The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-02-09
SENSATIONS OF DROWNING.
Experiences Of Man Who Was
Rescued from a watery Grave.

Experiences Of Man Who Was
Rescued from watery Grave.
cts all rot about what a fellow
thinks when he is drowning" said
Plumper to st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat reporter, as he drew a bead of
red fire on the end of his cigar after
late dinner at the Laclede. 81
have been there myself. 1t makes
me tired to read those accounts in
the newspapers and to hear it preach
ed from the pulpits about the flash
of consciousness as they call it,
which comes to man just as he
goes under water for the last time
and gives up the ghost. believe
when man sinks he has several
moments of consciousness and his
mind simply keeps a-working in the
same direction it did when he first
went down. I'll tell you how it was
with myself.
"While in New York few sum
mers ago left my wife at the Hoff-
man and ran down to Seabright, on
the Jersey coast, TO see a man.
Took a bath of course from the Oc-
tagon beach. Not much surf, water
warm, and it was delightful to get
out little ways from shore, cross
my arms under my head and lay
there at full length atop of the
waves. | know perfectly we'll what
| was thinking about. 1 had taken g
little flyer in September wheat the
day before. Would sell whenever it
struck rs cents. Dead sure thing
Broker said l couldn't possibly lose
but had better put up 10 percent
margin, as mere matter of form.
What should do with the proceeds
That's what occupied me. Buy the
old girl at the Hoffman diamond
ring. Surprise her with it. How
she would smile as l handed her the
box. Hello, who's there? I yelled
as 1 felt pretty heavy stroke or
my right shoulder. I supposed some
other swimmer was out there with
me and had accidentally given me /;
kick. Didn't change my position a
all. Yes, the dear old girl had beer
begging me for that ring lons
time. How pleased she will look al
she goes up to the window with i
for inspection-turning her hand tt
the light to get the differen
sparkles. I'll tell her it's forty carat
fine. She don't know a carat from
cat. And l chuckled with the fun
of the thing, and took big breatl
to swell my chest above the water
line.
"Another rap on my right calf b,
something underneath me. In al
instant I was pulled below the sur
face, and realized 1 was bein,
dragged down and out to sea.
made one desperate struggle to keel
up, took in quart of water or 81
instead of the necessary cubic niche
of air, felt choking sensation for
moment-a gasp or two, and l lin
bored. was gone. Dear old nam
ma. Yes, wheat was bound to go up
1 stood by the ticker. Down sh
started-77gya I & 1917 ] j. The tap
which was slowly wriggling out o
my hands, while I tried to poke it
head through diamond ring. 'Dea
old mamma That was all. 1 wa
drowned. The next thing l knew
was lying on the sand in the no
sun. Two doctors were pumpin
my arms up and down over my hea'
to restore respiration. Somebod
was chatting my feet to get up circu
lation. l was gasping, choking
struggling, fighting, and the pal
of it was terrible. Drowning WASH
bad at all, but the coming back t
life was terrible. came out of it a.
right.
"Talking it over with the tw
bath masters the next morning, the
said had been struck by shark G
some other big fish, which saw m
lying motionless on the surface {
the water. 1t had first given me
nudge on the shoulder to see what
was, then made a bite at my leg
caught it's teeth in my bathing SUI
and dragged me under. They sal
they saw me go down and made
rush for me. The fish had broke
loose, and / was as timber as ra
on the bottom. Now, this just illu
trates what I said at the start-thi
fellow makes very easy drown {
it, and so far from suffering revie
+ of his past life in one lurid momer
t OF consciousness, goes off smooth
r | and 6raamily into tho of har world