St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05
TWO Distinguished st. Paul
ties Come to Grief at
White Bear.
Their Craft Overturned and
the Lifeboat Called
Out.
Cottagers Are Quietly Fixing
Themselves for the Sum-
mer Season.
People Who Indulged in the
Lake BPeeZeS the Past
Week.

If w. Clark Russell could be induced
to locate at White Bear for a few weeks.
he could undoubtedly gather sufficient
material for several thrilling volumes.
During the silent watches OF the night
following Decoration day, the silvery
moon looked down upon scene off the
Mahtome,ti shore IN comparison with
which the startling chapters of The
Wreck of the Grosvenor" pale into
commonplace. Twas the hour of mid
night. The breaking waves dashed
high on the stern and fOrbidding coast,
near Ramaley's pavilion, when two pill
grims, weary with the strife aud tur-
mOil OF great city ION legal holiday,
slowly descended from the brilliantly
lighted train which had momentarily
stopped IN its mad rush nOrthward, and
cautiously wended their way toward the
shore. And these were no ordinary
men, mark you, for they are
both we'll known in the city OF
their laborS. Both are Of the legal
profession; one man of consider
able weight (avOirdupOis) having his
sanctum in the tall building wherein
Jack Parker is monarch of all he snr-
veyS; the other, man who walks with
peculiar accent, holding forth on the
sixth floor of the building known as the
domicile of the GLOBE.
These two men, filled with thoughts
of families fondIy awaiting their return
far away within the sacred precincts OF
Mahtomedi, bravely resolved to en-
bark upon the raging waters i'll an en-
deavOr to reach the opposite shore,
fully four miles away. Manfully they
launched their little craft. noble row.
boat fitted with mast and sail, and set
forth in the teeth of the gale under
cloSe-reefed tOp-SailS, everything else
slowed away Snugly and with the
matches battcned down. The little YES
sci struggled bravely, timberS groaning,
rigging rafting and canvas thunder
ingly crashing against the mast. The
captain her0ically went aft and took
the wheel himself, the crew climbing
well up to the windWard and clineing
on like barnacleS on ships bottom.
About bells in the morning, after
long and weary battle with wind and
wave, they were nearing the Mahtomedi
shore, when suddenly the wind veered
round to the norIh-a crash, a splash
and all was over.
They had been ''taken aback," the
most dreaded of all marine dangers.
The vessel was thrown keel UP, and
everything was carried away but the
captains presence of mind.
Floating on the top of the water with
all the buOyancy of pretty red bal
loon, and not satisfied to cling to the
wreck in the orthodox manner, orr
doughty captain needs must climb up
on the upturEed hull, but sad to relate.
every time he would climb up the boat
would go ''out Of sight"
In the meantime, some of the dwell
ers by the lake shore, awakened by the
| heartrending cries of the shipwrecked
mariners. bravely attempted to get out
| the lifeboat. After several attempts it
was finally run through the surf, and
manned by noble Will Murray and
| George Miller. reached the wreck and
! secured the well-nigh exhausted
sailors.
What homecoming was theirs that
night