The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-04-07
BOYTON's SWIM FOR LIFE.

| Capt. Paul Bpvtou, the noted swim
mcT, had grown heavy during the
winter and to reduce his flesh had re
| Gently been making little trips out into
the lake IN his Rubber suit. Tuesday
| rHoruu" AT o'clock he LEFT Fullerton
| avenue Tor SWIM to South Chicago
and return. but baltIcd for hours with
great ice foe, was carried many miles
nut into the lake, stripped Of his naVI-
CATION Instruments and lost tor fifteen
hours in thc drifting ice, and from
! 0'cIocii ia the morning until midnight
was without food or drink. At mid
might when !Ir was rescued 1T the crib,
| his vitality wae almost gone. Stimu-
| lani- were applied and he was put To
| bed.
| w hcu entered the water at Z
| O'Clock, The captain said last evening,
there WAS "A fresh west wind. swan
about two miles, intending to clear the
crib tor "A "trip 10 South Chicago. just
about the limit OF iuy run cast ] began
TO NEE. ice. / pushed through IL Tor u
line and then ran across some Hoes on
to which climbed Meanwhile a
heavy mist had shut out all view OF the
san and the wind had got the ice to-
gether. | struggled quito while i'll
what 1 thought was the western border
of the foe and then ran into what 1
thought was the pocket. ! pulled
through il and came again TO struggling
foes. | must have fought them until
10 O'Clock before [ missed my compass
| When | looked 10 get my bearings
having noticed that the city had faded
= from view, | found the band which
bound the COMPASS TO my body haC
: either been severed by piece OF ice ol
a had become unbuckled and 1t Wa'
4 gone. The sun was hidden and there
= was nothing from which l could ge
8 my bearings. The water was cole
A and had been in il SO long | began Il
r get drowsy. ChilIs ran through m!
Q veins in quick succession, and | saw
| that must either pull out for some
g where or perish. | looked about an(
a SAW the field OF ice was at my ieet-
4 swimming foremost-and then con
g cIudcd | had only to pull from the ic,
|, to reach Chicago. SO started, ant
G vigorously too For i've hours
a worked as | never did before. Th
u water was heavy and litcless aud hat
IA To fight Tor every inch I made. Chi
a. CdSO was nO" IClC w DI SOOh hh" q AAN'
Il 10 notion of the time OF day. Then
l., changed my course about half wa
O round and pulled hard tor while
= The ice gathered about me again, an
,l when night came | was lighting agai
O tor my life. Sometimes l could dodg
Y the drift, at others climbed upon tn
VI cakes and crossed them. When tn
moon rose | got flash of view OF
and then saw my mistake. ha
crossed the field in the morning whe
:" entered what Thought was pocke
lc and all the long pull OF the day wit
10 the ice AT my ieet had driven me towar
81 Michigan. The turn had taken ha
u sent me south. set about and pushe
if from the moon. AT 10 o'clock l saw
IT. faint light in the sky, and al hour late
:; perceived ii Tas from the furnaces {
- south Chicago. Then | got my bea
!c ing7 aud sighted the lights at the cri'
~ pulled mp there at midnight and BILE
u. nv bugIe. | must have called hd
w dozen times before an answer cam
H. Then Captain McKelty answered II
/" signal aud shouted, Crib, ahoy
ne Ave, who's thereE the captain a
We svercd Il must stay here to- nigh
ro Pull around to the port When <
c. there they dropped a bit Of rope in
2" which fixed my loot and they dTe
us me up They gave me reireshment
~ put me to bed and te!ephoned my wi
oi that was safe. Captain Mchelty sa
III when left the ice II night it was tul
'S' fifteen miles from shore, and thin
q" he is about right because the swim
e' would take about the time used.
i, have SWAIN greater distances, bat TIA
" was the first tune ! was ever lost, al
he the battle with the ice and cold was
t more thrilling episode than | care
experience again.