Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09

waterp full of sharks, and the Lieu
tenan0 and six of his men escaped
drowning by clinging to capsized
boat. The Lieutenant was the young
est OF them all, except lad named
Wilson, but he was also the coolest
and cleverest, as o commanding officer
ought to be. He ordered the men to
get off the boat and endeavor to right
1t. They obeyed, all the time they
were In the water waving and kicking
to scare off the sharks they could see
swimming about. Lieutenant Smith
then ordered two of his men into the
boat to bail, while the rest clung to
her sides. With so much water in
her she could not bear up more than
two men. Soon, though, so much
water was bailed ont that he ordered
two more men into the boat, and the
bailing was going ON fast when one of
the two men beside himself who were
still IN the water was seized bya shark,
and with one cry sank. This SO
frightened the men that, horrible to
tell, they once more capsized the boat,
and when that was done put two men
In 1t again to bail. As they got to
work, shark, with one bite, took off
one of Lieutenant Smiths legs, and
he, the more than stole hero, made no
sign, lest fright again cause his men to
capsize the boat They did not know
he was hurt. In moment or two the
rest were ordered into the boat, he
waiting to enter it last himself just
as he was ready to ask the men to help
hlm shark caught his remaining leg.
He fell back in the water, but his men
saved him, and lifted him into the boat
to die. With his last breath he told
the boy Wilson to report to the Admiral
that all the men had done their duty.
Dog Saves His Helpless Master.
IlSe is only a dog, and ''yaller
dog" al that, but his mixed breed has
given him shaggy coat and bushy
tail, and nature has given him deal
more sense than the man who owns
HIM stands possessed of, says the Tenn
pie tTexas) correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times
Ilge's master is a arancher, o-called,
who lives on rocky little place south
OF here, and who yesterday came to
town bringing n bale OF cotton on his
ricketty wagon. After disposing of
the cotton the good-for- nothing fellow
straightway proceeded to drink up
the proceeds, and before the day was
far spent he and his money were pretty
far gone.
Toward evening he climbed into the
wagon, perhaps with an idea of going
home, AS he unhitched his shaggy
ponies from the post in front of the
grocery where they had been standing
all day without bite of food or a
drink Of water, and only Tige curled
up under the wagon to keep them
company. But, having gotten into
the wagon the man was overcome by
jag, and fell down on the floor
and went to sleep.
Meantime the poor, starved ponies
began grazing about, picking a wisp
OF green here and there, till present.
ly they got ont on the edge of the
town and had climbed up the three
foot OF railroad embankment, dragging
the wagon after them and nipping the
grass between the cross-ties. In the
midst of this state of things the north
bound train came around the curve,
bearing straight down upon the wagon,
the engineer blew his whistle, but the
man in the wagon was too far gone to
hear. A Mexican tamale vendor some
distance off saw the danger and ran
down the embankment whistling to
the horses, but they were to hungry
to heed so slight warning
But there was Tige, the dog, the
ponies faithful friend. Realizing the
danger on the instant, Tige bounded
up the embankment and began bark
ing and biting at the horses heels
with such persistence that they in
turn set to kicking and backing down
upon him, all the time getting further
and further out of harms way, till,
Just as the train sped by, they had
gotten themselves and their sleeping
master out of the path of its destruc-
tion.