The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10

forts to reach for something on the ice
on which l could get a hold, but all in
vain. Hope was fast vanishing. l began
TO feel that languor which l knew full
well meant death. 1t began to creep all
over me, beginning with my feet and work.
ing its way upward. 1 realized exactly
what it meant, but seemed Indifferent TO
it, 1 felt ii extend up to my hips and
loins, but rather relished the idea of it's
progress to my vital organs. | could feel
its chilly grasp gradually circling around
my heart, and began counting the Sec
onds to see if / would be able to count
the next five. then the next FIVE. and so
on. Suddenly the green blinds OF my faith
er 5 house appeared before me, and dream
lily brushing my hand across my face, l
realized that l had my gloves on. dom Z
know what put the idea into my head, but
it occurred to me that if l could get al
my knife / could stick the blade into ice
and draw myself up by it. But it was a
efforts to get my knife out l found that
my fingers were frozen stiff, so that II
was impossible to open the, blade. But
this operation together with the vision
of the green blinds of my fathers house,
seemed to have given me new life. l
suddenly remembered how, in crossing
stump of a cigar or butt of wood frozen
to the ice. and how obstinately they re-
sisted my efforts.
desperate effort to pull off my gloves, in
tending to place them on the ice cake
just within my grasp, and after it had
frozen on tight, pull myself out by it.
But my gloves would not come off They
were frozen on tight. | then pushed one
of them into my mouth, and after heat
ing it a little / finally managed TO pull
it off with my teeth. ] then placed it
on the ice. How long it was before it
froze / don't know, but it gave me new
hope and l fought the chilly feeling
by treading water violently so as 10 keep
my circulation up. AT last l Ventured to
feel the glove, and great was my joy
when l found that it was frozen fast. 1
slowly put my weight upon it, and gradu-
ally got the upper part Of my body on
the ice, but further than this l could not
get until l rested again.
Just then l heard George call out:
Hold on, judge, ] guess / am out Turn
dark form of man within a few feet
of me, evidently endeavorng to reach
me. George had got out by, means Of
his skates. They were old-fashioned ones
and had a shart point at the heel. He
had managed TO float on his back and
work his legs over an ice cake, and,
striking his skates in the ice, gradually
drew himself out. As soon he was
out he began to search for me and found
me in the position | have just described
He reached his hand to me, but in my ca
gerness, L broke the cake under me and
again was soused in the chilly water. I
soon managed to get within his reach
out to place Of safety.
1T was at this juncture that we heard
De Graw call out, I'm going boys, I can't
hold on much longer. Hold on a minute 5
/ cried. Wen help you. In my eager
ness to get to where the voice came from
(for it was too dark to see), | did not
consider the danger / was running, and
before | knew it 1 was soused in the
water again, but this time where il was
not so hard to get out. This recalled me
to my senses, and when l got ont by
Georges aid, We hit on a plan to rescue
De Graw. l begin the lighter man of the
two was to slide along the ice Al full
length, while George also lying at fun
length, was to hold on to my feet. In
this manner l reached the spot where De
Graw was in the water. BY carefully
working our way backward, we finally
got the man out. We now carefully made
our way over the ice toward land two
miles distant When sure that we We're
on solid ice, we broke into a run for the
purpose of keeping our blood in circula-
ton. When we reached De GRAVY 5
house Mrs. DeGraw tainted away at
the sight of US. But il was not long he
fore we had changed our clothes
and were sitting before roar
ing hot fire, George and De
Graw drinking apple jack. 1 being a tenn
perance man, did not take any, much to
my regret, for I was laid up with sick
ness several weeks from the effects Of
the exposure.
We'll, when 1 was myself again 1 took
occasion to look into a mirror the FIRST
! had looked into since that eventfuI
rirht Imagine nv surprise on finding