The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-07-19
TEMPERANCE.
SIGNALS OF DANGER.
A Practical Application in the Case of
John Iamurcy.

InculdlC assistance. iUl X snort ana IL $
Help, now"
Pretty, father"
The colors of the pieces OF cloth with
which Ted Lamprcy was playing were in
deed pretty. They were the Culurs of small
signal flags which John Iamprcy had cut
out for his boy As sUrfmau, once, in
the employ Of the United States Life Saw
ing Service he had become familiar with
the signal flags kept at the life saving sta
tons ana adopted by the International
Commercial Code. lie had cut ont a mum
Der OF signals for Ted, and Mrs Lamprcy
had with her ready needle worked them up
into permanent shape. The OK surfman
was now explaining them to Ted You
see, Ted, every signal has its meaning, and
each Is known by a certain letter. Now
vessel is supposed 10 have them lCycry
vessel ought 10 have them Of courscl. The
International Commercial Code is for tho
use of all nations. What # | was surf
man again, Ted, and il was my watch
some day, and ] was up in the look
out on the roof of the station, watch
ing the sea for any Sign of distrCss'
There | am, looking away, aud suddenly
see a vessel just off shore flying the two
flags YOU have been handling. They are
lcttcrcd II and b 'TruubleN | say
Those signals mean: Want immediate
a 1
say to myself Il will send them back an
answer at once. and tell the keeper Of the
station, and ne will send a boat So pick
out the two siguals-lCt me see if mother
did not make them for YOU think | cut
them out Oh, yes: one is . H. same as
before, and the other is F. and II is rcd
shaped like a triangle. as they say. and II
has "A white circle in H. II. YOU see. i a
square flag, half white and half red |
run up the little flagstaff there on the
lookout Of the station-this flag II aud
IF under it. That means: We are com
ing to Your assistance How glad that
will make / ~ poor fellows we imagine off
on the water, when looking ashore, they
see those flags II and +! Now. what if
they get sort of inpatient and they say:
% we can't wait for those folks on the
land The keeper Of our station. who is
doing his best to get the surf boat down TO
the water, sees those Pcople-through his
glass, YOU know-trlIng TO launch th"ir
boat He sends me up IL the lookout to run
up to the masthead the signal flags II
and l., ana those mean: DO not attempt
TO land III your OWL boats. lhc% stop
where they are, and soon we get of IN our
boat to them Now ism t that anlee way
Yes, father, but-oGt, sald Ird
eagerly. "sPosin e. Just s'posln', YOU
FNi'N ''i' N''tt' wan q S''''' '1'' ms
be sick and
ION, want doctor and medicine,
They might have ship fever on board, and
the crew be weak and want to get word 10
the shore. Well, they show p and ID
two blue flags, one having a white square
IN it and the other having in it, white
circle. That would 1ctch Us pretty quick:
"a doctor, too
Ted was exceedingly interested in his
signals Out of his chamber window,
facing the swift, deep river running to
the sea, he threw line and there hung his
signals. Several times, when his father
at work in an adjoining field, was needed
by his mother, Ted ran up stairs and threw
out the signals II - and B. Want
immediate assistance" Ted was delight.
ed when his father came up the field a
rapid run and thea bounded over the
stour wall into the garden, reporting
speedily AT the kitchen door. Ted,s happy
time with the signals. his fathers delight
Ill gratifying his only rhlld'S desire to
know about the pretty flags Of red, blue
yellow, green: the mothers equal JOY in
making the sigHals-Was not all tins su-s-
Eestion of the happiness reiguing always IN
John Lamprey's home by the mouth Of the
river! All. the current Of life in that
home was something Ike the sweep Of the
river When the tide was in. when the
winds of the day as if tired, sought rcpp,c
at sunset. then the river was only classy
lake. almost without ripple tho image of
peace mirror in which the evening star