The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-13
HOW NOT TO DROWN.
4 lev Voris Of Advice FROM Cac Who
hnows All About a..

Four years 500 | was floating in the
srf :. Atlantic City. gazing W into .hc
sSy and thinking oalT OF ~ beauties.
whcn feeling somewhat; tired. . ~cssaye,i
20 stand up. bu; failed Tor the ycry cy-
e lent reason tina: | mad nothing =
stand on | had. without noticing u.
aoa'ed on, beyond my depth. am .
very Indifferent swimmer and make IA
rule not 20 veniUr. into ihs water
wIc-e ! can not secure q foo hold whca
! need y Yet iOuni myself. no.
through an foolish ycutur->omcUc,.
heyoud the fgr:aest line II ba,h,rs. uf
course immediately struck oui for
shore. After swimming until | fcl.
thoroughly exhausted / found that |
bad made yer. little progress. and |
also discovered tina, thr bottom ii ;Hc
ocean was too far beneath me 20 b. If
any practical benefit ~ q bass OF trav-
cling Now wha; would YOU 10 under
such cir,um>tancsS2 shout for helm.
YOU say Exactly Thai. | suppose. :
what auv wcll-Cordition Il sen, BILE hut
man being would 10. and vet | found
my,elf actually ashamed - DO it. |
was positively morally wcak enough -
permit 4 consideration of wha; my ie!-
low nan would think o: me 10 over
power the natural sense oi se.f-prrscr-
walton. | ianc!cd that | might he
laughed n for cry.nr on for assistance
before | was actually sinking beneath
the waye,. and - struggled On until
4 sudden C|onyUl-iyc twitchlng in the
calf If my left lrg told the that | hal 4
cramp. Then | shouted Help quite
Justify and shouted three. Nobody
heard me AMI nobody pad any a,tcn-
ton 70 me. Thanks IN my good fort
unr. however. | remained perfectly
coo,. else | would no; he talking 10 Won
now. | wa. able 10 recognize on the
shore the iaccs of people l Knew. and.
although / experienced no sense oi
fear. | iclt fully satisfied tina, | woa,d
never see them again.
Now. by al recognized rules and
regulations. III such cases made AMI
provided. the events of my entire life
should have passed bcforc m" in iu>'an-
taucouS review. III guarantee that
You never read Il novel but what. when
the hero 81 villain /, sinking beneath
the waves. lie thinks. with lightn NJ
Ike rapidly. Of every nc, III hi, career.
''And a. Reginald felt the cruel waters
closing above him. al the deeds a! biz
life. both good and tad. passed before
him Is though 4 panorama wa benz
movci by some magic hand" That j.
the way IT generally rcad>. You know.
.,At sfas : ,ul..t ...Lu.t. H. IA...
10 me. But | am icon elastic and
crucl enough 10 say that | hal no such
experience. | found that nv mind
was absorbed with on; one thought, u
the exclusion oi all other sensations.
| thought If absolutely nothing hu: oi
getting ashore jusc a. soon a. possible.
After my first UNDECIDED cries Tor help |
again felt ahamcd TO call AGAIN. but
ma ic another effort at swimming. In
my crampci condition | found tins
iruitlcsS. and 50 ! again cried ont for
assistance. but kept perfectly still IN
the water while ! did IT, Had | s,rug-
"lcd | would have lost breath. and
with it my life. Ny last shout was
heard. saw a Sudden excitement on
the beach. I>aw men point their arms
toward ne. | saw Others run into the
the water. i saw 4 man bringing a
coil Of rope. could identify the indi-
vidualS who were doing these things. ]
watched them coming toward me aud
simply cndcayorcd To keep as 4u.et a
possible. In this way | managed To
keep af'oat until they cot To me and
dragged me 20 shore.
What IuWi-h 10 demonstrate IL that the
very poorest swimmer among YOU j.
perfectly safe in the water II he only
keep, cool and does not s,ruggl. when
nothing is to lie gancd by such Efforts
-Ihi uieL phir N,Ws