The Irish standard., 1896-11-07

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IL II rev minutes later tne tug $ prov
turned tow ard Ma yesink. There was M
tine to lose = Five dollars. SIC, SIS, SEC,
$25," offered the seafaring men in
that crowd on the beach to launch the
snrfboat. They pulled It to the waters
edge, but it was no use. Nothing but,
lives IN danger would tempt them to
battle with the mighty rolling, white
crowned ocmbers, which Numbered ON
the sandy beach.
The tug had stopped a quarter Of a,
mile off shore, directly in front OF us.
We could see Chase and Philbrick on
board anxiously watching every move
ment we made. They were convinced
by our delay and inaction that we did
not intend to send out the su1fboat.
We saw the white steam rise from the
tug, and then we heard the three hoarse
signals that told us the gun was to send
the rope to us. gave the signal with
the flag, and the crowd scattered in
every direction. A low rumble, faint,
but distinct above the roar of the break
ers, puff Of smoke, and the project;le
came whining in and landed high on
the white sand. -
At the same moment the engine from
Atlantic Highlands tore into Nevesink
and screeched out 7atwelcome. Eager,
Fenno and Rice came running down the
track, and ali together we caught that
rope and pulled We saw them lower
the can of newspaper copy over the
cir 1T f1,o ooooc;nnnll,y xx,o
saw the can bobbing on the water. If
the can had been filled with greenDacks
we should have not pulled more eagerly.
Suddenly all of us feel over. The line
had parted. Out there beyond the
breakers was our can Of copy" tossing
ON the waves.
"Fifty dollar to the man who will
row me out beyond the breakers!" I
cried in desperation.
Not man stirred.
"Brick'' had thrown of his coat and
hat unnoticed had slipped off his boots,
and had plunged into the water. His
rcd:head showed bright a hove the white
SURF. We shouted to him to come back,
but he paid no attention. He plowed
through the conlbers, watching his OPP
portunity to swim in the wash beiW cen
the waves. Every eye was riyeted on
the boy, who was risking his life for The
sake of saving his paper from beating.
No one spoke. Now he was lost to cur
sight, and the women groaned, while
the girl-'Drick's'' girl-sobbed. Then
he came into sight again, and we all
yelled. At last he was beyond the
breakers, in sn,oot her water. Could his
reached the can. We saw him floating
and tying the rope about his shoulders.
Avid hurrah :ventup from the crowd
on shore. AS the boy began to SWIM
back the minutes seemed hours to U.S.,
and time and again we thought Brick"
had gone down, but that red head al
ways bobbed up again, and every Time
we saw it we cheered. Foot by foo. and
inch by inch he fought his way, until at
last Rice and myself and dozen others
rushed in up to our waists and dragged
the boy ashore.
He was very white and there were
black rings under his eyes. We carried
him up the beach to flsherman's cot
tage, and there he opened his eyes, look
ing first at Eager, then at me, and
gasped out: ''1fell the city editor we've
got the copy" Then he tainted in
Eager's arms.
Rice had sent for. a doctor. loosened
the can of copy from the boys shoulder
and ran to the telegraph Office, bus be-
fore word Of copy went to any paper
this sentence clicked into the newspa-
per office: "Brick" Mcpherson, our
office boy, has saved every paper in the
copy when everything failed. Davis. :"
The men On the tug had kept their
glasses fixed on Brick" and when they
saw him carried out of The breakers, up
the beach, they pulled the whistle wide
open, and the screeching steam told us
they shared in our delight.
The other tugs, the steam yachts and
the excursion boats took it up and q
king need not have scorned the salute
which their brazen Threats screamed
out to Brick" our. office boy.
And now you want to know what the
city editor did. City editors are sorre-
times said to be hard men, and tales
are told Of their injustice, but every
newspaper man knows what city editors
do to fellows like "Brick." It was sey-
eral days before the boy could be
brought to town, but when he did walk
into the Office, Wylie, the city editor,
got ont Of his chair and came forward
to meet him. He shook his hand hcartf-
ly, and said: INF. Mcpherson I'm glad
to see you back on the staff. You may
take your choice of working on salary
or on space. If you prefer the salary,
it will be $50 week. But you better
take couple Of weeks vacation first.
Go down to the cashier and tell him to
give you two weeks vacation money"
Boston Herald.
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