Burlord is due 10 the bravery
| of Young Walter Stone.
The conduct OF Jim B,edso, who, per
ished in the flames Of the Pf'lrie Belle TO
Rianohs. who, in obedience TO duty, lost
his life is not deserving OF more credit
than the conduct Of this boy OF sixteen
summers, and had he lived in ancient
Greece or Soarts, it would have received
AN lis merits, public recognition.