Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-18
SAVING LIFE AT SEA.
Lives Sometimes Put in Peril to Make
One Rescue.

One Rescue.
From the Montreal Star
Much imperiling of life is demanded In
the mid-oceSn rescue of a drowning man.
| and such an incident always furnishes in
tense dramatic interest for a spectator.
The Baron de Malortie, in a recent inter-
esting work, recalls an exciting scene he
witnessed years ago while crossing the At
lantic. The ship was several days out,
when one afternoon he was idly lounginR
about On the upper deck
Suddenly" he says, II saw a man ap-
proach the bulwark. He threw overheard
some ob5ects-we learned afterward that
they were his Bible and a rosary-and fol-
lowed them with a header into the foamine
sea- Man overheard! I CRIED but the
storm covered my voice, and 1 rushed up
officer on duty to the accident Stop, Half
speed astern. and orders for thx. lowering
OF the boat were the affairs of a minute or
TWO. volunteers to man the boatr shout
eu young midshipman, cutting lifeboat
from the davits. Ten men came forward
Tor every one wanted, and, selecting four
OF the most powerful tars, the MILDLY was
lowering the boat, when young doctor,
quickly pocketing flask of brandy for a
restorative, let himself down one of the
ropes and reached the boat as a monu-
mental wave was dashing over it The
men pulled with will and the gallant lit
the mountains of angry waters. AS to the
suicide, he was far astern, and only from
time to time could we see the something
IKE human form emerge on the top OF
On, the anxiety with which we watch.
ed both the boat and its goal! Disappearing
altogether at moments. when we feared we
had seen the last of these noble fellows
anotner gigantic wave would toss them up
again like cork. 1t was exciting But
the boat was gaining; nearer and nearer
II came. while We were slowly following
In Its wake
There! The doctor throws a life belt
Ihey are only some yards off now But
no, cruel wave has tossed them past the
OBJECT OF their tremendous efforts. There,
they are throwing round her nose: the
MILDLY has passed the rudder to an old
quartermaster, and, armed with boat hooks
ne and the doctor stand ready for action
Another second and the life belt is hooked;
the man is grasping it desperately, but he
mas no strength left; there he slips-all IL
lost, just at the critical moment.
But VINO is that jumping overheard?
inree cheers for the brave man-it's tho
doctor! But he, too, disappears. Are there
TO be two victims instead of one? No. moi
And Observation-Disclosures is the doctor.
his precious burden before him. The men
pull like mad to reach the two ere they
sink again. The gallant young MILDLY is
watching for the right moment More life
belts are thrown. They help the doctor to
Keep above water; another pull and the
boat hook has done its duty, and while two
OF the men stick to the oars the others are
busy dragging rescuer and rescued on
board.
THE long cold bath, the fright and the
proximity of death had wor derfully sober
ed the would-be suicide, whom remorse for
drunken spree had driven to this mad
freak. 1t did not require many restoratives
TO bring him to, and two hours later he had
an opportunity of recapitulating his adj
venture in dire solitude, having been con-
demned to be kept in irons for the. rest Of
the voyage. a well.deserved punishment
for exposing six valuable lives in this
perilous venture"