The morning times., 1895-08-11

getting around the country by electricity
and motor power than now, and / was
obliged to go behind a horse. Now, a horse
Is the poorest motor power l know He has
to be chained. harnessed and watched On
this occasion had him harnessed, but was
too busy thinking OF something important
to watch him. Like all horses. lac noticed
this at once sa " his chance and ran away.
EDISON AsTRIDE A HORSE.
"Now. am rather an athletic fellow, and
of course l could easily have crept to the
back of the carriage and dropped down
easily and softly in the road way But there
were others in the carriage. so 1 had to
work until I had stopped the horse"
The fun version of the tale relates how
Mr.. Edison crept out upon the horses back
at the dlrest risk Of his life and sraspcd
the bride 10 get control of the bit, almost
putting his fingers in the horses mouth to
do it, and how he finally brought the animal
up on his hind legs, nearly killing himself,
but saving the ladies in the carriage The
vehicle was Knocked nearly to bits by this
time and would have held them safely but
minute longer.
To a lady visiting Craig-y-Nos early this
summer Patti gave the true account Of
her lfe-saving experience in this country
at Devils Falls, an obscure and dangerous
pac!e up in New England.
Il was dressed like this" said the diva,
exhibiting a picture Of herself in swimming
suit, land we had all been in the water
for our heath, as we were summeriug in
the mountains-a party Of singers-to re-
cuperate until fan. And let me say / was
not the child which / have been pictured
on this occasion. We had come out Of the
water and were crawling along a narrow
ledge, when suddenly a bit of rock gave
way and down, down, down into the water
below slipped Mary, one Of our girl friends
We looked after her in horror for a minute,
for she pumped into the water without a
sound.
''Then I was the first TO act. Peering
over the ledge l could see her struggling
in the water, but not sound came up TO
US. She was too stunned and scared to
cry out. had learned to dive like a mer-
maid and to swim like fish so throwing
off my hat / looked anxiously into the
water below and leaped over into its depths
We were fifteen feet above the falls, but
was not afraid. held Mary and screamed,
while the others ran for rescuer. I caught
branch and held on, cheering Mary, who
was pretty well exhausted and after-no, it
wasn't a full hour-tae men came and got US.
But oh, what close shave it was for us
both. After l struck the water the current
fairly took ME under. 1t was so swift
Sir Henry Irving once saved a life, the
life of his son, Lawrence Irving 1t hap
pened in a small theatre while the Irving
company were touring through the prov
inces. Lawrence was playing small part
in the cast, and had dressing room near
his father. On this night the first bell had
rung calling the actors to the stage, when
Mr. Irving, not seeing Lawrence, stepped
To his sons dressing room. There stood the
boy with a gun in his hand, looking down
the niuzzle and handling the trigger.
See, father, I'm pracucing a self-de-
act" called out Lawrence play
fully. I'm rehearsing with this old gun
See how rusty tits. Look! The trigger"
There was a snap. a flash, loud report
and the room was filled with smoke
Upon the floor lay Lawrence, bleeding, but
conscious, while his father, white as death, !
knelt over him. 1T is only his ear"
painted Sir Henry to the frightened actors
as they rushed in. II jumped and knocked |
The niuZZle aside. If i hadn't it would
have gone through his head"
Very Fascinating Saver.
One OF the most famous life-savers In the |
world. but about WHOM the least is known,
is woman life saver. She is a young and
pretty girl not over "a, yet in the five |
years she has been u life saver she has
rescued no less than twenty lives, and |
probably many more. Her history is this:
Along the coast, in a very picturesque
aud exclusive inlet lined with handsome |
villas, there is 4 long stretch or beach |
devoted exclusively to wosnAn's bathing
No men ever appear here. Bst mornings